In Mr. Allen's high school class, all the students have to "get married." However, the wedding ceremonies are not real ones but  51  These mock ceremonies sometimes become so  52  that the loud laughter drowns out the voice of the "minister." Even the two students getting married often begin to giggle.

The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and serious business. He wants young people to understand that there are many changes that  53  take place after marriage. He believes that the need for these psychological and financial  54  should be understood before people marry.

Mr. Allen doesn't only introduce his students to major problems  55  in marriage such as illness or unemployment. He also exposes them to nitty-gritty problems they will face every day. He wants to introduce young people to all the trials and  56  that can strain a marriage to the breaking point. He even  57  his students with the problems of divorce and the fact that divorced men must pay child support money for their children and sometimes pay monthly alimony to their wives.

It has been upsetting for some of the students to see the problems that a married couple often faces.  58  they took the course, they had not worried much about the problems of marriage. However, both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen's course is valuable and have  59  the course publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have,  60  the school to offer the course again.