Many students are disappointed that they are placed in a lab class due to the results of the State Testing. Hopefully they will eventually understand the benefit of having an opportunity to diagnose where they are struggling. In this class we do a lot of diagnosing and trying to "go back" to see where the holes are in their foundation in math. I share with students that it is like building a home, if your foundation is cracked or has holes then you will continually fall further and further behind.