Finding such unconventional classroom items as leather straps, paddles and a cane in Ms. Stevens' room, he decides to test them out on two other disobedient girls. He may be over zealous at first, but as the two young ladies stand teary eyed, rubbing their bottoms, they see their novice teacher in a new light. Rodney will have the respect of the entire class. And he will enforce it with the well used disciplinary tools of the trade.