Adapted from William Shakespeare''s play "The Taming of the Shrew" 10 Things I Hate About You starts off with Cameron new student at Padua High sitting in the office of the quirky guidance counselor Ms. Perky. He is then shown around the school by Michael who will become his best friend. During his tour is when Cameron first sees Bianca Stratford a beautiful sophomore with one problem: she isn''t allowed to date. And neither is her "shrew" sister Katarina a senior who loves indie rock and feminist prose and hates conformity. But Kat and Bianca''s father alter''s his house rule: now Bianca can date... as long as Kat has a date too. Now in order for Cameron to date Bianca he has to find someone to date Kat. So Michael helps him enlist the help of pretty-boy/jerk/model Joey Donner tricking him into thinking that *he* will get to take Bianca out if he pays someone to take out Kat...