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Chapter 10: Not stupid

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"Why didn't you tell us about what was going on?" Sam asked. It was the next afternoon, and Sam, Quinn and Adam were sitting in the dining room table. Today Adam knew that things were not good when his parents had told him he'd have to miss basketball practice because they wanted to talk to him.

Quinn put the note from Adam's teacher in the middle of the table. "Your teacher gave us copies of your tests. This isn't you."

Adam wanted to avoid this. "Shouldn't you be picking Georgia and Daniel up from school?"

"Georgia's at cheerleading and Daniel is at Finn and Rachel's house with Mark," Quinn said. "And before you ask about getting Molly, she's dress shopping with her friends."

"And Tom's obviously at basketball," Finn said.

Adam desperately searched for excuses. "Well - what about Faith?"

"Faith can handle playing by herself while we talk to you," Sam said. "What's going on?"

"I don't know, honestly," Adam admitted. "I haven't had problems with school in the past, but for some reason English has been really hard."

"We can see that," Quinn said. "And you're getting your usual As and Bs in your other classes, so we know it's clearly something specifically to English. We don't think you're stupid. Everyone just encounters classes that are hard for them now and then." "We did talk to your teacher," Sam said. "She recommended that we send you to a tutor."
"A TUTOR?" Adam was mortified. His parents were considering sending him to a tutor? "We talked to your teacher, and the school is offering private tutoring for students who are having trouble," Sam said. "You could leave school fifteen minutes early once a week to meet with your tutor."

"Oh, so then everyone could know how stupid I am?" Adam snapped.

"You're not stupid, and no one needs to know," Quinn said.

"You should be the ones to talk," Adam said. "Summa cum laude from college with two toddlers. You're smart. Faith can already read, Georgia's on the accelerated track, Daniel can dance really well and Molly still does well in all her subjects."

"We don't think you're stupid," Sam said. "In fact, if you go to the tutor, we think you can get some extra support and then your grades will improve."

Adam groaned. "Even if I said I didn't want to, you two would make me go anyway."

"You're right," Quinn said. All three of them managed to laugh.