Martin Murray is a school boy and he is fifteen years old. He used to be a problem child. He used to give his mother many p【小题1】. However，after his father's death，Martin's life became much more difficult. His mother couldn't afford to pay for her c【小题2】 education. She had to work，and so was often not at home.

His mother tried her best to look after him. Unfortunately，Martin still caused trouble. He was not i【小题3】in studying and he often got into trouble with the police. L【小题4】，his mother was very patient and didn't save up trying to help him. In the end，she made a difficult d【小题5】：to send him to a boy's boarding school.

Martin hated it and caused a lot of trouble. One day，he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time.

The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother，but to his surprise，this conversation changed his life. “It was exactly what I needed，"he said. “I k【小题6】how much my mother had given me. She also told me that even though my father was not with us，he was watching me and would always take p【小题7】 in everything good I do That's when I decided to change. ”

Now Martin has really changed. He w【小题8】hard and gets “A's" in all subjects. He is now one of the A【小题9】students in his class. His mother helps him to feel good about h【小题10】 and as he says，“I's very important for parents to be there for their children. ”