Most schools and classrooms are structured around the kids who aren’t struggling (either that, or there are just some kids who are going to do well pretty much no matter what). If we’re relying exclusively on special education for that, we’re selling general education and the kids short and creating an unfortunate and counterproductive distinction between the kids who are and aren’t meeting our expectations. Some kids have milder frustration responses such as whining, pouting, sulking, withdrawing, and crying. Other kids have more powerful frustration responses, such as screaming, swearing, hitting, spitting, kicking, biting, throwing, destroying, and eloping. That’s because there isn’t a single study—not one—telling us that frustration responses are due to poor motivation.