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When the author gives insight on Scouts school life, It makes sense to me because she is rather wealthy and been around intelligence. So yeah, that’s probably why her teacher is mad because she cant teach this kid because she probably already knew it.

Entry 2: Summer arrives and the kids are back to their normal ways. Then one day someone had the idea of a new game, but it included some mischief. I remember this because my step brother and myself used to always wrestle in the back sunroom, that’s also what the kids did acting out there idea of the Radley family. \ Part 5 was nice because it explains the relationship between JJem and dill. It even shows them inviting Boo out for ice-cream. Which was broken up by Atticus. Lastly

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