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Nate Busko has spent 12 of his 17 years running from his past
Fed up of being bounced from one foster home to another, he now lives in his car, eats corn husks and uses track practice as an opportunity to shower.
Alone, he is haunted by fragments of traumatic memories from his past
By nightfall, he couldn’t be more different from the confident, swaggering person from school.
Enter Stan Deen, a popular high school drama teacher dealing with his own problems
He sees Nate’s latent talent and need for care and guidance that no other teacher has and steps in to help.
But in the opening scene, Nate is arrested in the middle of the school and marched off in handcuffs
Stan follows Nate to the police station and not only arranges bail, but agrees to take Nate to his home, despite the raised eyebrows he receives from his fellow teachers.
Stan is willing to do whatever he can to help his troubled student
But the question is, can you really help someone if you are not willing to help yourself?