Why are you always late?
| How can I help you be on time?
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Where have you been?
| We have missed you; are you OK?
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You have done nothing all afternoon!
| Are you having difficulty with this task? Let me work with you on it.
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Would you settle down!
| You seem to be having trouble concentrating today. Do you need a break? Can I help you better focus on the task?
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Do not talk back to me.
| You seem very angry about something. Let us try to talk calmly about it.
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You better not act the way you did yesterday.
| I know we had trouble yesterday.
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You are not even trying.
| I know you can do this.
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You will get nowhere with that attitude.
| I think you would feel better about yourself if you tried to adopt a more positive attitude. How can I help you do that?
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I will not deal with you when you're like this.
| Let us use a more positive approach to things. Let us being by discussing all the good things I have seen you do this week. It is difficult to help when you are upset. Take a short break and then come back and see me. I would be glad to help you then.
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You did that wrong. Do it again.
| Everyone makes mistakes. What are the problems you had with this so you can do it well next time.
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