- Jo Polniaczek: Look, I made a mistake. I missed some facts. Okay, some important facts. What do you want me to say? I didn't go far enough, or that I went too far? Go ahead, sue me for libel.
- Professor Gideon: Libel. I would have to prove you wrote that story with malicious intent.
- Jo Polniaczek: That wouldn't be too tough.
- Professor Gideon: Why?
- Jo Polniaczek: Because you ride me all the time. You criticize everything that I do, you know, no one likes to be told they're a dummy!
- Professor Gideon: Is that what you think I've been saying to you all these months?
- Jo Polniaczek: It's pretty obvious. You rip apart a story that I've been slaving over, and then you go ape when Blair reports on a hemline change!
- Professor Gideon: To Blair, Journalism is the hour between breakfast and English Lit! I know what it means to you. It's exciting to for a teacher to see real potential in students. I ask more from you so you'll ask more from yourself!
- Jo Polniaczek: Are you telling me that you like my stuff?
- Professor Gideon: Yeah. Yeah, I do. Why don't you tell me how we got on opposite sides of the fence?
- Jo Polniaczek: [chastised] When somebody pushes me, I don't think why. I just push back.
- Blair Warner: It isn't that. Jo's mad because he made her look stupid in front of the whole class. He should have done that in private.
- Jo Polniaczek: [realizing Mr. Gideon is leaving because of her article] They fired you?
- Professor Gideon: No, they asked me to resign. For the good of the school. Funny, that's what they said when they hired me.
- Jo Polniaczek: I'll print the follow up story, and it'll explain everything.
- Professor Gideon: It'll change nothing.
- Jo Polniaczek: Well, if that's not enough we'll get a petition.
- Professor Gideon: [picking up a stapler] Is this my stapler or the school's?
- Jo Polniaczek: We'll get a thousand signatures to sign it and we'll take it to the school board and demand that they keep...
- Professor Gideon: Look, Jo. This isn't something that you can fix. Okay?
- Jo Polniaczek: [guiltily] It's my fault. I gotta do something.
- Professor Gideon: Then help me pack.
- Jo Polniaczek: Roy, I'm not in a good mood. I'm angry and upset. Do you understand?
- Roy: It's just that I have news that might interest you.
- Jo Polniaczek: Roy, a half-price sale on Yamahas wouldn't interest me right now.
- Natalie Green: There's no mistake?
- Jo Polniaczek: No way.
- Blair Warner: I still say there's a simple explanation to this whole thing.
- Jo Polniaczek: Sure! He did it and he got caught!
- [starts typing, looks up:]
- Jo Polniaczek: Its my sacred duty as a reporter to make a *disgusting spectacle* of the matter.
- Blair Warner: This has nothing to do with being a reporter, Jo. All you want is revenge!
- Jo Polniaczek: [contunues typing] All right, how does this sound as a headline? Teacher Busted in Cocaine Raid!
- Natalie Green: Subtle, very subtle.