After Tootie's crush, the star quarterback of Eastland's football team comes into Mrs. Garrett's café, she discovers that he can't read. Tootie's ethics are soon tested when he asks her to help cheat on an upcoming big test. When she decides to not help him do that and offers to help learn how to read. Meanwhile, Blair volunteers her cousin Geri to perform at an upcoming charity show for her sorority and is in a bind when Geri is hesitant to help out.

Natalie feels superior when she is allowed to take a course at Langley College.