Season 6, Episode 20 - "Even Grandmas Get the Blues"
Dorothy is teaching an honors program class. Unfortunately, it's not going the way she expected; the students are making her feel stupid. What lie does Sophia tell Dorothy to help her get along with her students?
She says that when Dorothy was a child, the school said she was the brightest kid in Brooklyn, NY, with an IQ of 173.
Sophia: Hi, Pussycat. How was school?
Dorothy: Oh, I hate those smart kids! They may be our brightest, but they're also our rudest, considering most of them are guests in our country. Oh, give me a class of red-blooded underachievers.
Sophia: Pussycat, when you were in junior high school, and the kids gave you a hard time, what did I say?
Dorothy: Ah, you told me I was extra special, and they were just jealous.
Sophia: That's right. And if they still gave you a hard time, what did I tell you to say?
Dorothy: "My mother can have you eliminated with one phone call." But Ma, this is different. You know, I've always wanted to teach an honors class, but now that I am, well, the kids are making me feel stupid.
Sophia: Dorothy, I'm going to tell you something I never told you before. When you were about 12, and we lived in Brooklyn, they called me into the school to tell me you had the highest IQ in the borough.
Rose: Well, that's a coincidence. I was told I had the IQ of a burro.
Dorothy: Ma, I had no idea! The brightest kid in Brooklyn? Well, that certainly explains the feeling of being right all the time. What is it?
Sophia: 173.
Rose: I don't know if you know this, but a burro can find its way back home.
Dorothy: Have fun shopping, Rose.
: Oh, I'll be back!
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