Principal Holmstead Quotes in The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)

[after Kelly speaks out in class]

Principal Holmstead: Kelly we have to stop meeting like this.

Kelly: I mean, it's not my fault the teachers here suck.

Principal Holmstead: Growing up is a hard enough thing as it is.

Kelly: Is that what your box of tissues is for?

Principal Holmstead: How am I ever going to get through to you?

Kelly Ernswiler: Well, advertising executives use status and sex to appeal to my demographic.

Principal Holmstead: I know that some of the teachers around here can be pretty trying for you sometimes. But you've got to learn to work in the system, not against it.

Kelly: Why is that?

Principal Holmstead: Because growing up is a hard enough process as it is.

Kelly: Is that what your box of tissues is for?

Principal Holmstead: How am I going to get through to you?

Kelly: Well, advertising executives use status and sex to get through to my demographic.