education in Jane
...not even your fault. An example of this is when Burns is brought up to the front of the class and the teacher says “““You dirty, disagreeable girl! You have never cleaned your nails this morning!” Burns made no answer: I wonder at her silence.” P46. She got angry a Burns even though the teacher new the water was frozen so she could not have done that she could not have washed he nails. Even if the water had not been frozen there is no reason to get angry with her. As punishment for not cleaning her nails “the teacher instantly and sharply inflicted on her neck a dozen strokes with the bunch of twigs. Not a tear rose to burn’s eye … the trace of a tear glistened on her cheek.” p47. Currently someone would go to jail for doing that to some one or at least get fired. They fact that she barely cried shows this happens a lot because she has gotten accustom to it. When you see the tear its telling you that still hurts her phys...