Lack of preparation
General question, as I've had one such recently.
How do you collected wise heads of the instructing community deal with the problem of students who despite regular reminders and encouragement don't turn up adequately prepared. Usual things I ask for : W&CG, route plan / PLOG, having read through and understood the right bits of manuals and checklists. Inevitably it gives them much less value from lessons, and makes much poorer use of both my time and theirs.
Obviously the need is to get that across so the student recognises the importance of preparing so as to get maximum value out of lessons, but in my case simple motivational talks doesn't really seem to have been all that effective.
What's everybody else do when you have a student like that?
G