 Glee club director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) announces the second New Directions boys against girls singing competition . He later sees a shaken Kurt Hummel in the hallway — he had been slammed against a locker by school bully Dave Karofsky ( Max Adler ) — and takes Kurt to his office to recover . Kurt criticizes both the school 's failure to act against homophobic bullying and the lack of challenge in the club 's competition ; Will decides to modify the assignment to have the teams perform songs by groups of the opposite gender . Kurt is happier with the new spin , but the other boys are unreceptive to his ideas for their team . Puck is especially dismissive , and suggests that he go spy on the Dalton Academy Warblers , one of their competitors at the forthcoming Sectionals round of show choir competition . The girls ' team decides on and sings a mash @-@ up of " Start Me Up / Livin ' on a Prayer " . 
