has an
exceedingly hard time on her first day of school because of Miss Fisher. When Scout tries to
point out that "Cunninghams don't accept charity..." she is punished, even though her
intentions were good. Miss Fisher's lack of cultural understanding accounts for this
conflict.
In contrast,would have informed Scout (in a gentle and reasonable
way) not to speak about others' financial condition. Atticus's guidance is usually delivered in
an accurate, laid-back fashion, not altogether different from his courtroom persona.
The other difference deals with reading: Atticus has taught Scout to read simply by
reading her the newspaper every evening, and Miss Fisher feels that Scout should not know as
much as she does about the subject. To defend her opinion, she asserts that Scout's father has
been teaching her to read "the wrong way." This also upsets Scout considerably, and in
the end, she vows never to go back to school, an opinion she has to be dissuaded from by Atticus
himself.
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