Here is a concise summary of the provided dialogue:
**Setting:** A restaurant, with scenes also at a soccer match and a speech/debate tournament.
**Main Characters:**
1. **Samantha (Sam)**: A single mother working as a waitress.
2. **Tina**: A judgmental customer, frequently making negative comments about single parenting.
3. **Scott**: Samantha's son, who participates in soccer and speech/debate.
**Summary:**
* Tina consistently criticizes Samantha's ability to parent alone, suggesting Scott will suffer without a father figure.
* Despite Tina's doubts, Scott excels in both a soccer match (scoring a winning goal) and a speech/debate tournament (winning first place).
* Tina's own son, by contrast, loses in the speech/debate tournament.
* When Tina's son gets a good report card (99/100), she boasts to Samantha, only to be one-upped when Scott reveals he got a perfect score (100/100).
* The story concludes with Samantha and Scott affirming their strong mother-son bond, proving that success is possible with single parenting and emphasizing the importance of love over material or traditional family structures.
Here are the extracted key facts, each with a number and kept as short sentences:
1. **Character Introduction**: The main characters are a single mom (Samantha), her son (Scott), and another parent (Tina) with a son (Jeremy).
2. **Scott's Late Arrival**: Scott arrives 30 minutes late to a soccer practice.
3. **Parenting Discussion**: Tina implies that single-parent households are at a disadvantage.
4. **Samantha's Marital Status**: Samantha is a single mom because her husband left her when she became pregnant.
5.. **Scott's Activities**: Scott is involved in soccer and speech & debate.
6. **Work-Life Balance**: Samantha works at a restaurant and brings Scott to work with her.
7. **Soccer Match Outcome**: Scott's team wins a soccer match in the last seconds, with Scott scoring the winning goal.
8. **Speech & Debate Outcome**: Scott wins a speech & debate tournament, beating Tina's son.
9. **Report Card Results**:
* Tina's son gets 99 out of 100 on his report card.
* Scott gets all 8 pluses, equivalent to 100 out of 100 on his report card.
10. **Family Support**: Scott attributes his success to the support of his single mother.