- So Bart is comparing the experience of attending Baileywell to the experience of being in a concentration camp. This strikes Shmoop as… not exactly equivalent.
- Bart and his mom are heading off to Baileywell for a tour. Bart's mom makes fun of the Medieval Times theme. Fair enough.
- Dr. Bratton greets Bart and his mom at the gate. With him is one Tyro Bergen, Bart's mentor and soon-to-be nemesis. Tyro seems to be on good behavior now, though… for the moment.
- Bart's mom is digging the tour; she thinks Baileywell is paradise. Bart, not so much.
- Once his start date is set (October 15), Bart finally gets with the program and begs his mom to spare him the cruel fate of attending Baileywell, even busting out the eyeball soup story.
- Bart's mom is totally unimpressed, though—Bart's going to Baileywell, and that's final.
- Bart's mom receives the good news that her office will be reopening soon, at a new location close to her home.
- She goes on a shopping spree for new work clothes, though according to Bart, they look exactly like her old work clothes.
- Bart's mom's first act back at work was to fire Caroline. You go, girl.
- Time for Bart's first day of school.
- Bart climbs onto the bus that will take him to school and offers to shake the bus driver's hand like a nerd. The bus driver scowls at him.
- Bart walks to the back of the bus; he thinks all the other day students look feeble and pathetic. He's pretty judge-y about it, honestly.
- Bart settles in for the long, silent bus ride. When they arrive, Bart reluctantly gets off the bus.
- He spots his mentor, Tyro, though Tyro doesn't recognize him. Or at least he acts like he doesn't.
- Bart makes a nerd joke about a George Orwell book. Tyro is unimpressed.
- As they walk into the hall, Bart feels a little overwhelmed.
- He realizes that, for the first time in a long time, no one seems to recognize him. This is an unfamiliar sensation given the unwelcome celebrity he's had since his dad died.
- Tyro, charming young man that he is, introduces Bart as "Fart Strangely." To be fair, who doesn't enjoy a good fart joke?
- And when Bart accidentally slams into Tyro in the hall, Tyro calls him a "f**." Yikes.
- In homeroom, Bart's teacher, Mrs. Day, seems to recognize him as the Miracle Boy. Well, at least she doesn't call him Fart…
- Bart takes a seat next to Seth. He saw Seth on the bus that morning, so he's a day student like Bart.
- Seth asks Bart why he's been hanging around with Tyro. When Bart explains that Tyro is his mentor, Seth says he pities him.
- Mrs. Day wants the class to write about what they did over the summer. Which seems a little weird since it's October… and the class already did this exercise, back on the first day of school. The class seems resentful toward Bart.
- Bart doesn't know what to say, so he doesn't write anything. When the kids read their essays, it's clear these kids are fancy; they had amazing summers on safaris and yachts and stuff like that.
- Listening to their essays, Bart is unimpressed with his fellow students, both personally and academically. He thinks they're self-absorbed.
- Bart is saved by the bell from reading his (blank) essay, so he heads out to the hall and feels lonely.
- At lunchtime, Bart's lunch lady recognizes him as the Miracle Boy and gifts him with double hamburgers.
- Tyro waves Bart over to his table. Bart feels grateful, but we're thinking this feeling is premature.
- Bart politely asks Tyro to pass the ketchup. Tyro responds by dumping like the whole container on Bart's burgers, ruining them. Yeah, we knew this lunch date was too good to be true.
- Bart finishes out the rest of the afternoon on an empty stomach, which does not improve his mood.
- He sits by Seth on the bus ride home and asks about Tyro. Seth explains that Tyro has a history of torturing the kids he mentors; he gets away with it because his dad is a big donor to the school.
- Finally Bart's home. He's ready to tell his mom about what a bad day he had… until he sees how happy she looks. He decides to keep the ketchup incident to himself.