Erin goes through a divorce which can be stuck on anybody’s mind, but she handles it well. She dives right back into school and doesn’t let her personal life affect what she is trying to accomplish with her students. Erin also faces a lot of news reporters in this section. She is forced to act in her students’ best interest and not be forced into doing things that the students aren’t comfortable with.
This is good to do because she has worked very hard to get trust from her students and she doesn’t want to lose it overnight because of a TV show. Erin, once again, uses her connections to get the students new computers and to get discounts on their trip to Washington D.C. Also, before she agreed to be in the newspaper again she checked out the writer to make sure that this article wouldn’t end up being a slap in the face like the other one was.