Jumped Society and Class Quotes

Leticia is in zero hour to recover her math credit, and she resents the separation from society. Before school is a key time to get the latest dirt for Leticia, and that's integral to developing her social standing—it's what she bonds over with Bea and what she can use to get others to pay attention to her.

Dominique is in history class, listening to a discussion about the Cold War. Is her assessment about the world—and her microcosm in school—too harsh or just plain honest? And even though Dominique might not have anything in common socially with Lucia, should or could she respect her anyway?

Leticia wants to get out of French and take Spanish, which would be easier for her. Her solution is super entitled and also pretty racist, though, and she isn't able to see that other students' differences are okay.

When Leticia goes to the office to try to get her class changed, the receptionist refuses. So Leticia assumes that the receptionist has a partner who provided the money to buy the expensive sweater, and that the receptionist never did anything difficult either. Stay classy, Leticia.

Dominique's perspective of the world is real, all right… real depressing. She recognizes that the other girls on the team, the all-rounders, have a better shot at college than she does. It's just one way, albeit a sad one, that social levels in high school prepare students for life beyond high school.

For Dominique, there is no next time. She doesn't think she has a future beyond high school, and she's stuck in the social level she's in. The only place she's able to increase her social value is on the basketball court, so we don't blame her for wanting her minutes, if her time on the court makes her who she is.

Leticia has some serious holier-than-thou issues. She's too good for French, too good for gym, too good for the showers, too good for exercise. At least we take comfort that her volleyball injury takes her down a notch. Or at least a fancy-schmancy nail.

Trina would rather be on the Boosters than the cheerleading squad because the Boosters are more popular. But though Trina thinks she's in with the popular crowd, she isn't—she's "practically" in (that sounds an awful lot like being assistant to the regional manager…). And the Boosters don't always look like they're into her getting up in their business, according to Leticia.

Leticia is judging Trina not just for trying to enter a social sphere above her own but for her clothes as well. Clothes are a pretty big marker of social spheres, and Leticia definitely looks down on people who aren't as put together as she is.

As Leticia watches Trina try to get in with the Boosters during lunch, she thinks about how people should just stay in their places. Maybe the Boosters don't want Trina up there with them, but Leticia's judgment might be skewed so she can justify her own passivity.