*An Endless Struggle*

It happens very frequently to me that I have some middle-aged students in a young group of learners. This fact has caused me some troubles specially when they do not cooperate in favor of their own learning process. Right now, I have a 45-year-old lady who does not seem to be very confortable being my student. She is always very reluctant to take part in the activities and is always asking things that have just been explained. Her attitude is very annoying since she is complaining about every single aspect of English. Moreover, she wants me to have an explanation for every single structure and sense of the English verbs. I know it is quite rewarding to have a researcher student who demands a lot from ud, but It is different when the learner keeps a negative attitude and pulls a long face all the time.

She asks questions like "Why does this verb have so many senses?" to what I can only come up with one answer "That's the way English is". It is really hard to handle this situation because she makes everything so tough for me and only seems to enjoy having contact with the young men of the class. Not to mention that she is always late and when she does not get the idea of the topic being explained, she just tries to put the blame on me. Sometimes I feel that her only purpose in class is to have social life and get to know one of my students because she really has fun talking to him to the extend of interrupting my classes.

I thought It was my problem and I told a friend of mine about it and he told me that that student was also his and she always behaves like that. However, I really want her to be more committed to her English learning and to help me to make everything easier.

Thanks for reading!!!