Melanie Upfoot

Melanie Upfoot was the temporary principal of Springfield Elementary in the episode "Girls Just Want to Have Sums". She split the school into two groups: boys and girls. 
==Personality==
Melanie is a woman, who prefers New Age ideals over actual learning and her idea of being a feminist is very narrow minded. Melanie took over as the math teacher for the girls, however, she did not teach math, she used the subject for New Age lessons, talking about "how numbers make you feel," "what does a plus sign smell like" and "is the number seven odd, or just different" while disapproving of men treating math like a problem that needs to be solved, none of these being actual math subjects as Math 'is' about solving problems. After Principal Skinner's comment that came off like he was saying that boys were better at math than girls, she took over his job and hired a math teacher to teach the 4th grade students math beyond their normal level. While the boys were taught 7th grade math, the girls were basically taught nothing besides her nonsensical philosophies. Melanie made multiple false claims about men mistreating women in absurd situations such as the time she told Chalmers that calling her by her first name was "harassment". Then, she made out with him later. She was replaced by Skinner as principal for an unknown reason (though likely due to her failure to properly educate the girls).
== Behind the Laughter ==
* Melanie's last name, upfoot, is commonly used as a term for someone that either has a controlling personality, or somebody strong or skilled in fighting, as upfoot can mean "foot up your ass".
==Appearances==
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