Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is not only a wonderful story about the adventures of two imaginative children, but it also focuses on several important lessons for the reader. In the world of Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s, life did not always provide equality and justice. Poverty, ignorance, racism, crime, social arrogance, immorality---all of these social ills were found in this small southern town. For the Finch children, their father tries to explain and insulate the children from societal issues. On the other hand, Atticus Finch stands up against these social issues; consequently, his children face them with him. If Scout is anything, she is blunt and honest. In her innocence, Scout feels that she should inform the new teacher Miss Caroline, who is not from Maycomb, about the problems within her class. One incident does not help Scout start out well with the teacher. Walter Cunningham does not a lunch nor money for it, so he tells the teacher that he has forgotten his lunch. Walter Cunningham was lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life. Thinking that she was doing a favor for the boy, Miss Caroline offers to give him lunch money. Scout intercedes by telling the teacher that she should not offer him money because he would not take it. For interfering, the teacher hits Scout’s hand and stands her in the corner.