“Being suspended is like getting a paid vacation. Why do they think it's a punishment? It's like your dog pees on the carpet and you give him a treat. Then you get in trouble for skipping school, it's so stupid!”
Jessica Campbell - Tammy Metzler

“- Dewey Finn: You know what? You don't have to worry about me 'cos i'm tough. If a kid gets outta line, I got no problem, smackin' 'em in the head.
- Rosalie Mullins: No. No, we don't use corporal punishment here.
- Dewey Finn: Okay, so just... verbal abuse?”

Jack Black - Dewey Finn
Joan Cusack - Rosalie Mullins

“- Julia: How was your first day at school?
- Bea: Well, a little girl wet herself.
- Julia: And?
- Bea: The teacher took her to the front of the class and beat her with a cane, until she stopped crying. And then she beat her some more and then the cane broke.
- Julia: My God, you can't go back there.
- Bea: Why not, of course I can. Only joking!”
Kate Winslet - Julia
Bella Riza - Bea

“I'm not going to expel you. Three schools have done that and it's obviously done nothing for your character... I'm going to do much worse. I am going to keep you here until you graduate. It'll probably take years at this rate.”

Louis Gossett Jr. - Dean Parker

“The principal, Mr. Yodelbean, sent out bulletins to all the classrooms that said if anybody was going to be late, they were going to be punished.”
Phil Gordon - Flash Hercules