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Miss Caroline should see things from my point of view, but also I should try see things from Miss Carolines point of view. Miss caroline should understand the fact that my quality time with my dad is reading. I enjoy reading with my dad, and Miss Caroline has to understand that there is more than one way ot solve things.
today i mostly ran erins for jem cuz he was staying up in the tree house all day cuz atticus read us a story about a guy who stayed up on a flag pole all day for no reason so jem thought he had something to prove so i brought him food supples water and blankets for ther night till atticus cut his supples and told me to stop.
the advise atticus gave me made me think about the people in this town and the many missconceptions there probly are .especially about the radley's ,aren't even around to defened them selves against the romours.
I never understood what it meant to know someone."You never know somebody or know what somebody else is thinking untill you climb into their skin and be them for a day". People are hard to predict and if you make the wrong mistake by trusting somebody you dont know you could get burned.one way to tell if you can trust a person is by seeing if they know to trust you.For me its like everyone knows me but not everybody trusts me.
This is not fair.I can not stand Miss. Caroline. I dont want to ever go back to her class. She can't tell me that i'm not aloud to read with my dad at night. It's the only quality time we have to spend with each other. I dont think she understands me at all.
Miss Caroline doesn't take the time to understand what I am trying to tell her. I try to tell Miss Caroline about the Cunninghams and Ewells but she doesn't care and won't listen to what I say. I also disagree with her telling me not to have my dad help me read when he wasn't the person how tough me. The only think my dad and I do together is read the paper but he doesn't read it to me. I read the paper to myself. Hopefully in the middle of the year Miss Carolina will understand where I'm coming from and were the Cunninghams and Ewells are also coming from. But it may take her sometime being new in the County.
I do not think that Mrs. Caroline understands the advice that I was given.Mrs. Caroline dosen't understand that some of those people are poor and that they can't take money from people. Mrs. Caroline dosen't understand that my dad was teaching me how to read because he dosen't think they teach it wrong, he taught me just for the quality time that he was spending with me.
In Scout's words- I don't understand why Miss Caroline is making such a big deal about my readin',and she couldn't see or understand what I mean unless she'd been in my skin and walked around for a little. She don't underdstand what me readin' with Atticus means to me. She should be able to undrstan' nat.
I guess Ms. Carroline is new. She doesn't know who's who yet. Maybe if I just give her some time she'll understand. But she never wants me to talk or do anything. She always has to be right. I was just trying to help but she took it to offense and I got in trouble for it. My dad said I would have to walk in her skin to understand her os something like that.Then she told me that my dad couldn't teach me anymore or let me read. But Atticus said we could make a compromise.Well maybe I'll just have to see what happens.
I don't think it's fair that Miss Caroline doesn't want me to spend time with my dad. That is my favorite part of the day, and i don't want to give it up. However I can't realy ever understand why she said that because I can't get into her head and see what she is thinking. My dads advice, to consider things from the other persons point of veiw and that i wont understand until I climb into their skin and walk around, was good because it made me realize that I shouildn't judge Miss Caroline too quickly.
Miss Caroline is the one who needs to consider things from anothers point of view and climb into their skin. She's from a different state that runs diffrently than here. Our people are different. I know and see these people more often so' I understand them more. She needs to sit down and listen to us and our views. Stop assuming she knows all.
I think Ms. Caroline needs Aticas' advivce more than I do. She never stops so see why she shoudn't yell at me or William Cunningham. If she took the time to realize how important it is for me and Atticus to read toghether then she wouldn't tell me to stop learning.She didn't even believe me when I told her it wasn't Atticus who taught me how to read and write. She already don't like me and she don't even know anything about me. Maybe I should tell her what Atticus said and she could take it into action.
I don't think Miss Caroline knows what she's doing. Maybe if she'd listen to us she wouldn't smack me when I try to explain why somebody won't accept money. I'll heed my fat- her's advice although I don't quite know how to go about doing so. I think that Miss Caroline should follow Atticu- s's advice too, then she would would understand how I feel about reading.
I really dont understand Miss Caroline. I dont see how she has the right to tell me not to read with my dad. I love to read. And i love when my dad reads with me. Its our time together. I think my dad gave me good advice. I mean how am i suppose to learn at a higher reading level if Miss Caroline wont let me read. Thats why I'm keeping the deal with my dad a secret and not telling anyone.
I think that acceptance in this town is bad. I think that what my dad told me was good advice. I never really thought about how hard it would be for Miss Caroline to adjust to another place, but she needs to stop being so self- centered. The people in this town have not excepted Boo Radley. His legend has been around for a long time, and people aren't even comfortable with him. They have to run by his house or say stuff about him, its not right.
If I were scout, I would be gald I had such a loving brother. The acceptance in the town is low. nooone really cares about anyhting but themselves They all seem to care only about themselves. I hate it when people are like that. The people in town don't even try to associate with the Radley's just because they are quiet and to themselves.
I don't think the townspeople follow that, otherwise they wouldn't assume that Boo Radley is always the problem. I also think Mrs. Caroline doesn't follow Atticus's advice or she would let me learn from my dad. She would also understand the Ewell's and Cunningham's. They aren't very wealthy and have to pay people with food and things like that.
Miss caroline wants me to stop reading the newspaper with my dad because she says he is not teaching me anything.Now i dont want to go to school because i will miss the only quality time that i get to spend with my dad.
I take my father's own words very seriously. I agree with him. I don't agree with Miss Carroline, she is wrong. Some of the adults in this town just don't understand. If they would just look at things from a differant point of view than maybe things could change.
dearJurnal, Well miss caroline banned me from reading wich means i wont have any quality time to spend with my father. For some reason i seem to always be on her bad side. I got in trouble because of Walter Cunningham and Buris Ewell. I got into a fight with Walter. He came home and ate dinner with us.
I don't understand why some poeple have to be the way they are. Like my teacher. She is mad at me because I can already read and write. I don"t really understand, but I guess I can learn to accept this and eventually accept others. Like my neighbor Boo Radely. Everyone is scared of him and no one really knows him at all. We should all take the time to talk to him and get to know who he really is.
I don't like my new school very much, because my teacher is mean. She won't let me read with my dad anymore, because she said he isn't teaching me right. She also hit me and made me stand in the corner and everyone was laughing at me. All because I told her about the Cunninghams. She just doesn't understand Maycomb County. I wonder where she came from. But I'm happy that summer is coming up and Dill is coming back. I'm also glad my dad is going to continue to read to me even as long as I go to school.
I don't understand why some poeple have to be the way they are. Like my teacher. She is mad at me because I can already read and write. I don"t really understand, but I guess I can learn to accept this and eventually accept others. Like my neighbor Boo Radely. Everyone is scared of him and no one really knows him at all. We should all take the time to talk to him and get to know who he really is.
Here I am getting ready for another boring day at school, Great now I have to listen to that boring teacher all day. She is so dense has no clue what she is talking about. I'm not sure if it's just me but I think every kid hates her, just becuase they don't act like i, I bet you money that they still hate her. Well better walk off to that God D@#* boring school.
My life at school is realy dull and boring. I don't like my teacher at all, she tells me what to do and when to do it. I don't like her bossing me around like that. I want my dad to keep teaching me how to read but he never has time for me.
Dear Journal- i never knew how hard 1st grade could be. No one seems to understand me at all. I tried to help others and i get myself into trouble. Miss caroline just doen't seem to connect with me. She blams me for everything. And now I can't read anymore what kind of teacher is this? I must go. I hear atticus.
Hello I am Scout. Sometimes i forget that i am a girl. I like to pretend that I am a boy. why? I do not know. It is just funner. I try to fit in around here. I want friends. thats all. Leave me alone
Today I really hate my teacher, she's always mean to me and doesn't like me to read at home with my dad. But I still want to read and write with my dad because it makes it seem easier for me to learn. Today I got in a fight with someone because he made me mad.
The only way I could get any information from anybody is by walking in their skin. What I mean be, "Walking in their skin" is actually putting myself in to the situation as the other person sees it. I would also try to look at the situation in their eyes. Not mine. If I take my opinion, everything might get all mixed up because no two people are the same people. In this way, if I look at it in the other persons eyes, nothing will get messed up because we will be thinking about the same thing.
I really don't understand my teachers sometimes! I love my daddy and I love reading with him. I don't see anything wrong with that. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE GETS SO MAD! Do I really have to stop reading with Atticus? Oh I hope not, thats my favorite time spent with him! Why would she want to take that from me, she just acts so mean sometimes! Im sure shes not really a mean lady though, I mean she must have her reasons for this. I just wish I new what they were.
I cant believe my teacher doesnt want me to learn more! I know it may seem unfair to others but its not like this is a game and has rules. They could all practice at home if thy wanted to too. I think the problem is that Miss Caroline doesnt want to deal with anybody that is smarter or better at things than everybody else. She just want everybody to be the same.
I wonder what it must be like to be a Cunningham, ar an Ewell. I wonder how they must feel not knowing where their next meal is comming from. I mean I'm so lucky to have Cal as our cook, and I know that I will always have a meal to come home to. I wonder what it is like not to take a bath eveyday or even every other day. I'm so lucky to be who I am, I have a wonderful father who cares about me deeply, and I know that he will alwyas be there for me. I wonder how these other two families feel when people talk about them behind their backs. I wish people would get know people before they judged them, because thats not fair to judge them on what they see, but they should really understand who the person, and get to know them before saying anything. That is why I try my very best not to be rude, or mean becuase my father taught me better than that, and that I should always consider they way people feel before I have the right to say anything about them.
"I don't understand why Miss Caroline is so judgemental towards people that she doesn't even know. Atticus told me that some people just need to try an see things from another person's perspective. Why can't she just accept the fact that no matter what me and my dad (Atticus) are gonna keep reading, and he will keep on teaching me the way that he does? If she doesn't approve of the way that he teaches me then oh well!"
I am quite mad at my school teacher, because she says that I can't learn to read and write at home anymore. I geuss though if I was her I kind of wouldn't want the kids to be learning how to do this a different way then I'm teaching, because they could easily get mixed up with which way to do it.
It upsets me that Miss Caroline always punishes me for what I see as trying to help. That's all I was doin'. She's on a different level than all of us kids. Most of the town for that matter. She ain't from around here, and you can definetly tell. She'll just have to learn I guess; learn to see things from the other person's point of view like Daddy told me. Daddy says you can't understand a person's actions until you do.
I want my dad to teach me to read his way. It really hurts when a teacher says that I have to stop readingwith him. Thats the only time I have with my dad and I won't listin to what that teacher says.I wish she could understand were I'm coming from. I want to hve that speical time with my dad.
I think that Mrs. Caroline wants me to just learn what she is going to teach me. i think my dad wants to teach me new things, he has the right too and nobody can stop him.I think Miss. Caroline is just a little too pushy when it comes to learning. We all have choices in live we can either learn or not learn. If Miss.Caroline cant accept that i want to learn more than the kids my age she is going to have to deal with it as i learn. But i guess i can accept her point of view. She wants to take all the credit for teaching me.
Its so hard cause everyone treats me weird and/or bad cause I'm different. I wish they could understand what it is like to be like me. Sometimes that dumb teacher can really get on my nerves. Oh the milk truck is here I have to go. La la la the milk truck la la la la ha ha
Scout can apply the lesson she learned about "never really understanding a person until you consider things from his point of veiw...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" to Boo Radely. Scout hears roomers about Boo Radely and believes them. Scout never actually even met Boo. Scout doesn't even know anything about Boo though. She never met him.
Well today Jem and I was playing the tire game. Jem got real mad at me over something stupid. As it was my turn to get in the tire and be pushed Jem decided to push me hard not caring where I ended up. He pushed me so hard I went flying through the Radley's gate all the way up to there porch. I froze not knowing what to do. All the stories of the Radley's I had heard were all going through my head. Once I finally realized where I was I took off running, leaving the tire behind. I didn't want to be killed by no Radley them people are scary.
I have heard so many stories about Boo Radley that I don't know what to think. Atticus told me that I shouldn't judge a person until I have been in his shoes, so I guess I shouldn't believe the stories that I hear. I don't think everyone in town should keep spreading these stories about Boo Radley until they meet him and really learn about him. It's a lot like Miss Caroline. She shouldn't judge the kids in my class until she knows who they are and what they are about. People in this town should take Atticus's advice, and maybe so should I.
I couldn't wait to got o my first day of school. I was so excited. I had never been to school before and I sure wanted to go. I remember thuogh when I got there, the teacher wasn't very understanding of the kids in her class. I don't think that she was from around here. First she got upset with the cunningham kid because he wouldn't except the money she wanted to give him for lunch because he wouldn't be able to pay her back. Then she made Ewell go home and clean himself. It didn't matter, he won't be here anymore. Every year one of the Ewells come to school for the first day and no more after that.
Well,Miss Caroline doesn't understand that I don't get to see my dad a lot and the only time we get to spend time with each other is when we read together and by er telling me to stop makes em feel like she feel simpathy for me or my life or even understand that until the same experience that I have or even came close to it.