Mike Cahill has it all. He's Senior Class President, Editor of the school paper and Captain of the tennis team. And the prettiest girl in the school is mad about him. All of which keeps him very busy . . . So busy that he falls behind in his studies. That creates a problem because the big math test is coming up and Mike needs a good mark if he is to get into college. So what does he do? He breaks into the teacher's locker and steals the test beforehand. Does that solve the problem? Not really, because Mike proceeds to lose the notebook into which he had tucked the exam. During a tennis match with the dean, he is confronted with what he has done, forced to examine his motives and left to decide: will he assume responsibility and face the painful consequences or will he abdicate responsibility by seeking to avoid the consequences. It's a tough decision.