Janine Quote #9
Janine: I wanted to get your expert, classy eye on my rug request e-mail to Ava.
Barbara: Janine, we are not getting new rugs. We are not getting anything.
Janine: Barbara, have some faith. Ava literally said she'll get us whatever we need.
Barbara: Janine, I have been working in the Philadelphia School District for 20 years, and Ava is just the latest in a long line of people who do absolutely nothing. Just do your job.
Janine: But this is me doing my job. I think the job means trying to make things better.
Barbara: And I think the job is working with what you've got so you don't get let down.
Ava: [intercom beeps] [over intercom] Good morning, teachers. During passing, please come to the front entrance for a special announcement about some much-needed improvements to the school that I made happen.
Janine: Yes! Oh, did you hear that?! Optimism wins again! [gasps] "Oh, thank you, Janine." No problem, Ms. Howard. "You're doing your job so well, I see a little bit of me in you." You do? 'Cause I always felt we had a lot in common. "Oh, Janine, ♪ You're so lovely ♪"
Abbott Elementary Quotes
‘Pilot’ Quotes
Quote from Melissa
[aside to camera:]
Melissa: Uh... Melissa. Schemmenti. Second-grade teacher.
[in class room:]
Melissa: What's half of 100?
Children: 50.
Melissa: Also, $100, known as a C-note.
[aside to camera:]
Melissa: You Sicilian? Italian? You from South? Okay, you guys working with the cops? 'Cause you gotta tell me.
Quote from Melissa
Janine: Hey, it's not impossible to get things. Melissa asked for those new toy cash registers for her classroom and got them.
Melissa: Yeah, those aren't toys. I know a guy who worked a Walmart demolition. I got a guy for everything. I know a guy right now working the stadium build. Need rebar?
Janine: No.
Quote from Barbara
Barbara: Janine. Turn that down, please! I'm trying to teach my kindergartners the letter "C," and they are distracted by this song. It's like "Back That Azz Up" for kids.
Janine: Hey, guys, um, could you sit down, please? [music continues] Guys, I'm gonna count to 3. 1... 2...
Barbara: And I am not counting. Sit down! [music stops]
[aside to camera:]
Barbara: I'm Barbara Howard, woman of God. I do my work, I go home. I get my nails done every week. And... I love teaching.