In defense of others. I don't know how old you are little jeremiah, but we were taught that you do not put quote marks around something, unless it is an exact quote. If you can't remember exactly how it was said then say it is a paraphrase.
I’m cutting her slack in that area since English is not her mother tongue. But you are correct, a remembered conversation that is not verbatim - even if factually correct - should not be in quotation marks.