After practice, McKenna has a family dinner at home with her parents and two sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks then inform her that her teacher Mr. Wu e-mailed them saying McKenna's grades are slipping. He recommends she get a reading tutor from the middle school. McKenna's parents believe that she's spending too much time on gymnastics and not enough time on school. McKenna refuses and promises to bring her grades up as there's going to be a science quiz the next day. She starts to read the science book, but doesn't understand it and quits.