Do you think that maybe retarded people are sociopathic by nature? In discribing your student, you are discribing a neighbor I used to have not too long ago! His whole family is retarded but he's the most functional. His parents were just like your student's family. Whatever money he made, they felt he owed it to them. Because the old man used to give me rides to the store, he felt I owed him whatever he asked for!
Thought I was gonna catch a break after they moved to Colorado a couple weeks ago, but would you believe the kid is STILL calling me for favors??? AY! Enough already!
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