Janine: Okay, let's move on to "ard."
Children: Ard.
Janine: Right, which means "alright."
[aside to camera:]
Janine: So, the kids here use a lot of Philadelphia slang, or as we call it, "Philly slang." So I like to incorporate it as sight words, which are words that kids recognize without sounding them out. For instance, "boul" means "boy," so I'd say like, "Ooh, I have a crush on boul." [laughs] Or, Boul Meets World is my favorite show.
[back:]
Janine: "Cheesesteak."
Children: Cheesesteak.

Janine: And let's go to "boul."
Children: Boul.
Janine: Right. Sometimes it's spelled B-U-L, which is interesting.
Barbara: [enters] What is going on in this classroom?
Janine: Hey, Mrs. Howard. I'm just teaching the kids some sight words. [chuckles] It's a helpful teaching tool, because these kids use these...
Children: Jawns...
Janine: Jawns all the time.
Barbara: You're abandoning the phonics principle that these children need. This is a classroom, not a hoagie stand.
Janine: Oh, boom. Hoagie.
Children: Hoagie.
Janine: We had it on the board, so...

Janine: Okay, kids. Let us move on to "oldhead," one word.
Children: Oldhead.
[As Barbara leaves Janine's class room, Mr. Johnson is changing a lightbulb in the hallway]
Mr. Johnson: Young bouls are so disrespectful.
Barbara: Mmm.

Ava: What it do, Abbott teaching crew? Damn, the last time I was up this early was to cuss out the mailman. I don't need all them bills coming.
Gregory: Uh, I thought breakfast was being provided.
Ava: Don't act like you don't see these little boxes of cereal right here.

Jacob: Gregory. Broseph. Brotato. Yeah, I'm still, uh... Still finding that.
Gregory: What's up, man? I'm just looking for some creamer.
Jacob: Listen, you're the new guy here.
Gregory: I've been here a month.
Jacob: I am the second-year vet. I figured I would, you know, show you a few things around here.
Gregory: No, I'm just, uh, looking for...
Jacob: So, we've got Ms. Cooper over there. I've been here a year and a half. She's been pregnant the whole time. I don't ask questions.
Gregory: I'll even take powdered creamer.
Jacob: That's Mrs. Robertson. Watch out, she will talk your ear off.

Jacob: Uh, students. We are about to hear from a heroic, upstanding citizen of this city, okay, who helped to peacefully end one of...
Melissa: Kids, meet Vinny Romano.
Vinny: Call me The Tire Iron.
Jacob: Uh, hello, Mr. Iron. Um, is there anything else we could call you?
Vinny: Nope.

Gregory: Why don't we get together after school... and we can figure it out?
Janine: Um, I would love that. You kidding me? [chuckles] Oh, my God, but, shoot. My boyfriend is picking me up after school today.
Gregory: Oh.
Janine: You know what? You can come hang with us. I mean, we're just going to IKEA. You can help us pick out a bed.
Gregory: Oh, okay. Yeah, um... Oh, God. Um... I actually have somebody picking me up after school.
Janine: Oh.
Gregory: She's a girl... She's a woman, I mean. Like, it's a car full of women and...
Janine: What?
Gregory: Nothing.
Janine: Oh. Okay, well, see you later. I'll see you around school.
Gregory: Yeah, yeah. Alright, you, too. Hey, enjoy the bed.
Janine: Oh, we will.
Gregory: [nervous chuckle] Ha!
Janine: Uh, I was just kidding. But see you later!
Gregory: Uh-huh.

Vinny: So hundreds of us come piling off this bus, right? And the punk firefighters, they didn't even show their pretty little faces, you know? And the pigs, they were mad 'cause we were throwing rocks. It's like, hey, just relax. They're just freakin' rocks, you know? [laughs] So, anyway, we tell that...
[Jacob drags Melissa out into the hallway]
Melissa: He's great, right?
Jacob: [whispering] Why did you bring him here?
Melissa: Uh, didn't we agree to this?
Jacob: I thought you were bringing a police captain. Someone to talk about how the union worked together in peace?
Melissa: That's not the real story. This is the truth. He's giving them an eyewitness account to history.
Jacob: Eyewitness? I think the term is "accomplice."
Melissa: This is the problem I have with people like you. You want to romanticize this city, but you won't acknowledge the truth. Like, you want to run up the Rocky steps, but you can't take a punch in the face.
Jacob: I can take a punch in the face. What... What... What are you saying? I'm some kind of, like, hipster poseur? Look, I care, okay? I am here, teaching, every day.
Melissa: No, I'm saying you can't teach the kids right if you don't respect where they're from. It's about respect.
Boy: Me and the rest of the class are going on strike until there are no more pop quizzes. [Vinny gives him a thumbs up]

Janine: Hey, Mrs. Howard. Hey, after the assembly, do you think you can come help me with the program? My kids are struggling, and I know I ask you for help all the time, but what can I say? You're the best. [chuckles]
Barbara: Janine...
Janine: Sometimes I wonder if I put you on too high a pedestal, but then I think it's not high enough. I say, "Janine, she's just a person like you..." You know what? I'm sorry, I'm rambling. You make- [voice breaking] I'm sorry. You make me want to be a better teacher.
Barbara: Okay. [chuckles lightly]

[As Barbarba stands on the stage with him, Will is holding the copy of Michelle Obama's book upside down]
Will: Okay. Here goes.
Barbara: Okay, that's enough. [chuckles] Everybody, um, my student, Will, is a wonderful student and dancer, but he cannot read this book just yet. The truth is, I was actually able to log into the program, but, um, I was just pushing buttons. I did not mean to say that they could read at a 4th grade level. I know how to teach these kids how to read. I just can't use that program. So I lied.
[aside to camera:]
Janine: I can't believe Barbara lied to me.
[separately to camera:]
Ava: Normally, I encourage cheating, but, girl, you gots to let me know. [laughs] Barbara? Who'd have thought?