Scout starts her first day at school, something she has eagerly been waiting for her whole life. For a young child, she is very intelligent, this is shown by the language she uses as the narrator. Unfortunately for her, there is a new teacher at school, Miss Caroline Fisher, who is horrified to discover that Scout is already very advanced in her education. Miss Caroline instructs Scout to stop reading at home because it could interfere with Miss Caroline's teaching. Jem informs Scout that Miss Caroline has just come from college and has lots of new ideas to improve the school. The teaching method is called the Dewey Decimal System, which is actually a way of categorising books in a library. On Scout's first day of school she stands up for Walter Cunningham and explains to Miss Caroline that Walter will not except the money because his family cannot afford to pay it back. Miss Caroline however does not view this as helpful and tells Scout off.
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