A Troubled High School Student Exhibits A Number Of Alcohol-Related Problems, Gets Kicked Out Of School, And Has To See The School Therapist

Stephen was a sixteen year old high school sophomore who was manifesting a number of alcohol-related difficulties at school. Therefore, the principal explained to him that he had to see Miss Pender, the school psychologist, before he would be permitted to come back to school.

Later that day when Stephen went home after school, he had to explain his school expulsion to his Mother and Father. His Mom and Dad were "fairly old-fashioned" and informed Stephen that getting thrown out of school was not a possible educational plan of action. They told Stephen that failing to graduate from high school would most probably be like a lead weight around his legs that may impede his educational achievement for the rest of his life. Moreover, Stephen's Mother and Father were very dismayed that he was drinking in the first place and drinking with his friends