What I notice is most important here is that she actually tried on various problems and crossed out her work. One of the things we emphasize a lot is that mistakes are a part of learning. It seems that she thinks they won't help her as much as we do and that's unfortunate.
There are a number of ways that students react when faced with an assessment of their learning. In this case, the student decided that they had nothing to work with and simply wrote that it was hard. She even walked out of the classroom for quite a lot of time instead of persisting.
What I notice is most important here is that she actually tried on various problems and crossed out her work. One of the things we emphasize a lot is that mistakes are a part of learning. It seems that she thinks they won't help her as much as we do and that's unfortunate.
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