Janine and Gregory quickly learn that she was right. After their classes finish lunch and have the new juice, all the kids have to use the restroom at once. The first floor bathrooms can’t handle the mass influx of students and soon become out of order.
Janine and Gregory implore Barbara for the use of the private kindergarten bathroom in case of an emergency. Barbara agrees, only in the case of emergencies. ..
Barbara is a teacher at a school in which students are required to use the restroom during class. When students use the restroom too often, Barbara kicks them out of her classroom and tells them to go to the second floor. ..
Barbara is angry when she catches Janine and Gregory going back in with their students. Her anger is only stoked further when one of their students causes this bathroom to become out of order and also takes down all the second-floor restrooms.
Now, all the teachers have to take their students to the third floor, and Barbara is not happy with Janine and Gregory. Janine apologizes, but she wishes Barbara could have explained her reasoning for not accepting the juice and for kicking them out. Maybe Janine would have made different choices had a more experienced teacher helped her out and answered her questions. ..
Barbara is frustrated with the city’s lack of progress on fixing their bathrooms. She has an idea to get them moving faster. ..
She goes back to the third floor to check on the last bathroom and finds that it is not in working order. This means that their situation has become an emergency and the city will have to take care of it. ..
Janine tells her colleagues that she’s willing to offer help during office hours from now on. She’ll dedicate time to helping other teachers with their problems. ..
Melissa needs some advice herself, as her teacher’s aide Ashley Garcia is better at disrupting her class than she is teaching it.
Melissa gets Ava for help with personal projects, but Ava loves Ashley’s zany nature and enlistments the aide to help her with personal projects.
Jacob noticed that Melissa wasn’t engaging with Ashley. Maybe that’s why she was helping Ava and not Melissa. He suggested that Melissa get to know Ashley instead of just giving her orders. ..
This advice from Melissa and Ashley helps improve the job performance of both students and teachers. This will help to improve the classroom environment and make it more controllable.
The Episode Review
This episode was a bit too goofy, but that’s easily forgiven because of the comical image of Janine and Gregory fearfully stepping back from Barbara and her baseball bat. It’s also nice that the show hasn’t lost sight of Barbara and Janine’s mentor-student relationship, and are continuing to build in that direction. It seems the two have a lot more to teach each other yet.
I’m excited for the upcoming season of “The Ava Show.” Ashley Garcia, who I believe is mini me, should be a fun addition to the cast. She has a no-nonsense attitude that will contrast well with Melissa’s more laid-back personality.
