This episode of Summer Shorts on CircleForum is a story we recorded earlier this year about a student who refused to participate in the daily classroom circle for 6 whole months. Participation in the circle just wasn’t happening until the teacher, Dane Ellis, found out the reason why.

:29. “Getting a student to physically join the circle’

2:32 “Is there something wrong with the circle?”

3:55 “treat the student as defiant and then he does become defiant”

5:08 “Just because somebody isn’t participating, don’t give up”

6:05 “reluctant student actually put circle questions in suggestion box”

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