How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Mean Girls.
Quote #1
CADY: I know what you're thinking. Home-schooled kids are freaks…or that we're weirdly religious or something…but my family's totally normal, except for the fact that both my parents are research zoologists and we spent the last twelve years in Africa. I had a great life, but then my mom got offered tenure at Northwestern University, so it was goodbye Africa, and hello high school.
Cady starts off the movie self-aware and levelheaded, as seen by the fact that she immediately shoots down the stereotypes that usually accompany kids who are home-schooled. She also establishes that she's had a unique upbringing, and we can be pretty sure that that's going to influence her decisions, interactions, and experiences going forward.
Quote #2
JANIS: Cady, there are two kinds of evil people: people who do evil stuff, and people who see evil stuff being done and don't try to stop it.
Life is full of big decisions like this. What you choose helps shape your identity. Just ask Darth Vader.
Quote #3
JANIS: I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.
Ignoring the fact that teachers have actual lives outside of the classroom is a practice as old as the teaching profession itself. Because they're so close to their job, it's easy to zero in on that, and only that, slice of their identity.