In a very special course at Knnet School, the social-science teacher Adam Smith guides his students through the "married life". Unlike the traditional course, Adam makes his students experience the real problems married ones may face like housing and child care. "No one tells kids about money-managing problems," says Adam. 

Each student should act out in ten weeks what normally takes couples ten years to finish. In the first week, one member of each couple is asked to get an after school job -- a real one. During the term, the income rules their life-style. In the third week, the couples must find an apartment they can afford. 

In the fifth week, the couples "have a baby" and then struggle to cover the costs of baby clothes and furniture. In week eight, the marriage comes to the breaking point by such disaster as a mother-in-law's moving in or death. It's all over by week ten (the tenth year of marriage). After serious discussion with lawyers about alimony and child support, the students get divorced . 

Adam's course, which has "married" 1,000 students since its beginning six years ago, is widely supported by parents and students. Some of the students have found the experience making them realize their real life marry plans are wrong. Marianne Baldrica, 16, who tried "marriage" last term with her boyfriend Eric Zook, 15, said, " Eric and I used to get along pretty well before we took the course together. But I wanted to live in the city, he wanted the country. He wanted lots of kids, I wanted no kids. It's been four weeks since the course ended and Eric and I are just starting to talk to each other again."
Who's the teacher?
At what school?
What does he teach?
How long do students have?
What must they do the first week?
What happens with their income?
What must couples do week 3?
When do couples give birth?
What struggles do they face?
What struggles do they face?
What is one week eight disaster?
How many have married in his course?
When did the program begin?
Do parents back the program?
Who else backs it?
How long after the course did Marianne start talking to her boyfriend?
What's his name?
Age?
What about hers?
Adam Smith
 the social-science teacher Adam Smith
Knnet School,
 course at Knnet School, 
social-science
 social-science teacher
ten weeks
in ten weeks 
get a real job
In the first week, one member of each couple is asked to get an after school job -- a real one.
rules their life-style
During the term, the income rules their life-style
find an apartment they can afford.
n the third week, the couples must find an apartment they can afford. 
5th week
In the fifth week, the couples "have a baby"
cover the costs of baby clothes and furniture
 and then struggle to cover the costs of baby clothes and furniture
to cover the costs of baby clothes and furniture.
 to cover the costs of baby clothes and furniture.
a mother-in-law's moving in or death.
a mother-in-law's moving in or death. 
1000
Adam's course, which has "married" 1,000 students 
six years ago,
 its beginning six years ago, 
yes
 is widely supported by parents and students. 
students
 is widely supported by parents and students
Four
 It's been four weeks since the course ended and Eric and I are just starting to talk to each other again."
Eric Zook,
 with her boyfriend Eric Zook, 
15
15
16
Marianne Baldrica, 16, 