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‘Abbott Elementary’ Flies Even Higher in Season 3 by Focusing on Teacher Burnout: TV Review


The third season of ‘Abbott Elementary' is diving into some deeply complex issues that teachers face, including burnout and turnover.

In previous seasons, audiences have witnessed the Abbott teachers bend and twist themselves in knots to get adequate resources while dealing with a self-centered and inept (though hilarious) principal, Ava Coleman (Janelle James). After cleverly explaining the show’s five-month hiatus (which in real life was due to the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes), “Career Day Part 1” flashes back to the beginning of the school year. This episode has extra-special guest stars, makes perfect use of Juvenile’s 1998 classic “Back That Azz Up,” and includes an outlandish tale from everyone’s favorite custodian, Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis).

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