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c O File 8PRM SECTION A Carefully read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow. Samuel Logston [20 MarkS] Samuel Logston left home at 5 a.m. and headed for the train station for his 30-mile ride to the centre Of the city. As usual, Sam hoped that the train would be on time so that he could catch a series Of buses that would take him to his temporary job at a construction company in the congested industrial district. He was not looking forward to the journey, but he really had few choices since he had not worked full-time for 18 months. He is a master plumber with Over 15 years Of experience, but he was laid Off from his job with a small, industrial plumbing subcontractor. His boss had apologised for the pink slip by saying that industrial and commercial construction was so slow that Over 60 per cent Of the city's plumbers were unemployed. That was little consolation to Sam. Sam believed that the commercial and industrial construction business would never recover to full employment, so he had begun the ambitious job Of learning computer repair skills so that he could land a job in the citys bustling service industries. Although he vowed to study hard in all Of his computer courses, he had found it very difficult to concentrate because he had assumed all Of the childcare and household duties since his wife worked as a full-time teacher. This was a serious commitment because their two children were not yet in school. Caring for the two little ones left Sam with scant time to concentrate on the complexities Of computer repair. Sam's wife, Nora, taught social studies in a tough, inner-city school known for its gangs and drug problems. While she was a senior teacher at the top pay level, pay increases were few. When they were both working full time, they had to get up early, prepare the children for daycare and travel by public transport to their jobs after One Or the other had dropped the children at the daycare centre. When One Of the children was sick, either Sam Or Nora had to leave work to take them home to see to their needs. Sometimes this created problems for each Of them at work because it was difficult for their employers to arrange to find a qualified substitute at short notice. Recently Sam always picked up the children from daycare, prepared the evening meal and completed all the house cleaning. At the weekends, he added shopping and bill paying to his list Of chores. Nora concentrated on her job and frequently at the weekends she would mark her students' exams and prepare lesson plans for the coming week. By the time the children were in bed at 8 p.m., both Sam and Nora had put in 15-hour days and they were simply too tired to talk. If Nora had her school work done, she frequently slept in front Of the television. Only Sam's snoring would awaken her around 11. She would nudge Sam and they would stumble to bed. Increasingly, Nora complained about her job and the extra work she was expected to do. Teachers had to handle discipline problems and they had to be available to meet the parents Of students who were disruptive at school. It was not unusual for the parents to become abusive and hostile toward Nora and the school principal in these meetings. While she still enjoyed teaching, she dreaded her job activities that took her Out Of the classroom. She found being a hall monitor to be particularly stressful. She felt uncomfortable with the tougher teenage boys and she knew that they sensed her uneasiness. Some bolder boys would make threatening remarks to her. Just last week she had to fail a student who retaliated by saying that