Over the weekend, Cory was coming up with a lesson plan. He wanted a good lesson that would go over well. He didn't want to study antiques again. The time they studied antiques, he made the mistake of saying he'd give extra credit, if his students brought in an antique. That led to Riley, Maya, Lucas and Farkle getting locked in the junk yard. He didn't want to do another canoe ride, because that didn't go over to well. When the class went for a canoe ride, they had to take water rafts. That led to Riley, Maya, and himself getting separated from the class.
"Topanga, do you have any ideas for a lesson plan?" Cory asked.
"Cory, shouldn't we be in bed? It is past mid-night," informed Topanga. "We have to get up tomorrow and go to work. You've had all weekend to come up with a lesson!"
"I just want a lesson that won't lead to any trouble. The last few times we've done a hands on lesson, something had happened. The kids are locked in a junk yard, or we get separated from the group. I just want to have a successfully lesson," answered Cory.
"If I give you a suggestion, will you be satisfied so we can go to bed?" Topanga asked.
"Yes," answered Cory.
"Okay, remember the time you talked about having different flaws in class? Well, why don't you have the class do a project on what caused them to have those flaws," suggested Topanga. "Now can we go to bed?"
Cory liked the idea. He thought it would be a prefect lesson to do. The next day, he wrote flaws on the board. Some of the students told him that they already had that lesson before. Cory explained the lesson.
"Yes, we have had that lesson. I remember all of you writing a flaw on your forehead, when Farkle was being bullied. I decided we are going to do a project on that. Something happened to you in the past to make you have that flaw. Sometimes people have flaws from an event in their life, having difficult teachers, not making a team, being bullied etc. I would like for you to think about it, write down some of those things down. Then I am going to read your papers. After I read your papers, I'm going to pair you with someone who has some been through some similar experiences. When I tell you who your partner is, I want you to get together and come up with a way to help you overcome that flaw," stated Cory. "I am going to give you the rest of class to think about your flaws and jot down some things."
Riley was got really nervous, once she heard about the lesson. Her flaw was insecurity. A lot had happened to her in her past to make her that way. She turned and looked at Maya. She looked just as nervous as Riley did. Her flaw was broken. She didn't know what had happened in Maya's life because they tried to not talk about unpleasant events. Riley wondered what made Maya feel broken. All Maya would say was when she had something that the other kids had, she felt good. However, when she didn't have what the other kids had, she felt left out or different.
Maya knew this was going to be a very hard assignment, she had never told anyone about those events before. Riley was scared of how people would look at her and she was scared that people wouldn't believe her. Some of those things she had never told Cory or Topanga. Riley was unware that Maya was feeling the same way she did. A lot occurred in her life besides that fact that her father left her mother.