Quinta Brunson is now becoming a household name across the nation because of “Abbott Elementary,” but her fame is not a story of overnight success.
Her mom was her kindergarten teacher and they went to school each day in the same building for six years. Brunson vividly remembers specific teaching-related stories that her mother shared, inspiring her to weave some of them into“One of her stories I used in the pilot actually, of another teacher punching a kid,” Brunson told TODAY in a conference room at 30 Rockefeller. “She has so many tidbits here and there that I kind of pull from.
As a kid, Brunson would get in trouble for flipping around the house and unintentionally breaking things in her path. Her parents didn’t punish her, but instead encouraged her exploration. “There was a point in time where I really considered it, but it didn’t last long,” she said. “It didn’t go anywhere. My mom really wanted me to be one and I just knew it wasn’t for me. I knew I didn’t have the patience that it took ...Originally from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brunson is now becoming a household name across the nation because of “Abbott Elementary,” but her fame is not a story of overnight success.went viral back in 2014.
“I knew I didn’t have the patience to be a teacher,” she said. “My mom did and that’s so significant to know this is the job for you and you know what it takes in the long run to do it ... It’s actually a really hard job that you have to have a lot of gull, hurt and emotional stability to be able to do. So if you can’t do all of that, you’re not going to be a good teacher.
ended her studies in journalism and communication at Temple University early to pursue a career in comedy full-time. “If that could become a course even for middle schoolers because now they’re so ahead of the game with digital stuff, it’d be beneficial for them to actually know the financial component behind all this, or just to know the actual business behind it.”
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