miss.Caroline didn’t like how scout read,mostly because she exceeded the standards. Scout disagreed with most of the things she taught. “Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage.”Scout was very mad about miss caroline. Keep in mind miss caroline was new and from northern alabama so she didn’t know the rules around maycomb. Miss caroline goes strictly by the rules. When Scout warns Miss Caroline about Walter Cunningham because he can’t pay her back, Miss Caroline refuses to listen scout and instead punishes her by whacking her in the hand with a ruler. All the kids start laughing but they aren’t laughing at scout they are laughing at Miss Caroline because it was so silly what she was doing. Nobody would ever do that in maycomb let alone to one of the smartest kids. After that scene Miss Caroline is frustrated at her because she doesn’t know how anything works around Maycomb. This is why Atticus tells scout not to be so harsh and asks Scout how she would feel if she was new teaching. Even though Scout knows all of this,it doesn’t mean Miss Caroline will know the same. You can’t expect a teacher to know everything about your class on the first day. Miss Caroline was just trying to follow the
miss.Caroline didn’t like how scout read,mostly because she exceeded the standards. Scout disagreed with most of the things she taught. “Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage.”Scout was very mad about miss caroline. Keep in mind miss caroline was new and from northern alabama so she didn’t know the rules around maycomb. Miss caroline goes strictly by the rules. When Scout warns Miss Caroline about Walter Cunningham because he can’t pay her back, Miss Caroline refuses to listen scout and instead punishes her by whacking her in the hand with a ruler. All the kids start laughing but they aren’t laughing at scout they are laughing at Miss Caroline because it was so silly what she was doing. Nobody would ever do that in maycomb let alone to one of the smartest kids. After that scene Miss Caroline is frustrated at her because she doesn’t know how anything works around Maycomb. This is why Atticus tells scout not to be so harsh and asks Scout how she would feel if she was new teaching. Even though Scout knows all of this,it doesn’t mean Miss Caroline will know the same. You can’t expect a teacher to know everything about your class on the first day. Miss Caroline was just trying to follow the