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Abbott Elementary Recap: The Magic School Bus
Janine channels her inner Ms. Frizzle, one of the best TV teachers of all time.
Abbott has tackled learning disabilities, student accessibility, and funding inequities with incredible empathy, and tonight’s focus on the ripple effects of the SEPTA strike and the importance of safe and reliable transportation falls in line with the show’s ethos. Pivoting to remote learning with children is as funny as you’d expect; the kindergartners are adorably chaotic while Barbara struggles with the technology; Janine’s students abuse the animal filters while erupting into giggles; and Jacob teaches to a sea of black squares as the older kids all turn off their cameras and mics. Janine beeps the tune to Vengaboys’s Six Flags song on the steering wheel horn as Melissa, who reminds us that being a scab is the “lowest piece of garbage known to Philly,” rides along to guarantee no one but students board the bus, thus keeping the strike in place.
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