On the following Monday, Jerry and I had our first interview. He was extremely verbal and congenial. We discussed his impressions of the first week of junior high school. When I inquired bout his tardiness and apparent disorganization, he said that other people were causing his tardiness and unpreparedness for class. He specified such instances as his locker being jammed, other students being in his way near his locker and in the halls, students taking his pencil from his pocket while in the hall, and other people removing his materials from his desk during class,