Sam: So she was your, uh, best student, huh?
Alice: Oh, God, no. But she was one of my favorites. Oh, sure, some of the kids got better grades, some were more creative, and some you just knew were going to make it, but Rebecca... Oh, gee, what was my point? Oh, yes. No one wanted success more fiercely than Becky Howe. You just can't beat determination. Even today, I hold Rebecca up as an example to my students.
Rebecca: You do?
Alice: You bet. I tell them about that little talk we had at the end of the senior year. Remember what I said to you?
Rebecca: That I flunked the final, and have to repeat the course in summer school, and get my diploma in the mail?
Alice: Uh-huh. And you did it. You held your head up and persevered. Anyone else would have had a nervous breakdown.
Rebecca: I did have a nervous breakdown.
Alice: But you completed the course, as well as, uh, several lovely macrame plant hangers.
Woody: And today she's our leader.