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Motivation is self direction, and this can only be only from within. I teach English to adults who mostly feel they are lesser because of their lack of language skills. Their self esteem gets hurt quite easily, and, this issue of hurt self-esteem troubles students from both age groups, younger and not so young ones. Constructive feedback is critical for their learning and progressing, but how we construct that feedback makes such a huge difference. Saying, that you have done all correctly, but for this, and this, and that, sometimes might work. They want to start all over again, and though they make some of the same, or similar mistakes, they keep trying. On the other hand, some students become really frustrated that they didn’t get it 100% right, and stop trying.  I’d say it is their self motivation, a sense of self-direction that is the key for their learning.

We can't go back in time to do what was left undone,  Or to undo that was done. The moment has passed, it isn't there, waiting for us,  to complete that what was paused, to make the amends to what we had missed to heal the hurts that we had inflicted. The need for these amends is no more But we can apologise,  an apology is better than an 'ignore', it says, we didn't forget, the hurt, the loss, the injustice, we can say sorry, for the grief caused!  In time we can't go back. But from time we can learn!