Gregory Quote #15
Quote from Gregory in Gifted Program
Gregory: Janine, when I was a kid, I didn't get into the gifted program. Like, not even close. It made me feel like school was only for kids who were good at taking tests, which I was not. So I checked out.
Janine: I don't know what to say.
Gregory: The point is, when you give some kids chickens, other kids are gonna get snakes. And if you get snakes for long enough, that's what you think you deserve.
Janine: And no one deserves snakes. I get it. So then what do we do?
Gregory: I'm just saying that there's more than one way to be gifted. Have you ever heard of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences? [Janine shakes her head] Okay. So, look, like, this kid here, right? He may not be good at math, but he may have naturalistic intelligence, which means he's good with nature. Okay. And this girl... She may have musical intelligence. And this kid... Okay, she's sleeping.
Janine: Yeah, she's out.
Gregory: Mm-hmm.
Janine: Mm-hmm.
Mr. Johnson: And look at that. This kid has custodial intelligence.
Abbott Elementary Quotes
‘Gifted Program’ Quotes
Quote from Jacob
Jacob: I, for one, love the program. I feel like a blend of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society and, well, Robin Williams in Patch Adams.
Gregory: Didn't all those kids in Patch Adams die of cancer?
Jacob: Well, the real cancer is ignorance.
Gregory: Mm, the real cancer is cancer.
Quote from Jacob
Janine: [gasps] You know what? We should have a gifted program here. I mean, I need something for the kids in my class to do other than grade papers and... [off Barbara's look] I'm kidding. But, seriously, I loved the gifted program I was in growing up. I learned so much, and those experiences were priceless.
Jacob: I was in one, too. Yeah. I got to write my own musical rap parody about Monsanto. It was called "Mo' Santo, Mo' Problems." Yo, check it... [Barbara cuts Jacob off]
Quote from Janine
Janine: [aside to camera] It'd be easy to just give up and not have a gifted program, but there was an acronym I learned in the one I was in... PIE... Perseverance, Ingenuity, and Effort. I love PIE. Even though I can't eat it, though. Hurts my tummy. [chuckles] But I did try it for many years. That's the perseverance part, which is why we should have a gifted program.