- It's the first day of school, and Margaret's ready in her new back-to-school dress and loafers with no socks—per Nancy's instruction and against her mom's advice (blisters).
- Here's a shocker: Margaret's mom was right, and by the time she gets to school she's got crazy blisters… and plenty of the other girls are wearing knee socks anyway. Ugh.
- School starts and it turns out that Margaret's teacher is a super nervous guy by the name of Mr. Miles J. Benedict Jr.
- After introducing himself, he has the class fill out an introductory questionnaire of sorts covering their names, nicknames, likes, hates, goals, and thoughts on male teachers.