Atticus believes that it is important to "put yourself in someone else's shoes" in order to understand them. He is a firm believer in empathy. He wants his children to also take this advice when they are angry or frustrated with people.
Miss Caroline, Scout's new teacher, does not understand Scout. Scout tries to explain why Walter Cunningham refuses to take a quarter from her for lunch. Miss Caroline thinks Scout is being impertinent, and...
Atticus believes that it is important to "put yourself in someone else's shoes" in order to understand them. He is a firm believer in empathy. He wants his children to also take this advice when they are angry or frustrated with people.
Miss Caroline, Scout's new teacher, does not understand Scout. Scout tries to explain why Walter Cunningham refuses to take a quarter from her for lunch. Miss Caroline thinks Scout is being impertinent, and she punishes her. She smacks Scout's hand with a ruler and sends her into the corner. Scout is upset by this because she had not intended to do anything wrong. She was only trying to help Miss Caroline by telling her the ways of the Cunningham family.
Scout later speaks to her father about Miss Caroline. Instead of being angry or upset with Miss Caroline, he implores his daughter to have understanding. Scout's new teacher "had learned not to hand something to a Cunningham, for one thing." He also suggested that Scout and Walter Cunningham "put [themselves] in her shoes [and see] it was an honest mistake on her part. [They] could not expect her to learn all Maycomb's ways in one day, and [they] could not hold her responsible when she knew no better" (To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 3).
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