“ Since last time we spoke, you didn’t chance your behavior. Your grades are decreasing as a reflection of your lack of responsibility and indiscipline in class. I spoke to you several times and told you to ask for my help when necessary since I know you are a good boy and can be an amazing student. But you are way too stubborn to accept it. Now it is the time to call your parents for a meeting…and you are going to join us when they come.”

The word “since” in lines 1 and 3 express, respectively: