Mr. Dorsey summoned a representative group of teachers and students leaders to his office in order to elicit their reactions to the suspension of the football captain. He told them that cheating was a pernicious disease which could not be tolerated at our school. He loathed having to discipline Art Krause so severely; but unless strict measures were taken, the students body would construe the incident as an open invitation to cheat with impunity. “We may lose a football game,” the principal said, “but we can salvage our self-respect.”
- Pyrrhic Victory – kemenangan yg sangat mahal harganya
- summoned – memanggil
- elicit – memperoleh
- suspension – penahanan
- pernicious – jahat
- loathe – benci
- strict – ketat
- the student body – organisasi siswa
- construe – menafsirkan
- cheat with impunity – berbuat curang tanpa dihukum
- salvage – menyelamatkan
- self-respected – harga diri
