Burris Ewell scares Miss Caroline in class. She is horrified when lice crawls out of his hair. When she tries to send him home to bathe he claims that he is not coming back and yells insults at her making her cry.
a "cootie" in Burris Ewell's head.
Miss Caroline looks at Scout with faint distaste on the first day of school because Scout is able to read and write well before starting school, which sets her apart from the other students and challenges Miss Caroline's authority as a teacher. Miss Caroline may feel intimidated or unsure of how to handle a student who is already advanced in her education.
read and write
Scout uses Miss Caroline's behavior, actions, and words to make her assessment of her. She observes how Miss Caroline interacts with the students, her lack of understanding of the students' backgrounds, and her strict adherence to the school rules. These observations help Scout form her opinion of Miss Caroline.
Scout gets in trouble on the first day of school because she can read and because she can write. She also gets in trouble for explaining to Miss Caroline that she shouldn't try to lend money to Walter because he will not take it because he is to poor to pay it back.
Scoutâ??s first day of school was a disaster because Miss Caroline accuses Scout of already knowing how to read. In addition, when Scout tells Miss Caroline that Walter cannot pay Miss Caroline the lunch money Miss Caroline loaned him, Miss Caroline slaps Scouts hand with a ruler. Afterwards, Scout fights with Walter over the incident.
Scout feels guilty at school after her teacher, Miss Caroline, scolds her for being able to read and write. This incident makes Scout feel bad for making Miss Caroline embarrassed in front of the class.
Scout is upset because Miss Caroline, her teacher, scolds her for already knowing how to read. This makes Scout feel embarrassed and misunderstood, as she was just trying to participate in class.
Scout gets in trouble with her teacher, Miss Caroline, for already knowing how to read and write. Miss Caroline is annoyed by Scout's disobedience and sends her to the principal's office.
Miss Caroline is Scout's teacher, the young one who got mad at her for knowing how to read.
Scout's teacher, Miss Caroline, tells her to stop reading at home with her father because she believes it interferes with Scout's learning in the classroom. Miss Caroline wants Scout to focus on the curriculum set by the school.
One of the fi rst things that Miss Caroline tells the students is that she is from Winston County, which the students know seceded from Alabama and sided with the Union during the Civil War. Lee has Miss Caroline use a different method of teaching than the other teachers in the school. The reader can infer from Miss Caroline's interaction with Walter Cunningham that she does not understand the extent of extreme poverty in the Maycomb area.