On Sunday morning, Fenstad goes to mass and ice skating before driving to visit his mother. Upon arriving, Fenstad’s mother asks how his soul is and mentions that his daughter Sharon stopped by and told her Fenstad has a new girlfriend— Susan, a pharmacist. She says that she doesn’t understand his pickiness about his lovers. She adds that anyone should do. After a moment of silence, Fenstad asks how she is, and she tells him to take her somewhere, so he invites her to the composition class he teaches on Tuesday nights.  When Tuesday night comes, Fenstad picks up his mother and tells her that the class is full of working-class people and he will be teaching logic. After Fenstad introduces his mother to the class, she blends right in, even having conversations while he tries to teach. Fenstad thinks to himself that his mother even looks disappointed in him. Nonetheless, he carries on with the lesson and tries to explain why “unique problems” don’t exist. The students try to answer Fenstad’s questions but his mother ultimately explains that problems are not personal, they are collective.  After class, Fenstad and his mother go to an all-night restaurant called Country Bob’s. As they wait to be served, a woman passes and asks if they have any spare money. Fenstad’s mother tries to give the woman her coat, and Fenstad forces her to take his money instead. Fenstad’s mother becomes upset and says that her son lacks logic but ultimately decides that she wants to join him during next week’s class as well.  Next week, the students read their “how-to” papers out loud, teaching everyone about special skills they have. Fenstad’s mother takes notes, and class ends with everyone learning to waltz. After class, Fenstad tells his mother he has a skating date with Susan and drops his mother off, but when he and Susan arrive at the rink, he notices his mother on a bench, watching. He asks her what she is doing, and she says she wanted to see them because she likes to watch happiness. They take her home and give her a warm bath, but she catches bronchitis. Fenstad comes by every other day to check on her as she listens to her music, and she tells him that her only problem is that she hasn’t heard enough jazz.