Teaching Is Easy. Motivation Is Not: How to Help Students Want to Learn
Teaching is not failing.
Motivation is.
Every year, parents hire qualified teachers.
Every week, tutors explain patiently.
Every day, students still shut down.
In Teaching Is Easy. Motivation Is Not., Sam Choo tackles the problem most education books avoid. Why capable students refuse to try, why encouragement backfires, and why explaining more often makes things worse.
This is not a theory-heavy book or a collection of motivational tricks. It is a practical playbook for teachers, tutors, and parents who work with real students, the anxious ones, the resistant ones, and the ones who have already given up.
You will learn:
- Why students decide whether to try before teaching even begins
- How well-meaning adults accidentally increase fear and shutdown
- What to say when students respond with silence or “I don’t know”
- How to build trust that leads to effort without pressure or bribery
- How to stay steady when motivation disappears and progress slows
Written in clear, human language, this book helps you see motivation not as something to force, but as something to protect. When dignity is preserved and pressure is removed, effort often returns on its own.
If you have ever thought, “They could do this if they just tried,” this book shows you what to do next.
Because teaching content is easy.
Motivating a human being is not.
Ref: B737. This book contains 11,502 words and 141 pages.
