Is it trying not to do your homework, or is it brain freeze, or what?

Is it trying not to do your homework, or is it brain freeze, or what?
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As I was student teaching, I watched, actually learned, that childern don’t want to learn all they want is the answer and they don’t care how they get the answer.
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