I had a student in the past who really didn't seem like they cared about improving their reviews at all. I would spend a lot of time giving them constructive criticism and prompts to think about. After submitting it back to me again, I noticed maybe one or two minor changes, but basically the review stayed the same, even after pointing out grammatical errors and typos they overlooked. It took three or four tries before anything was significantly changed, and even after that, I feel like they did the bare minimum to get through it. They eventually fixed the errors, at least, but the review was still lacking a lot of information that I suggested they include. After seeing how this was going, I reluctantly published their minimum standards review. In the comments, people even asked if this person had thought about going through the mentor program. It's as if my mentoring was for nothing. Have you ever had something similar happen to you? I wanted to work with them and they may have been trying hard, but they didn't even communicate with me. It was so frustrating!

(This was more of a venting session for me, I guess. Thanks for reading. ) less