- The station's cleaning lady asks Venus a favor. Her son wants to drop out of high school. She wants Venus to talk to her son, a gang member, about staying in school. Venus bets the boy he can make learning more interesting.
- Cora Isley, the black office night cleaning lady who has befriended Venus, is in a panic as her sixteen year old son, Arnold Isley, has told her he's dropping out of school. Cora had been saving up in the hopes that Arnold would go to college for a potentially better life than he would probably have otherwise. From Cora's pleas and her worried state, Venus agrees to have a chat with Arnold if he stops by the station the following afternoon. Arnold turns out to be a tough guy, the leader of a street gang who, from his probably less than legal activities, is the type to throw around C-notes to show what a success he already is. Venus has to find a quiet place in the office away from the influence of the other "white" staffers who would only make matters worse. Finding that quiet place may be difficult if only because Johnny, too, is trying to find that quiet place to take a nap. If Venus is able to talk to Arnold and live another day, he will have to find the right buttons to push and do it fast to overcome Arnold's short attention span.—Huggo
- WKRP's long-time custodian Cora (Veronica Redd) asks Venus (Reid), a former teacher, to help her son Arnold (Keny Long). Arnold has become the leader of a gang and is now dropping out of school because he just doesn't get it. In a wager, Arnold agrees that if Venus can teach him about the 'atom' so that he understands it, he will stay in school. Venus uses a gang analogy to teach Arnold and show him that he just needs to learn how to relate to the school work for it to make sense to him.
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