That Scout sure is somethin' else. She never listens, and she's constantly getting me all worked up. Hopefully that'll all change when she gets older n' gets her head screwed on right. Scout makes me so stressed, I'm surprised my hair hasn't gone completely grey yet. But she needs someone to point her in the right direction, what with school 'n everything. I know I'm hard on her, but I'm not going to let Scout grow up to be a soft little gal that can't think for herself. I'm gonna make sure that don't ever happen. There's already too many of them people that think they can get or do whatever we want. God forbid that happens to Scout.I thought I would be happy now that Scout's gone off to school, 'cause then I would finally have some peice and quiet around the house. But I'm just too used to poppin' a blood vessel screamin' at that girl. The house was too quiet. I got very lonesome. I was happy when Scout and Jem came home for lunch! I had missed them both so much! I was happy to see that Scout had made a friend at school. What was his name...oh yeah, Walter. I feel sorry for that boy, him bein' poor and all. It was nice that Scout and Jem thought to invite him for lunch; we don't get company that often. Scout needs to learn how to shut her dang mouth though! My goodness! She embarrassed poor Walter; you should never point out others' misfortunes, it's rude. When I told to treat everyone with the same respect, she had the nerve to say, "he's just a Cunningham." It don't matter if your guest is rich or poor, they're still a guest! Scout knows better than to judge others.
I know Scout's mad at me 'cause I taught her to read and write, but I don't want her growin' up to be illiterate. I don't think them white teachers teach everything. It never hurts to be a little ahead. I'd rather have Scout go to school with pre-knowledge, than have to build it around kids that don't care. Them Ewell kids are nasty. Thank God they only go the first day of school. They might distract my Scout! Anyway, Scout already knowing how to read got her a whipping on her first day of school; I wanna make it up to her. I know she's down, but she's got to go back to school.
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Haha, I like how you make it sort of feel like its back then with the way they talked. But I think you can talk a bit more on other things that had happened like Dill and the Radleys. But I do like how you incorporated so many feelings toward Scout in your post, like annoyed by her then loving her then scolding and then caring for her.
I like the way how you made me feel like I was actually talking to calpurnia.Also the slang words you used made you really sound like the way calpurnia talked to scout.
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