... to write a great paper on the game since he knew so much. After he explained a bit, I said, "Okay, now write that down on the paper". He then told me he hated to write. Being the English major that I am, I had never had this problem, and I was so disappointed. Michael is so intelligent, and if he could only get his words on paper, he could be a straight A student. Finally, I got him to cooperate. It helped that I knew something about the game; I think he was especially impressed that a girl played with computer games. He did tell me that I should try something a little more intense, which made me chuckle. Within twenty minutes, we had the assignment completed, and when I took it back to the teachers, they were astonished that I had such a good outcome with Michael. I told them that he was very bright, and that I didn't think he was that much trouble at all. I learned two weeks later that they were considering moving him up a grade. I am just happy that his intelligence is now recognized. In the after school tutoring program that Niagara Middle School offers, students are given the opportunity to come in and work on their homework until three-thirty in the afterno ......