a gray sweater hung limply1 on tommy”s empty desk, a reminder of the dejected2 boy who had just followed his classmates from our third-grade room. soon tommy”s parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and disruptive3 behavior. neither parent knew that i had summoned the other.
tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. how could i convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child”s reaction to his adored parents” separation and pending4 divorce﹖
tom
