Scout is, in a word,
disappointed.
She is an intelligent little girl who seems
to be ahead of most of her peers. She can already read and write, but instead of having
a teacher who recognizes this as a positive quality, Miss Caroline tells Scout she is
wrong for learning outside of school and thus invalidates any knowledge she has that
Miss Caroline has not given her. This all happens on the first day of school, so Scout
cannot help but be disappointed at having to put up with an entire year of performing
below her actual skill levels.
In addition, Miss Caroline
seems generally irritated by Scout's perceived meddling, as Scout jumps into the
conversation about Walter Cunningham and tries to explain why he does not have any lunch
and will not be able to accept her offer of lunch money. Altogether, Scout really "gets
off on the wrong foot" on her first day of second grade!
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