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College Rockout
Jan 10, 2010

I never got any sense of impropriety from Mr Shaibel. Beth first gets introduced to chess because a teacher sends her to the basement to clean the board erasers. That doesn't happen if there's rumors swirling around about Mr Shaibel. There's also a scene where Beth is eating chocolate in the basement telling him about the chess matches at the high school that happens after Deardorff finds out about him teaching her chess. It's only after Beth ODs on the tranquilizers that she gets banned from playing chess completely (not just with Mr. Shaibel) and their relationship changes.

Also (last couple episodes spoiler) if there were any suspicions it'd be incredibly negligent for Deardorff not to report/fire him in general but especially with him pinning Beth articles on a board in the basement.

College Rockout fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Dec 9, 2020

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College Rockout
Jan 10, 2010

Yea I think everybody got nervous when the tranquilizers were first introduced and were expecting the worst. It was a nice surprise to see that the people in charge were seemingly decent people trying their best.

Mr Shaibel loaning her the money for her first tournament and then Beth revealing that she never paid him back was heartbreaking. He was so proud of her and she never got back in touch :(

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