Eugene, a Brilliant Boy Who Failed in School
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The school principal called Eugene's mother into his office and told her that Eugene would have to be expelled from school. This was the second school principal who had given the mother this information and this was the second time that Eugene had been actually expelled from a school. In each school, the teachers had conferred with one another and had come to the conclusion that the boy was mentally slow, morally unclean and a hopeless disciplinary problem.
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