Unit 5

Please read the following conversation and answer the question at the end.

Provider: Needing extra help in school is an example of a challenge.

Marta: Right, ok.

Provider: Is it ok to ask a few more questions?

Marta: Yeah

Provider: Thanks, this will only take a couple of minutes. Do you drink alcohol at all?

Marta: No, I don’t like the taste of it.

Provider: Me neither. So, you didn’t have any alcohol when you were pregnant?

Marta: No, my foster mom and dad tole me not to drink or smoke when I was pregnant.

Provider: That was very good advice. Tell me, where did you live when you were growing up?

Marta: First with my aunt, then lots of places. I was in foster care.

Provider: Did you like school when you were growing up?

Marta: (looking down) Um… I guess it was ok.

Provider: What classes did you like?

Marta: I liked art and Ms. Norton.

Provider: Who was Ms. Norton?

Marta: She was in the resource room.

Provider: How many students were in the class with you?

Marta: Five, including Eddie.

Provider: Who is Eddie?

Marta: (laughing a little to herself) Eddie is the kid I used to get in trouble with all the time. He was always coming up with ideas.

Provider: Can you give me an example?

Marta: Well, like, one time we were walking home from school and he saw a bike in someone’s yard that he really wanted. So he told me to go get it for him. I did, but the man who lived there caught me and called the cops.

Provider: Did you realize that taking the bike could get you into trouble?

Marta: I had a feeling, but I wasn’t sure. I wanted Eddie to keep liking me.