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Students With Other Risks

Students With Other Risks

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George, one of my advisees, came into my office and, with a sigh of resignation, folded himself into the extra chair. I showed him the note that I had gotten a week before from his English teacher, telling me that the student was having trouble in that class. “Can you tell me why I got this note?” George started to say something several times before blurting out “I know everything that happened in the book we are reading, I know who all the characters are, but then he goes and asks me what the theme of the book is. I told him what happened, but that wasn’t good enough for him.” ...

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