I had a student who was rather challenging, to say the least. She was defiant and liked to talk back. Once, I gave her feedback about her work and she retorted, “I will do what I want.” From this, you can have a glimpse of how challenging it is to teach her.
But she was honest! Once, she was absent for a lesson and the official reason her parents gave was because she was unwell.
The next day, she told me the real reason: the family had stayed up to watch a Liverpool match. The student even 理直气壮: “If I do not watch the game, Liverpool will lose!”
On one occasion, she made her Mother Tongue teacher very very angry. I ordered the student to write an apology note on a big piece of cardboard. She obeyed and wrote down what I dictated. She was very sorry to have made the teacher angry. As a student, she should obey school rules, ask for forgiveness, etc.
The teacher read but declined to keep the card. It was a forced apology but at least the student learned to write a formal letter.