Gary Edwards’ algebra teacher, Bates initially awards Edwards a failing grade, which causes the chain of court rulings resulting in that grade being lifted to above a 70. Bates, for his part, is “moved” to the middle school, where is no longer in charge of Dallas football players’ grades—thus ensuring that Carter High can continue to dominate on the field, without fear of academic “meddling.”
Will Bates Quotes in Friday Night Lights
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Chapter 15: The Algebraic Equation
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Will Bates was drummed out of Carter and reassigned to teach industrial arts in a middle school. He was given an unsatisfactory evaluation rating, placed on probation for a year, and had his salary frozen. And, of course, he was forbidden to teach and to prevent further threats to the sanctity of football.
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Will Bates Quotes in Friday Night Lights
The Friday Night Lights quotes below are all either spoken by Will Bates or refer to Will Bates. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 15: The Algebraic Equation
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Will Bates was drummed out of Carter and reassigned to teach industrial arts in a middle school. He was given an unsatisfactory evaluation rating, placed on probation for a year, and had his salary frozen. And, of course, he was forbidden to teach and to prevent further threats to the sanctity of football.
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