I had to read that message again As my son's name is also Malcolm. We call
him Malc. I thought you knew his name. It is just he is so bright and has
so much potential it hurts to see him going down the wrong trail.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: I request your prayers
> Will remember you in my prayers, Angel,
>
> And hope things will turn out better. Please keep us updated, how things
> are going with your /son.
>
> Malcolm.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:45 AM
> Subject: I request your prayers
>
>
> I would like to ask your prayers. My son is 16 years old. He no longer
> wants to go to mass, and he hangs around with the wrong crowd. I had to
> appear with him Monday before a court officer because he was caught
> smoking, he is under age, and with a counterfeit controlled substance. He
> had to produce his report card from school. I didn't receive his last
> report card due to a mix up. I asked the secretary for another. She sent
> it home. It was the best report card he ever had. I promised him money
> if he brought his grades up, formerly they were pretty bad. I was so
> proud. We presented it to the court officer and he was amazed as he
> didn't see good cards often. I was going to tell the officer how bad he
> had been, but, with that good card I thought perhaps he was turning
> himself around and there was no real need to do this. The same day his
> teacher phoned and said he was performing badly and he was in danger of
> failing. I couldn't understand this given his good report card. I even
> thought he might have counterfeited it. I couldn't figure how this could
> be done as he didn't know the address of the school or the proper spelling
> of the teacher or the principal's names. I went to school today to
> determine why they both were saying he wasn't doing well. The upshot was:
> He used my scanner to copy and change his grades. I was so disappointed,
> and felt so foolish. Here I was trying to defend a boy who was so
> obviously a fraud. He lies so much I can't really trust anything he says,
> but as St. Paul says "love believes all things" I guess. It is just that
> I know his potential and I know if he really tried he could do as well as
> his phony grades indicated. Just last week he stopped seeing a few of his
> bad friends and I thought he was turning himself around but, he still
> insists his report card was the one given him by the school, and the
> confusion was the fault of the schools. I keep thinking I must have
> failed somewhere. People keep telling me I haven't and his bad behavior
> isn't somehow my fault, but, I still think if I somehow did something
> differently he would improve. If you ask him he will blame me for all he
> does. He uses me as an excuse. I even do that. I really need prayers.
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