Gregory Quote #149
Quote from Gregory in Educator of the Year
Melissa: So, apparently, I'm supposed to say some nice things about you, so why don't you just tell me some of the things you think you accomplished over the year, and I'll whip it up into an intro? Okay, have a seat.
Gregory: Alright. Uh, okay. I feel like we've made progress on identifying shapes, although a lot of them got hexagons and polygons confused. And then one of them thought a polygon was the Pentagon, and...
Melissa: Okay, just give me something, anything you thought you were good at go.
Gregory: I-I don't- I don't really know. I feel like I'm below average at teaching language arts, which, like, what does that say about me?
Melissa: How about I say you are punctual? And all the kids love you.
Gregory: To be completely honest, I don't know that they do. But some of them like me.
Melissa: [breathes sharply] How about this? I'm just gonna do, like, a regift speech. I'll just repurpose some of the compliments I've gotten over the years. Okay?
Abbott Elementary Quotes
‘Educator of the Year’ Quotes
Quote from Ava
Ava: Barbara, this came for you.
Barbara: I have to go to court?
Ava: Oh, wait. This is a cease-and-desist for me. Coleman Camping Supplies seems to think that they're the only Colemans that can sell camping supplies. I got lanterns, too.
Quote from Jacob
Melissa: There's a green bubble on the group chat.
Gregory: I have an iPhone, but I left the group chat after Mr. Johnson started that soup thread.
Jacob: Uh, it's me, okay? I-I got a new phone. A droid.
Janine: Wait, there's a group chat?
Jacob: Look, it's not easy being green, okay? Android discrimination is one of the last acceptable forms of hate in this country. There was a pothole on 50th Street. I tried to warn you about it.
Melissa: Yeah, well, I hit it because I couldn't read your stupid text. I just don't have time for this. [throws Jacob's phone] Go back to the blue bubble! Life is hard enough as it is. Now I got two classes worth of grades to finish and a tire to replace.
Jacob: You know what? I would like to see your phone survive that.
Quote from Barbara
Ava: You didn't complete your continuing education requirements.
[aside to camera:]
Barbara: Every five years, every schoolteacher must take continuing education classes, as mandated by the school district, which means that after all these years, I must prove to them that I can still teach. It is preposterous.