TKAM #1

Dear Diary,

Today at school this new teacher named miss. Caroline is a weird teacher. Because I was doing my work and I was just being me and this teacher says that I'm so smart and I should be dumb and not know anything. But I didn't want to follow that because I thought if I just be smart she would recognize me and just tell me I'm doing a great job. None of that happened and I was mad because she had said thats about me. What I didn't get is how this kid named Walter Cunningham is a poor kid who looks dirty can't afford anything and just looks awful and Miss. Caroline had afford him some money and Walter Cunningham can't expected it because he couldn't pay her back if he tried. I thought it was eccentric because she should have known by the way he dressings he is poor so I had told her what happened about Walter Cunningham. After that had happened we had went back into the class room and Miss. Caroline wanted me to tell my dad to stop teaching me how to read because he helps me to read and just be a better student but I couldn't tell my dad to stop helping me. When I went back home I went straight to my brother Jem Atticus known as “Jem” I had told him what happened on the first day of school. So I had told him about this new teacher Miss. Caroline I had told him that she is a strict teacher who wants dumb students that can't read or write and I learn things her way. Which I think is weird because I think that she should wants students that know things and can teach that to the class and sometimes that irked me all the time.
Later that day I had went to Walter Cunningham to find out more information about what does he do and what happens in his home and just get to know him as a friend. I had noticed when I first saw him that look dirty and he doesn't have clean nice shoes. He wasn't dirty as this boy named Burris Ewell and he has dirty hair that has the “cooties”which stands for cooties and I think that is gross but I didn't know what to tell the kid I wanted to say “ what the heck is up with your hair” but that would have been mean and I didn't want to be mean at all. After getting to know Walter my brother invited him over to have lunch at my house which I thought that wasn't a good idea at all because he is just going to be stinking up the house and that gross if you really picture that happening. I wanted to tell my brother that that is a wrong decision and he should had asked me about that but no he followed what he thinks. I was upset because I didn't want to be mean to Walter but I didn't want him to be coming over my house and eating everything in my house. When all of us walked over my house then in the kitchen I was very intimidation because I was scared he was going to be doing something wrong and awkward. When Jem gave him some veggies Walter had put some syrup on his veggies and I knew that something would go wrong and wouldn't seem right.
I was very irked because Walter was just eating his food all disgusting and when he put the syrup on his veggies I was grossed out about that because I noticed know one did that plus it was awkward. Then I had to condescended and it just bugged me about that. After he left my house I was thankful because it was weird how he came to my house getting veggies with syrup the whole process was weird but since he haven't ate for so long he will be that hungry. I had walked outside wondering about the next day and how it was going to be. Then my father had came outside wondering what I was doing because he knew that I wasn't looking to well. So I told him my problem and said “ I don't know if I wanna go to school” because Miss. Caroline hates me for being so smart and I can't be so dumb and not know everything so I can't do that. It will be better if you will teach me everything and I don't have to worry about Miss. Caroline hating me every second of the day. Always having to be so compromise every time with her.

sincerely, Scout