Monday, March 1, 2010

Home learning 1 : Intrapersonal intelligence

Diary entry for Scout Jean Louise On the first day of school:

Today was the worst day of my life. It was not fun at all. Who knew that school could be so tiring...... It was so much different from the days where i could play with Jem and Dill. Sigh......

It was all because of Miss Caroline! How could such a pretty person be so scary and frightening? She was so mean towards me that i lost all my courage to speak! She even said that my father does not know how to teach! She did not want me to be literate! I am so confused. I thought Atticus told me that knowledge is good? Is reading in the first grade really that bad? I never imagined school to be such a scary place. I think i should check this out with Atticus. Then they would quarrel and... and... I would be the victim. Did i do anything wrong? I always gained new knowledge when i read with Atticus. And when she said damage, did she mean i read the wrong things?Or is it...... Argh! I do not understand. I don't know! I just don't know...... And i also cannot write? What kind of place is a school? I always thought school is to teach us how to read and write, but why is Miss Caroline teaching us how to not read and not write? If that is the case, i will rather not go to school...... And what does Jem meant by a new system and we need to learn about cows? Oh man ......

Things just get worse and worse after that. Did Miss Caroline even cared to know each student well? She does not even realize who a Cunningham is! And when i told her that A Cunningham only lives with what they have and that she is shaming him, she whipped me! hauled me up to the front of the room and whipped me! That was very pain. Did say something wrong? Did i offend her? Why is she being such a difficult teacher! I was just trying to explain the facts to her. Why would she whip me? Did she mistake me for offending her when i said shaming him? I never knew school was so painful and hard. She whipped on the first day of school! I was so humiliated in front of everyone! I did not feel i deserved it. I have a feeling that she is not going to like me as a student. This is going to be a tough year. I wonder what will happen tomorrow? Will i again get scolded by her? I hope not.......

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