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     One evening, I came across one of son's papers with a  failing grade.I almost started to yell his name    1   I suddenly  remembered he was in bed asleep.It was his   2    (nine)  year of school and his

academic career seemed to be in ruins, so  I was angry.But I put the paper aside and turned to the   3    

one, at the top of which were written "My dad".It was a poem   about me,   4   included the time I had to

leave work to take him to the hospital because he    5   (break) his finger.So careless was I   6   I had

forgotten all about that.He talked about how I wrestled with him in the evenings and    7   good many

other things.That paper was suddenly not nearly as  important as it had been a few minutes    8  .I don't

know if he planted the poem next to the failing grade to    9   (soft) the blow, but it worked.Instead of a

severe lecture, I talked to him about the poem as well as the failed homework, and it began to make

sense to me that I could include praise along   10   constructive criticism.