I grew up loving these commercials. I like the current Guardian version too.

Today we did “IBM presents…you be the adviser!” I came up with four situations I felt last week and help them try and generate positive feedback as if they were and adviser.

Situations:
“They have the same deliverables week after week and it’s not getting better.”

“Despite having minimal work, they evaluate their work as OUTSTANDING.”

“No work happens at home all week, but they work their butts off on Friday!”

“They work very hard but you can’t find their work because they didn’t share it!”

Terrific conversation followed. The advice they offered was outstanding and I’m going to carry these sheets around as a way of talking to students.