Teenage Challenge Pt 3 of 3

Teenage Challenge Pt 3 of 3 Dave at lockers, tells Betty what happened. She says she’s sorry for not supporting him but didn’t want him to get hurt, “You can’t expect to change everything overnight.” Betty asks to read the essay. 09:43:42 Betty reading essay at desk, Dave’s voice reading it on VO - “isn’t it up to us to seek His will for our lives?” etc. 09:44:31 Dave at home studying, church friend stops by, Dave tells him he couldn’t write another essay. 09:46:07 Dave back into school after being off sick - Ziggy comes up being nasty to him - essay circulating school - “that essay you wrote, that’d make anybody feel lousy...you’re a real fire-breathing heathen-heating preacher boy” - says Betty passed it on. “I guess she wanted to give everybody the laughs”. “So long Parsons, keep you halo on straight.” 09:46:54 Betty in newspaper office at typewriter, Dave in. Betty explains that she thought essay was great, Stan comes in & says the same, that it opened his eyes. Ziggy stole it & passed it around when they weren’t looking. Dave thinks it’s a good thing it got passed around - “poor Ziggy, he’s actually being a missionary & he doesn’t even know it”. Stan apologises: “I wonder what would happen if we ran your essay next week as an editorial” / Betty: “I dare you!” / Stan: “You know something, maybe that’s my greatest challenge” - all grinning. NB End credits cut off. Religion; Christianity; Evangelism; Social Issues; 1950s Americana; Bullying; Journalism; Teenagers; Youth;