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The Cheaters
Andy learns to be wary of tutoring from Nellie (Alison Arngrim). Alice: Hersha Parady. Albert: Matthew Laborteaux. Laura: Melissa Gilbert. Mrs. Oleson: Katherine MacGregor., With Mrs. Simms having retired, Alice Garvey (Hersha Parady) has taken over as Walnut Grove’s schoolteacher — a task made difficult by the fact that Alice’s son, Andy (Patrick Laborteaux), is a classic underachiever. Hoping to improve Andy’s grades, Alice hires her best pupil, Nellie Oleson (Alison Arngrim), to tutor the boy. Things take an unexpected turn when Nellie reveals that she has been cheating in the classroom all along — and offers to teach Andy her “foolproof” technique if he’ll keep his mouth shut., Andy is doing poorly in school to the embarrassment of his mother who is the current teacher. Mrs. Garvey hires Nellie Olesen to tutor Andy., The Walnut Grove school children take a series of routine tests to prepare them for the next grade, but after Andy Garvey shows failing grades, his parents enlist Nellie Oleson to help him with his studies, but Nellie shows him an even better way to succeed by cheating.
