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Mrs. Pollack is Jessie’s English teacher. Mrs. Pollack is in her 20s, dresses in hip clothing, and is pretty, so the student body unanimously decides to be nice to her. Jessie finds her kinder than all her other teachers, as Mrs. Pollack doesn’t make Jessie stand up and introduce herself on the first day of school. However, Mrs. Pollack does make one serious misstep that causes Jessie to question her trustworthiness: when Gem trips Jessie in front of the class, Mrs. Pollack privately asks Jessie if Jessie did anything to provoke Gem and explains that she can’t do anything to punish Gem, given how powerful Gem’s father is. Later, Mrs. Pollack apologizes and explains herself. As a teen, she was like Jessie: uncool, nerdy, and mercilessly bullied; she didn’t mean to make Jessie feel like the bullying was her own fault. She assures Jessie that things will get better after high school.
Mrs. Pollack Quotes in Tell Me Three Things
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Chapter 21 Quotes
And at least one mystery has been solved: Gem can do or say whatever she wants because her dad pays off the administration. I guess that’s what a little tax fraud buys you.
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On the day that Gem’s bullying reaches its height—she tripped Jessie in front of Mrs. Pollack, in addition to audibly calling Jessie horrible names—Mrs. Pollack botches her conversation with Jessie. Though it was an attempt to help, all she really does is make it clear to Jessie that Gem is untouchable, since her dad is a major donor to the school. This spells it out for Jessie that the adults in charge can say whatever they want about bullying (Wood Valley does, in fact, have a zero-tolerance policy), but the adults are truly helpless when it comes to making Gem Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placea
Chapter 33 Quotes
I think about the life I’ve built here. SN and Ethan, or maybe SN/Ethan, Dri and Agnes, even Theo. Liam too, I guess. How my new English teacher said I’m one of her brightest students, which is a huge compliment, considering I go to a school that sends five kids to Harvard each year. How Wood Valley may be filled with rich brats, but it also has a beautiful library, and I get to work in a bookstore, and I’m reading college-level poetry with a boy who can recite it back to me. In a strange way, thanks to Rachel, LA has turned out to be nerd heaven.
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When Dad offers seriously to take Jessie back to Chicago so she can finish school there, Jessie takes stock of all she has in Los Angeles and realizes that, all things considered, it’s not so bad. This is the point at which Jessie truly understands that though she’s still in the process of figuring out where she belongs in Los Angeles and who she is, Los Angeles is well on its way to becoming home to her. She also mentions a number of specific people that make this place feel like home, driving home again that people make a place Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Q
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Mrs. Pollack Character Timeline in Tell Me Three Things
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Pollack appears in Tell Me Three Things. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
Mrs. Pollack asks if anyone has read T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Nobody raises a hand, though...
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Jessie likes Mrs. Pollack . She introduced Jessie on the first day but didn’t make her stand up. Mrs....
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Chapter 21
...fake sneezes and says “slut.” She follows up with several other ugly insults that even Mrs. Pollack can hear. Jessie tries to stand up straight, but Gem trips her. Jessie flies forward,...
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Jessie shoots for the door when the bell rings, but Mrs. Pollack asks her to hang back. Jessie hears Gem’s insults in her head as everyone else...
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Chapter 26
...and doesn’t compare herself to Gem—but she wakes up, sad and acne-ridden, in the morning. Mrs. Pollack calls on Jessie to answer a question, but Jessie hasn’t been paying attention. Ethan comes...
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Chapter 33
After English class, Mrs. Pollack asks Jessie to stay behind. It’s been a good day since Gem is out sick,...
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...since she left. She also loves Ethan, SN, Dri, Agnes, and Theo, as well as Mrs. Pollack and the library at Wood Valley. Jessie says she’d rather stay here. She begins to...
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