Public Education In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Public Education in the 1930’s is Not Valuable to Young Students.
School does not teach students the right and important knowledge they need to survive and thrive in the real world. In fact, based on fairtest.org, over 80% of the adults tested in a middle school exam, with four questions, answered three or less questions correctly. On the contrary to most school knowledge, many young adults struggle with maintaining their lifestyles and fitting in with the real world. The novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” , written by author Harper Lee, introduces and develops two young, main characters: Scout and Jem Finch. One can see how they grow up and mature as time passes in the novel. However, school is not the factor that is helping that is helping Scout …show more content…

Scout and Jem have been shown how people’s opinions can affect and alter their lives with new feelings and conditions through experiencing it in real life outside of school. The novel describes an instance where others are bullying the Finch family because Atticus is defending a black man in the trial: Tom Robinson. The verbal assault Scout and Jem receive is harsh for young kids that are not directly involved in it, but Atticus makes sure to support Scout and Jem through the opposition: ““Scout,” said Atticus, “when summer comes you will have to keep your head about far worse things… it’s not fair for you and Jem...Scout, I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man” (Lee 105). This quote shows the advice that Atticus gives to Scout to help her. Atticus explains how she should not let other people’s words hurt her and how he needs to help Tom in order to not feel guilty about the whole situation. Scout now knows how to deal with situations where she is facing oppression in the future which is something school does not teach her how to accomplish. This

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