To Kill A Mockingbird Essays: Scout's Knack For Learning
Scout had a knack for learning. For years she anticipated first grade and with a ubiquitous eye would watch the kids at school learning exciting and new things. Scout questioned her education after her first day of school that turned into a disaster. Soon the time came and Miss. Caroline, Scout’s first grade teacher, commanded Scout to stop writing and reading. “I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers. In the long hours of church—was it then I learned?” Scout did not enjoy reading, but she enjoyed having the knowledge that came along with reading. Having the knowledge of someone older, Scout found herself in company of those older than her.