Laurel's mother has been reluctant to tell her that grandpa george is dead. after keeping laurel home with a babysitter during the funeral, her mother has said things like, âgrandpa george had to go away.â but laurel, who has heard adults talking about the death, senses that her mother is avoiding the topic and has come to the conclusion that

Martin, a 32-year-old human relations administrator at a university, believes that all professors over age 50 are incapable of learning the new educational technologies and are content to keep presenting their same "tired, boring" lectures. he often expresses these views to other administrators and does not encourage any of the "older" faculty members to attend professional development meetings related to new teaching approaches nor does he suggest that the university send them to any of the technology conferences. martin is exhibiting