A teenage boy mistakenly believes his English teacher has a romantic crush on him. In her attempt to entice this truant student back to his studies, he believed she was trying to get him alone. Late at night, he corners her in her classroom and tries to kiss her but is gently rebuffed.
Male high school student tells teacher he got a girl in "trouble," meaning pregnant. "Self-abusive practices" is used as a euphemism for masturbation. There is reference to a student's mother being a prostitute or streetwalker.