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1. Dear Agony Aunt/Uncle,

I hate school. It is as simple as that. I find the work boring and I’m often just gazing out of the windows. My mum has
warned me that if I carry on like this I’ll end up with no qualifications and get a dead-end job. I’m worried about this
situation. I’m wondering if there are any tips you could suggest which might help me improve the situation.
Yours sincerely,
David Gower, London

2. Dear Agony Aunt/Uncle,

Recently my best friend has decided to ignore me. If I say anything about it, she just laughs and says ‘Don’t be so silly.’ It’s
really starting to get me down. What should I do?
Yours sincerely,
Katy Barker, Bristol

3. Dear Agony Aunt/Uncle,

My mum finds fault with every little thing I do. For example, the other day I poured out the cornflakes and a few missed
the plate and landed on the table. She went mad, yelling things like: ‘I have to clear up after you all the time!’ I’m
beginning to get to the stage where I’m nervous to do anything. What should I do?
Yours sincerely,
Stephanie Rogers, Norwich

4. Dear Agony Aunt/Uncle,

My friends are mainly my older brother’s friends who are three years older than me. They treat me as one of them.
Recently they’ve started getting into minor troubles with the police and they are encouraging me to join in with them. I
feel that I don’t want to break the law, but I also want to keep them as friends. What do you think I should do?
Yours sincerely,
Jimmy Dawrant, Canterbury

5. Dear Agony Aunt/Uncle,

I’m not good at science and I worked out a way to cheat in a science exam. I wrote a load of answers on slips of paper
which I balanced on my leg and managed to glance at them without the teachers suspecting anything. I ended up getting
top marks! The problem is that big Chad the school bully saw me yesterday and said: ‘I saw you cheating, you little squirt!
Twenty pounds by Friday or the teacher finds out!’ My parents were so pleased that I got top marks and now I’m worried
and don’t know what to do. Please help!
Yours sincerely,
Aaron Wilkinson, Birmingham

6. Dear Agony Aunt/Uncle,

I’ve noticed lately that I worry about everything. My dad has been in hospital and I’m worried that he won’t get better.
My school work is not that good and I think the teachers think I’m a failure (I can tell by the way they look at me). My
bike-ride to school has become a nightmare because I think someone is going to knock me down; the drivers drive like
idiots round my way. The worse thing at the moment is my boyfriend. I feel sure he’s seeing another girl, although he
denies it. Why did he have a smell of perfume on his clothes the other day? I’ve realized that lately I lie awake at night
with my thoughts chasing round and round. What should I do?
Yours sincerely,
Pauline Frosty, Cambridge
PS: Please reply quickly as I’m worried my letter might get lost in the post!

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