Tory put his shoulder<br >was surprised that it<br >did shove it open， he<br >had stashed behind it<br >to the door and pushed. At fl<br >wouldn t open， but when he<br >discovered that the football<br >had fallen on the floor. Once<br >room， the 13-year-old threw his book bag on his bed<br >was， as usual， unmade. In fact， the bed hadn t beel<br >since his mother had changed the sheets the previo<br >urday.<br > The seventh-grader began to search through the r<br >papers on his desk. His corrected English essay ha<br >due today， but he had forgotten to bring it to schoo<br >if he had brought it， he would have received a 1o~<br >because he had also forgotten to make the corre<br >Although Tory hadn t seen the paper for at least<br >he dimly remembered putting it on his desk. B1<br >again， perhaps he had put it somewhere else. ToE<br >that if he could find the paper under the mess on hi<br >he could still hand it in tomorrow. His grade， of<br >would be lowered by one letter because the report<br >be late. That didn t particularly bother him. "Boy<br >teacher a pain，" Tory thought angrily as he rifled t<br >the crumpled papers. "She s just like my parents，<br >hassling me over stupid things. If she sends my fc<br >other deficiency notice， they ll ground me again.<br >is that dumb paper!"<br > Tory s parents no longer entered his room， excel<br >a week when his mom would change the sheets.<br ><br >