SNYDER: Nice work in yesterday's meet, son. Now, let's go for it.

WILLOW: Uh, hi there, sir.

SNYDER: Rosenberg. How's the class? Everything in order?

WILLOW: (worried) Well, actually...

SNYDER: (interrupts) Great. I've been talking to the board. We've been having trouble finding a competent teacher this late in the term. Do you think you could continue subbing through finals?

WILLOW: Oh! Sure! I like teaching.

SNYDER: Isn't that nice. You're a team player, and I like that. A team player wants everyone on the team to succeed. Wants everyone to pass.

WILLOW: Well, yeah. Sure.

SNYDER: I understand there's a problem with Gage Petronzi.

WILLOW: Oh, good, then you know. Well, yeah. Besides the behavior problem, he won't do homework, and his test scores are... Well, actually, he doesn't have any test scores because he never shows up when we have...

SNYDER: I'm not interested in any of that. I'm interested in why, when this school is on the brink of winning its first state championship in fifteen years, you slap a crucial member of that team with a failing mark that would force his removal. Is that how you show your school spirit?

WILLOW: (flustered) Yes. Well, I mean... no. I'm just trying to grade fairly.

SNYDER: Gage is a champion. He's under more pressure than the other students. And I think we need to cut him some slack.

WILLOW: You're asking me to change his grade?

SNYDER: I never said any such thing. All I'm suggesting is... that you recheck your figures, and I think we'll find a grade more fitting to an athlete of Gage's stature. Perhaps something in a 'D'.

• Snyder vs Everyone

written by: David Fury & Elin Hampton; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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