Your "swing performers" theory also applies to teaching. In an online course I used to teach I found there were roughly three types of students: - People who al

Your "swing performers" theory also applies to teaching. In an online course I used to teach I found there were roughly three types of students: - People who already knew the subject and/or were capable self-learners, and who only needed me for some comments and the final assessment. - People who could benefit from my concentrated effort and actually learn during the course. - People who, for whatever reason, would not respond to efforts to help. Some of them were functionally illiterate, which is a real problem in online education. Of course, they should have been culled out by intake, but I digress... I would spend the first third of each course identifying each group, and for the rest I would use my time more efficiently by engaging directly with those in the second group. Now you have given me a name, I am going to call them "swing learners". Thanks!