Sal is in seventh grade and is struggling at school. he gets ds and fs; he never has his homework done; and he does not think he is smart. because his older brother dropped out of high school, sal has been thinking, "no one from my family ever did well at school, so neither can i." write sal a letter that describes three specific examples of tools or success strategies from this class that can him. give sal hope and tools he can use to succeed. show him that he can improve at school.