Zach was extremely negative about the test today, and spent much of our hour talking about how he is just not good at writing essays or taking tests, and how much he hates it. It seems like test-anxiety and self-sabotage to me. I helped him formulate some ideas and discussed the primary documents with him, but it was really hard to get him to actually work. He did write about two paragraphs total and refused to do the outline like he has done many times in the past. It was very frustrating. I kept encouraging him and redirecting him back, but he seemed intent on avoiding the practice essay (despite the fact he had asked to practice it!).