Journal #1 TKAM

Alexis Espinoza
Journal #1
Chapters 1-3
Perspective of Scout
April/30th/2010



I think that going to school is unfair. My papa just wants me to get an education to become somthing smart like him. Half those kids at my school are just plain out nutheads. Miss Caroline thinks that my papa should stop reading with me. She doesn't know that he actually does read with me. Besides it's not even my fault that the other half of the class is dumb and behind, it's their fault for not reading at a young age like me. The first day of school like always is a rough start. Miss Caroline is such a malevolent person. I feel really irked that she has control of me at school. I just can't wait to go back and give another beating to that Walter Cunningham. I espicially did not like the fact that the dirty little Walter Cunningham had to eat with us, it's not my fault he's poor, I'm just happy that I beat up that boy to teach him a lesson. I can not believe that Atticus let him eat all our food, yeah yeah I know that he was the guest but he has no respect. Noone even likes me at my school, I have no friends and my teacher hates that I'am smarter than everyone in my grade.
Me and my brother met a new kid on the block named Dill. I found out that he's living with his aunt for now and that he came from meridian. He seems to be a very interesting kid. The thing about him that is interesting is that he's smaller than me and he's seven. I only saw him for a few days but now he went back to meridian for a bit. He looks like they kept him in cage like Boo Radley and never fed that boy. I think that my brother and that boy Dill are just big babies. I dont know why they are scared of that Boo Radley. I just want to go in there and take a peak. They say that he stabbed his dad with scizzors and that he threatned to kill his parents. I think that what my brother was saying was a big joke just to intimidate me. My dad says that my pronouncements are wise and truthful but I feel condescended to go to school.
It's really unfair also that my brother has control of me also like Culpurnia. That lady is always hitting me, I don't understand why I get in trouble I'm just a little girl. She is just some lady who acts like a mom and beats me whenever I do something "wrong" but I still like her as she cares for me atleast. My momma passed away when I was two I still wonder what kind of mom she was, I also wonder how I would be like if momma did not pass away.
Oh man do I want to go to the court where my papa works. He always says that I'am going to get him in trouble or get him embaressed but deep down I know he loves me. I wonder how the life of a lawyer is like.