Marcia battles freshman anxiety when she has to start high school and tries to get out of her first day by pretending to be sick. When all else fails, she takes her parents advice to get involved and signs up for every club on campus.
Ernie (Barry Livingston) becomes the unwilling object of the affection of Dodie's (Dawn Lyn) 6-year-old friend Beatrice.
To help out his dad, Chip (Stanley Livingston) pretends to like the daughter of a woman Steve (Fred MacMurray) is dating.