This is a now-dated but realistic study of how a young high school student, played by Noreen Corcoran, tries to handle a pregnancy. The issue of pregnancy and furthering a girl's education, not to mention what and how to tell parents, is well-handled here. What happened to the girl in this episode was common if not the rule in high schools all over the United States pre-Title IX. Since the early 1970s, it is completely illegal to deny pregnant students an education, so this episode would not be made today.
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Well acted and thought provoking
chronis526012 October 2021
Noreen Corcoran appears in this episode a few years after her best known role as Kelley Gregg In Bachelor Father. Her she portrays Cathy, a high school student who finds herself pregnant during her senior year. Her character Cathy is a nice girl who made a mistake which makes the plot very somber as it plays out. As others have mentioned, the school would have been forced to handle it differently today, but still the effects on Cathy, her parents and the father are shown quite dramatically. Some comic relief by the overconfident student artist Boris add a few light hearted moments. Well acted and worth watching!
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