Mr. Johnson Quote #14
Quote from Mr. Johnson in Gifted Program
Mr. Johnson: [aside to camera] There's one area of giftedness that always goes overlooked. I've started a gifted custodian program. It's like reverse Good Will Hunting. [Malcolm clears up the candies he knocked over in Ava's office] You see a genius cleaning. I see a cleaning genius.
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.