This is the most important test they will take the entire time they are in high school. Because if they don't pass it, they do not walk across the stage with a diploma.

So many of our gyms are dark after school. The police say the worst time when kids find trouble is that 4 to 6 p.m. time when the schools close and there's no money to run after-school programs.

The kids will have six (daytime) dress rehearsals for school audiences during the week and three weekend public shows ? a full schedule ? and they learn a lot in the process.

You will just see people in rain coats with umbrellas just having a good time.

The time will come when motion picture studios will school their actors in public relations and send them out every year to talk before service clubs, schools, churches, and women's groups. For me, that day can't come too soon, because the interest in Hollywood is unbelievable.

They know the structure of the test and they know the format. So when they come on test day they are not nervous because they know what to expect.