I did not forget the 'self' argument in my 'praise' method

Well I can't see your code but I know the answer. A common mistake in this challenge is thinking to put the message in the varible name but you are supposed to put your name into there and return the message with the name formatted. Here is my code:

class Student: def praise(self): name = "Ismael" return("You're doing a great job {}!".format(self.name))

I attached my code by ticking the box on the form, but it didn't work. The code I wrote worked fine in my own console. Here's what I wrote:

class Student: name = "Leslie" def praise(self): print("You're doing fine, {}".format(self.name))

I have repeated problems with Treehouse's workspace. Fortunately I'm not taking this course for credit, so the only problem is that I get annoying messages telling me I haven't completed the exercises.

Well now looking at your code you are correct but the question asked you to return the message instead of printing it. I hope this helps!