Often these frailties include conceit, apathy, and ignorance. The end of the chapter includes Holden's retreat from the big football game to his dorm room, and a narration of his troubles with the fencing team. The team had to forfeit the match when Holden left all their equipment on the wrong train. Holden is embarrassed by this, but is quick to judge the team, blaming them for the mishap. Later, Holden admits that he's getting kicked out of Pencey Prep.
Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.
Holden can't truly accept what Mr. Spencer is saying because Holden can't accept the rules and has never accepted them. He continually sees hypocrisy in positions of authority and thus cannot accept those persons' rules as legitimate. Later in the chapter Holden digresses about his age and whether or not he acts like it. He admits that sometimes he doesn't act his age. This leads the reader to think that Holden, though very tall for his age, is still very immature on the inside.