Participating in a school program to symbolically 'recover' her long-lost virginity, Jerri takes it seriously and works hard to fend off ever-present temptation.
Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old freshman at Flatpoint High. Jerri ran away from home and became 'a boozer, a user, and a loser' after dropping out as a teenager, supporting her drug habits through prostitution, stripping, and larceny. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she 'stole the TV'. At home, Jerri's father Guy is comatose, although he seems perfectly capable of amazing feats. Her stepmother Sara is vain and bitter, and stepbrother Derrick is a bullying jock. Jerri tries to do things the right way but always ends up learning the wrong lesson. Her hijinks often involve, either directly or indirectly, neurotic history teacher Chuck Noblet and his secret lover, sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck.
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Participating in a school program to symbolically 'recover' her long-lost virginity, Jerri takes it seriously and works hard to fend off ever-present temptation.
Coach Wolf launches a marriage course, partnering up the students and reeling in Mr. Jellineck for her fake husband, but she ends up thinking she has actual feelings for Mr. Jellineck. Meanwhile, Jerri becomes too territorial with her fake husband, going so far as to threaten his very real girlfriend.
Feeling rejected by her classmates and abandoned by her family, Jerri is seduced into joining a religious cult.
When Jerri discovers her American Indian heritage, she attends a camp run by a counselor who teaches adopted Indian children about aspects of their culture, such as alcoholism and gambling.
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