at the time that his acknowledgment became public, acanfora was fulfilling the student teaching assignment that was necessary to obtain his teaching degree from penn state at park forest junior high school located in state college, pennsylvania. that school system and penn state immediately suspended his student teaching status upon learning of his homosexuality and membership in hops. acanfora thereupon instituted legal action seeking reinstatement as a student teacher, and obtained an immediate court injunction granting such reinstatement. he successfully completed the student teaching assignment with a grade of "b" and graduated from penn state in june 1972.