Student walkouts and metal detectors. Stoned classmates and cops on the take. Segregated neighborhoods. Opportunistic coaches. Gang clashes... in the midst of all this, high school senior Curt finds it difficult to believe that people care who's holding his hand. But when he and Adriana become a couple, he's quickly educated on the anguish and bigotry still tucked away in America and on who his friends really are. Curt knows he has to accept what he can't control and take life as it is.