Period Four Lesson 4 What’s in the Papers?
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When I was an official of a school in Palo Alto,California,Polly Tyner,the president of our board,wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times.Polly’s son,Jim,had great difficulty in school.He was classified as the_educationally_handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers.But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room.His parents knew his difficulties,but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride.Shortly after Jim finished high school,he was killed in a motorcycle accident.After his death,his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper.
“Today we buried our 20yearold son.He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night.How I wish I had