Students in my classes seem interested in learning at the beginning, and many lose heart as the course progresses.

Why? Possible reasons:
1. Reasons are personal and vary.
2. The students find it easy at the beginning and as it gets hard more and more surrender.
3. It gets difficult because it is counter-intuitive, both structurally and in content being learned.

Perhaps the wide student needs simply can't be met in one room even with academic freedom.
Perhaps students, young students, are not realistic about how little can be gained without effort.

Can schools, can my class, meet the needs of those that enter on August 10th?