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Clips from Abbott Elementary - Pilot (S01E01)

"- (school bell rings) - JANINE: Oh, Nina,"
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"excellent sentence structure."
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"Let me see. "My favorite movie is Toy Story,"
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"and my favorite character is Woody.""
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"Good. Mine too."
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"Well, more of a Buzz girl. I love his ambition."
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"- Right, guys? - CHILD: Yeah."
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"Okay, let's see. Uh, Brittany."
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""My favorite movie"
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"- is American Gangster." - Yep."
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""And my favorite character is Frank Lucas.""
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"Okay. That is a great sentence."
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"And I will be having a third talk with your mom"
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"about what you're watching at home."
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"Ow! Ms. Teagues, Andrew hit me!"
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"Andrew, apologize."
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"1...2...3...4."
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"I'm Janine Teagues."
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"I've been teaching second grade"
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"here at Abbott Elementary for a year now."
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"...8...9..."
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"And as a product of the Philadelphia school system,"
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"I'm proud to say I survived and now teach here today."
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"All right, guys, so, there have been three presidents"
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"since this one, okay? It's an old book,"
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"so here's where I taped in the others."
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"I'd say the main problem in this school district is,"
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"yeah, no money."
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"Uh, the city says there isn't any,"
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"but they're doing a multimillion-dollar renovation"
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"to the Eagles' stadium down the street from here."
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"But we just make do."
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"I mean, the staff here is incredible."
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"They're all amazing teachers."
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"I really look up to them all."
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"- (children shouting) - Please, sit down!"
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"Why?!"
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"Well, I look up to the older ones."
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"We younger teachers are still getting the hang of it..."
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"if we don't end up leaving."
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"Look, I know this school is rough,"
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"but I became a teacher"
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"to make sure students come out alive."
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"And after learning a lot in my first year,"
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"I finally feel on top of things."
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"(liquid trickling)"
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"Jamal, what are you doing?"
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"I had to go, and the toilets don't work."
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"And the rug was Plan B?!"
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"(Maker's "Hold'em" plays)"
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"♪"
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"("Baby Shark" playing)"
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"Janine, why are you putting that rug away?"
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"Erica, I told you to call me Ms. Teagues."
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"I'm an adult, though we are almost the same height."
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"And there's a little bit too much pee on it."
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"Mm!"
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"Yeah, but where do we sit for story time?"
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"(sighs) I will figure something out, okay?"
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"Losing the rug is a big deal."
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"For primary classes,"
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"rugs are like a calming space for the kids."
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"It's like a Xanax."
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"Like a huge Xanax for kids to sit on."
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"Janine. Turn that down, please!"
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"I'm trying to teach my kindergartners the letter "C,""
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"and they are distracted by this song."
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"It's like "Back That Azz Up" for kids."
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"Hey, guys, um, could you sit down, please?"
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"Guys, I'm gonna count to 3."
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"1...2..."
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"And I am not counting. Sit down!"
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"(music stops)"
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"I'm Barbara Howard, woman of God."
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"I do my work, I go home."
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"I get my nails done every week."
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"And... I love teaching."
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"That is incredible, Ms. Howard."
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"I can't wait to get on that level."
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"Where is your class, by the way?"
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"Out in the hallway in a single file."
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"- Really? - Mm-hmm."
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"KINDERGARTNERS: Good morning, Ms. Teagues!"
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"You know, Ms. Howard, you remind me so much"
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"of my favorite teacher from the third grade, Ms. Elliot."
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"She was well-dressed, good with kids,"
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"a wizard with a glue gun --"
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"Thank you, Janine. That is very kind of you."
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"Yeah, I-I wanted to be just like her, actually."
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"I was, like, obsessed with her."
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"She wrote in my report card note,"
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""Needs friends her own age. A bit clingy.""
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"- She was a hoot. - Yes."
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"Anyway, hey, did you get my e-mail"
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"about the two of us hanging together after school or..."
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"No. It must have gone to spam."
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"It's so crazy how my e-mails"
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"do that with you and nobody else."
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"Uh... Class, turn around."
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"Bye, Mom -- I'm sorry. Ms. Howard."
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"Bye, Ms. Howard."
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"(indistinct conversations)"
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"Janine, Janine, you're not gonna believe this."
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"Rachel freakin' Maddow just retweeted me."
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"- Wow! - So I basically work for MSNBC."
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"I'm Jacob Hill."
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"Uh, I like to say I teach history,"
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"but I live in the present."
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"Jacob and I came in together last year"
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"with 20 other teachers."
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"We're two of the three left."
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"So trauma bonding, I guess?"
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"Hey, do you want cheese steaks"
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"from the corner store for lunch today?"
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"Uh, not -- not from there."
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"The guy behind the counter, he calls me "white boy.""
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"Well, it's like a term of endearment,"
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"and, like, if you don't like it, just ask him to stop."
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"No way."
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"There's an entire chapter in White Fragility on that, okay?"
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