Abbott Elementary
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Barbara begrudgingly teams up with Ava, who instills her hustle mentality in the students.
Wanna sell some chocolate?
Do whatever it takes.
Fake sales to get new ones.
Avoid giving change because customers arent Sam Cooke, so change is not gone come.
Fabricate an illness because nobody likes to buy things from happy people.
Go for easy targets: liberal white people.
She even brings Jacob in to illustrate how easy it is to exploit white guilt.
They come to a middle ground and agree to leave out the lying and racial profiling.
The contention spills over into the next day, with Barbara giving Ava the cold shoulder.
Throughout the series, weve learned more about Avas upbringing and how it informs how she treats the kids.
Forever Avas protege, Henry negotiates for 90 percent, but they meet at 10.
Mr. Johnson and Jacob are also experiencing discord despite teaming up in the last episode.
The fighting comes to a head when Melissa sits the two down for some necessary conflict resolution.
The real people who should be driving off into the sunset are Janine and Gregory.
Finally their storyline progresses past their Disney Channel grind before winter break.
Janine is smitten by Maurice and gushes about their pending date in the teachers lounge.
He finally asks Gregory out loud the question we all know the answer to: does he like Janine?
Gregorys flustered reaction and deflection of the question give Jacob all the information he needs.
She ignores this advice and shamelessly demolishes messy ribs as Maurice opens up about his childhood trauma.
Teachers Notes
Okay, the little kindergartener with braids is the sweetest little cutie pie.
Something I love aboutAbbott Elementaryis its constant humanization of children.
These things arent always allotted to them in our society.
Children are not our property or subordinates they are human beings who deserve to be treated as such.
Ava: We sold out faster than a Black politician.
Mr. Johnson, when Jacob says cats are pescatarian: Youre telling me this cat believes in God?
