Life Lessons

Jem, as we recently read, was at court with Atticus, without him knowing about it. But while he was there I really think he got an earful about racism and how black people were treated very unfairly. He observed the judges side with white people on every subject. He observed Tom Robinson  being treated very unfairly, and with no respect what so ever. When Jem found out about Tom Robinson being shot form trying to escape I think that just said it all. Also i think that Jem could have understood a lot better if he had heard what Tom said when he said "I am really tired of white men's chances, and I prefer to take my own."I think that really showed Jem that there was a lot more to the world that what he had known. 

I think this is a very important lesson to learn because, we are taught in school about racism. There are books, movies, documentaries, and stories, that we are taught. But I think it is really important to know how segregated we used to be. different bathrooms, drinking fountains and stores. We should feel really lucky how different is is now. There are still some ways that this country, and this world are in some way segregated. But we've made a really big change, and it's important to know about the past. And the history of the world.