- Mallory Keaton: ...I'm in real trouble, Alex. I might not graduate.
- Alex P. Keaton: Why not?
- Mallory Keaton: For one thing, I'm flunking Mrs. Hillman's history class.
- Alex P. Keaton: Wow... Is it hopeless, Mal? I mean, are you flunking badly?
- Mallory Keaton: No, I'm flunking very well. In fact, on her last test, I may have pulled a "D".
- Alex P. Keaton: Mal, how could you let this happen?
- Mallory Keaton: I don't know. It's spring, and the weather's been great. I've had a hard time concentrating.
- Alex P. Keaton: Mallory, Thomas Jefferson didn't stop thinking when the sun came out. He wrote the Declaration of Independence in *July*, while all the other Founding Fathers were at the beach.
- Mallory Keaton: Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence...? There goes my "D".
- Mallory Keaton: Mom, Don't yell at me. I feel bad enough already.
- Elyse Keaton: Well, sometimes I have to yell at you. It's the only way I can get through to you these days. And besides it's my job to correct you if you make a mistake.