Room 222: Created by James L. Brooks. With Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine. Teacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant.

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Pete Dixon starts teaching an evening adult education class at Walt Whitman to earn some extra money, and discovers that the students are much more interested and motivated to learn the subject than his daytime high school students.

Helen was the shy, vulnerable girl. Bernie, was the white hippie-type kid, with the red-headed afro hairdo. These students were like real teens, negotiating everyday life in the tumultuous late 60s/early 70s. The best thing about Room 222, was that it had a fresh, contemporary take on American teens, in an urban high school setting.

You Don't Know Me, He Said: Directed by Seymour Robbie. With Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine. Student Carey Whittaker begins skipping class and behaving uncharacteristically irresponsibly. Mr. Dixon ultimately finds out why - …

Principal Seymour Kaufman introduces Pete to Alice Johnson, a perky but painfully insecure student teacher. Pete's most enthusiastic student is Richie Lane, who goes so far as to dress a lot like Pete and even takes roll in his absence.

A group of students who are tired of the school administration's control over the school newspaper decide to start their own underground newspaper about life at Walt Whitman High. For their premiere issue, they interview Pete Dixon, who agrees to keep their identities a secret.

Principal Seymour Kaufman asks Pete Dixon to take over a remedial reading class that the current teacher has trouble controlling. Pete finds that the students are sarcastic and unmotivated, and so he decides to try something unorthodox: pay the students if they will do their assignments.

Cheating: Directed by Richard Kinon. With Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine. Walt Whitman pupil Chris Beaumont is apparently one of the few students who does not cheat in the math class of no-nonsense teacher Howard Bruckner.

What Is a Man?: Directed by Seymour Robbie. With Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine. Howard is a non-athletic student who is assigned a woman's part in a play by Miss Johnson. Some students start to harass him for being gay and his friend Bernie distances himself. Mr.