School Ties Page #6

Let's go over this again. There's an objective fact.

One has lied and one hasn't.

- David never lied. - Yes, he did.

- He lied about being a Jew. - No one asked him.

Because no one had any idea, because he lied.

Gierasch says it was block-printed. No way to tell who wrote it.

He said the reputation of the school is on our shoulders.

- Screw the school! What about us? - We get our lives ruined.

My life is screwed if I don't get into Yale.

- I need my grades for a scholarship. - I can't tell my father I failed History.

We've busted our butts, now one person is killing us.

- It's got to be Greene. - Rip, what do you think?

I don't know. I mean, what's so different about him, anyway?

Everything! It's like my dad says about Jews.

He madly tried to ingratiate himself.

- Bullshit! - He wanted success without working.

- He was a senior. - Jesus! Leave the Jewish stuff out!

We can't, because David is Jewish, stupid!

- You're a bigot. - I resent that.

Resent it all you want. You were the first to needle him.

Hey! Hey!

I confess.

I admit it, you know, I'm an anti-Semite.

I crack Jew jokes. I think they're greedy, pushy.

But you want to know something else? David Greene's the first one I met.

- What's your point? - He was a good guy.

That guy wouldn't cheat.

- Which means you think Dillon did. - Yeah, I do.

That makes two of us.

- Three. - I can't believe this!

- I can't either. - You're dumping Dillon for a dirty Jew!

It's now one a.m. Are we going to decide?

Not unless we can be fair.

You know he cheated. We know what Jews are like.

How many do you know? When did you last have one home?

I only have to know one.

- He stole Dillon's place on the team. - Then his girl.

- Stabbed him in the back. - He's not even paying.

Wake up, guys! Can't you see what's going on here?

You want to nail Greene because he knew how you feel.

- Anyone else tired of this? - Yes!

- Let's vote. Hands or secret ballots? - Secret ballots.

Look, if we do this, we do it out in the open!

Ballots!

As Head Prefect, I've been asked...

It's the finding of the class, the majority of the class,

that the guilt lies with David Greene.

Mr Greene, you're requested to turn yourself in to the headmaster.

All right.

I'll honour your traditions.

I'll go to the headmaster.

And I'll lie.

Thanks, buddy.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

Good morning, Mr Greene.

We were wondering if you'd changed your mind.

- You know why I'm here? - Indeed. To confess to cheating.

That's right. I cheated on the History exam.

No, David. You did no such thing.

I saw Dillon cheat.

He was my roommate for four years.

Thank you, Mr Van Kelt. You're excused.

David...

I'm sorry.

- I did break the Honour Code. - Yes. As did Van Kelt.

But the Honour Code is a living thing. It cannot exist in a vacuum.

We absolve you both on that account. Mr Dillon, however, is expelled.

David, you represent the best of what we hope for at St Matthew's.

Please, don't think of leaving.

Good. Then it's settled.

- I'd like to forget this ever happened. - No, sir.

You never will, because I'm staying here.

Every day you see me, you'll remember that it happened.

You used me for football.

I'll use you to get into Harvard. Excuse me.

You know something?

I'm still going to get into Harvard.

And in ten years, nobody will remember any of this.

- But you'll still be a goddamned Jew. - And you'll still be a prick.

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