Conversation 14 - Excerpt

Coach: Wait a minute, wait a minute- don’t we have any other option?

Cindy: What option is that?

Coach: Well… how about a tutor? Yeah, how about us finding you a tutor for those courses? Somebody that, you know, could kind of give you what you need to pass your finals.

Cindy: Aw, Coach, I’ve gotta learn all this stuff myself. There’s life after football, you know! There’s a lot of competition for jobs out there when I graduate- IF I graduate!

Coach: (laughs) I know, Cindy. You’re absolutely right- I just don’t want to lose you right before the tournament. You’ve worked so hard to get this far- and so have all your teammates.

Cindy: Yeah. That’s why I feel so bad about this. But I need this time to study, I really do.