It is satirical that a new, young teacher such as Miss Caroline believes that she should be the only educational influence in these children’s lives, so much so that she tells one of her students not to be taught at home. When Scout first shows the signs of the possibility of being semi-literate a “faint line [appears] between her eyebrows…” after more testing it was made known that Scout was literate and the teacher looked at her with “…more than faint distaste.” Scout, the daughter of a politician and lawyer, is told that her father should “…not teach [her] any more, it would interfere with [her] reading.” In fact the teacher goes so far as to say, “It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind… I’ll take over from here and try to undo the
