She is willing to trick, manipulate, and scapegoat her friends to protect her newfound power - all while maintaining a duplicitous facade. Upon learning of the first Gossip Girl saga that had students back in the day kept in check for fear of maintaining their social statuses, Kate grew curious at the phenomenon and felt inspired to take on the moniker to "reclaim the power." Her ambition and resentment has driven her to spy on teenagers and colleagues alike then broadcast their innermost secrets for the world to see. She has spent an hour creating an outfit she hoped her students would not tease her for and she regularly the Instagram stories of influential students like Julien. Despite the animosity from much of the student body, Kate nonetheless seeks out validation from them. Her particular frustration is at least partly rooted in a lofty belief that she is supposed to be nurturing the students into great people instead of cowering in terror of displeasing the students and their powerful parents. Jude, she is beyond frustrated at the horrid treatment she receives from the students (with an emphasis on Julien Calloway, Monet de Haan, and Luna La). Like many of the faculty at Constance Billiard and St. She doesn't hold much confidence in herself until she picks up the moniker of Gossip Girl. She strongly desires the approval of her students and spends hours trying to pick out an outfit that won't cause them to lash out at her. Kate is a shorter woman with blonde hair cut into a bob, blue eyes, and a round face. In " She's Having a Maybe", Kate is amongst the other teachers who are forced to attend parent teacher conferences. The next day at school, Julien not only helps Kate pick up her papers after knocking into her, but compliments her blazer. Kate remarks that they can send whatever they want. She and the teachers gather around the cell phone as they look at the influx of DMs, wondering which one they should send next. She notes that they have to be all-in.Īfter sharing the groundbreaking image, Kate sets off a series of events in the lives of the upper classmen and finally launches her platform as Gossip Girl. He remarks that he feels horrible for taking the pictures and sharing them with Kate, and questions if they can really use this. Jordan brings Kate a photograph of Zoya and Obie in a window changing. The teachers begin to wonder how far they should take their schemes, but Kate is confident that they are doing the right thing. Overnight, they expose Julien and Zoya Lott's lie about not knowing one another before Zoya's arrival, and further expose that Julien played a part in Zoya getting her scholarship. When the Twitter blast doesn't garner the students attention, the teachers turn to Instagram where they capture the attention of the student body. Kate and her fellow teachers - Jordan Glassberg, Wendy, and Rima - decide to revive the retired blog in the form of a Twitter account. Rebecca, a 2009 Constance alumni, shares that back in her years at the school they rich kids lived in fear and submission under the thumb of Gossip Girl. She references former alumni including Nate Archibald. She wants to teach them that they don't have to be rude with their wealth or privilege. When one of the teachers is fired for refusing to change a students grade last year, Kate wonders if they can teach the students to respect their peers and others. Kate is rescued by a fellow teacher who explains that the students rule the school and have the power to get them to change grades or even fired. Julien and her friends Monet de Haan and Luna La turn on Kate to viscously tear apart her choice in outfit. She walks up the steps, bumping her coffee into Julien Calloway's designer purse. In Just Another Girl on MTA, she arrives for her first day back at Constance Billard St. But she faces the challenges of keeping the account a secret when the teachers decide to use it for their own personal gain, instead of using it for good like she had intended. Having enough with the disrespect and constant threats from the spoiled students, she decides to restart Gossip Girl, only this time as a Instagram page, and has all the teachers in on it. After graduating college, she moved to the city and applied for position at Constance, thinking she would have a sense of power and respect for herself, only to be surprised when she learned that the students run the school, and the teachers are working in a constant state of fear. Katie grew up in Upstate New York just like Zoya, but wasn't popular in school as it's mentioned by her that she spent most of her time in the library where she discovered her love for English literature.
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