the whole amount
the sum total is $250,000.Bad Education · 2019 — 第 9 / 18 章 · 2'36" · B2
Frank Covers Up Pam's Theft, Explained：back to square one
They have just learned the total: $250,000 taken from the school district. The board wants to report it, but Frank argues that a public scandal would destroy the year's budget and the SkyWalk, warning, 'we will lose everything.' Finally someone says, 'I can think of one other option.'
あらすじ
At a school board meeting, Frank Tassone reports that Pam Gluckin's theft totals $250,000. Some members want to call the police and call it 'a theft of taxpayer money,' but Frank and others worry the news would sink the May budget, the SkyWalk and district rankings. The meeting ends with 'one other option' on the table.
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cofferback to square onea set of ballsWith all due respect
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このシーンの表現
back to square one
back to the very start again
Frank warns the board that a scandal sends years of planning back to the start.
After the deal fell through, we were back to square one.
このシーンの他の表現
- coffer
a shared fund or money chest
- a set of balls
bold nerve, crudely put
- With all due respect
a polite hedge before disagreeing
- torpedoed
sunk or destroyed completely
- sons of bitches
a rough insult for rivals
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
free for anyone to take
She's gonna be Nassau PD's for the taking.a despicable person — Crude; only among friends, about a third party.
-And that shitbird son of hers. -No, no, no, no, no.to lose it all
Because we will lose everything.the news starts to spread
Once word gets out about Pam, we're inviting "The Times," "Newsday," and every other paper in the tri-state area -to our front door. -With all due respect, screw the papers. This is a very real crime here.a polite hedge before disagreeing
A board member asks for respect, then tells Frank to screw the papers.
Once word gets out about Pam, we're inviting "The Times," "Newsday," and every other paper in the tri-state area -to our front door. -With all due respect, screw the papers. This is a very real crime here.time clause: The once-clause sets the trigger; the main clause gives the result.
Once word gets out about Pam, we're inviting "The Times," "Newsday," and every other paper in the tri-state area -to our front door. -With all due respect, screw the papers. This is a very real crime here.Keep due light and put the stress on respect.
Once word gets out about Pam, we're inviting "The Times," "Newsday," and every other paper in the tri-state area -to our front door. -With all due respect, screw the papers. This is a very real crime here.to be submitted for approval
So what happens when our next budget goes up for approval in May?to pour money into something
Why would we pump more money into the school system?back to the very start again
Frank warns the board that a scandal sends years of planning back to the start.
We are right back to square one.elite schools
I think we'd have to expect that admissions at top-tier schools would view us under a radically different lens, yeah.object clause: The that-clause spells out exactly what they would have to expect.
I think we'd have to expect that admissions at top-tier schools would view us under a radically different lens, yeah.to sense danger coming
If they smell trouble, then they...to cut or drop people
I don't know, they might decide to lay off Roslyn kids for a while.Stress become; can almost disappears.
"Yeses" can become "nos" overnight.to slide in the standings
We don't perform, we go down in the rankings.to push someone out
And then our sister schools nose us out of the top ten, top hundred.to be hit negatively
Frank: And that's when we start seeing property values adversely affected.「Frank Covers Up Pam's Theft」を読み解く
What's really going on
The meeting is not really about right and wrong; it is a cost-benefit calculation. Everyone knows a crime happened — 'A theft of taxpayer money' — yet the conversation never returns to the taxpayers. It turns instead to budgets, rankings and home prices, until Frank warns that a scandal would mean 'we will lose everything.' The board's own logic is laid out step by step: bad rankings push families out, and 'we start seeing property values adversely affected.' The real pivot is the claim that 'These are our kids we're talking about,' which turns covering up a theft into a defense of children. When someone finally offers 'one other option,' the cover-up becomes the reasonable choice.
Theme
CorruptionA board that knows a crime occurred weighs the cost of exposure and chooses to protect its budget and reputation instead of the taxpayers.
JusticeThe theft is acknowledged but never punished; the meeting measures justice only by its effect on budgets, rankings and property values.
このチャプターで学べること
- Back to square one means starting over
- A coffer is a shared pot of money
- With all due respect softens a challenge
- Word gets out means news starts spreading
発音のポイント
- With all due respect — Keep due light and put the stress on respect.
- can become — Stress become; can almost disappears.
"Yeses" can become "nos" overnight.About college admissions: a school tainted by scandal can see acceptances turn into rejections almost instantly, so reputation is treated as fragile.
We are right back to square one.The warning that a public scandal would erase years of progress and leave the district where it started, with nothing gained.
And then our sister schools nose us out of the top ten, top hundred.The competitive fear: rival districts would overtake Roslyn in the rankings, pushing it out of the top ten and top hundred.
These are our kids we're talking about.The emotional clincher: it reframes the cover-up as protecting students, not hiding a crime, and shifts the room away from the taxpayers who lost money.
このシーンについての質問
What is the $250,000 figure?
It is the total amount Pam Gluckin took from the school district's funds, revealed at the board meeting as the scale of the theft becomes clear.
Why doesn't the board report Pam's theft right away?
Frank argues a public scandal would sink the May budget, kill the SkyWalk funding and hurt property values, so members fear losing the progress they have made.
What does "back to square one" mean?
It is an idiom for being forced to start over with nothing gained. Frank uses it to warn that a scandal would undo years of work and leave the district where it began.
What is the SkyWalk, and why does it matter here?
It is the project tied to the stimulus money in the budget. If the budget fails after a scandal, the district loses the SkyWalk and the ranking boost it would bring.
What does the final line, 'I can think of one other option,' imply?
It hints at a plan to handle Pam quietly, without police or press, so the scandal stays hidden and the budget survives — the cover-up begins.
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次のチャプター · 第 10 章a lapse in judgmentThe Board's Quiet Settlement With Pam
第 1 章play favoritesFrank Reassures an Angry Parent
第 2 章puff pieceRachel Interviews School Officials
第 3 章a little somethingBob Spicer Gives the School a Gift
第 4 章the annals of historyRachel Asks About the SkyWalk Bids
第 5 章burnt outKyle Reunites With His Old Teacher
第 6 章making out like a banditJenny Asks Pam for a Loan
第 7 章of all peopleBob Gets the Call About the Fraud
第 8 章the tip of the icebergThe Board Learns About the Theft
再生中 · 第 9 章back to square oneFrank Covers Up Pam's Theft
第 10 章a lapse in judgmentThe Board's Quiet Settlement With Pam
第 11 章land on your feetPam Melts Down at Home
第 12 章cosmeticsRachel Questions the SkyWalk Spending
第 13 章rest assuredFrank Demotes Jenny and Sweet-Talks Her
第 14 章falsify recordsPhil Confronts Frank About the Flights
第 15 章an open secretBob Confronts Frank Over His Spending
第 16 章trot outFrank Teaches Chad With a Racecar
第 17 章testify againstFrank Is Arrested in the Car
第 18 章whip into shapeBob's Tribute to Frank Tassone第 9 / 18 章 · 残り約 27 分