The Common negative bond students find and why you want to stop it from happening. Students come into the new classroom, often not knowing their peers in the class. And we have all learned that one of the best ways out of that occurred situation is to make a friend and make one fast! And the easiest way to turn a class stranger into a friend is to find something, anything you have in common with one another. This is where you (Instructor) comes in. Make sure that you start everyday out with an activity that gives them a positive reference point to bond over. IF you give them the chance to create a bond over the negative complaints, attitudes, or events, trust me they will and now you have a room full of negative students who have bonded from the negative, because they had to find something to say OR RISK a possible friendship. -alh