HIS MATH
HOMEWORK IS TWO
DAYS
LATE.
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IN
HIS
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UP ON
HIM.
I
NEED A WAY TO HELP HIM,
BUT ALL I
HAVE IS TEARS.
— Laura, Kyle’s mom
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