In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my    (1)  , it was the same score.

       Later that evening, I    (2)  told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our    (3)  much better than an IQ test. We    (4)  that Michael’s score must have been a  

   (5)  and we should treat him    (6)  as usual.

       We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got    (7)  grades in the school, especially    (8)  biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

       Michael    (9)  Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than    (10)   . In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

       On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I    (11)  the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the    (12)  IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say    (13)  , “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the    (14)  we had in him.

       Interestingly, Michael then    (15)  another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had    (16)  

the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be    (17)  .

       Children often do as    (18)  as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,    (19)  of them. That is, tell a child he is “    (20)  ”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.