Make Me!: understanding and engaging student resistance in school

Why examine resistance?

"Making trouble makes it worse": theories of social reproduction

"You're not the boss of me": resistance theory

"This should be different": cognition and imagination at the foundation of resistance

"Why should I try?": the motivations that drive opposition

"What? I wasn't listening": the passive no of disengagement

"That's not fair!": why indignation is better than resignation

"I'm not skipping class-you are": socioeconomic reasons for resisting school

"You don't even know me": identity and opposition in the classroom

"Don't make me assimilate": authenticity, resistance, and racism

"How was I supposed to know?": misreading students' relational needs

"Is it my fault?": how we provoke resistance in the classroom

Conclusion: resistance is hope.