Jet's cheerleading, Kendra's tutoring, and Jen and Jacqueline are struggling. Karla endures the anniversary of her abortion, and Derard's depression grows as no scholarship offers come. Academic Decathlon is around the corner, and tensions rise while Elizabeth sticks with her speech.

JEN  To Jen, SATs are "like a foreign language," but with her terrible grades, they may be her only hope for college.

KARLA  At Impact, Dean Bogue helps Karla deal with her grief on the anniversary of her abortion. "I hurt for you because I know that it was hard and you're still processing that."

ELIZABETH  Facing her demons, Elizabeth delivers a moving, provocative speech for the Academic Decathlon competition that focuses on her difficult relationship with her Korean mom.

If you know you have the ability to do something, but everyone around you, including teachers, tell you that it will be in your best interest not to do it, would you...

 
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SHARI: I feel bad for Karla and her feelings towards her abortion, but I feel that it was the right thing to do...