It is good to encourage students.
Mary is an elementary school teacher who has one student who is struggling to learn fractions.
Mary wants the struggling student's parents to view her positively.
Mary sets up mentoring sessions for the struggling student where they receive encouragement and tutoring.
Mary tells the student's parents that their child is doing okay and inflates the student's grade to avoid conflict.
The struggling student eventually overcomes their misconceptions and their parents are incredibly happy.
The struggling student doesn't learn fractions and struggles even more next school year.