The book Miss Awful is about a sub that is very strict. Most of the students really hate her. I think that she is very strict but she thinks that she is trying to help them because their teacher was a very laid back, and she let them take a nap in the middle of class.(Keep in mind that these are all third graders and they are not pre-schoolers. The teacher disciplines them and actually teaches them instead of letting them do whatever.
Most of the students hate her because she is being mean to them. They never had a teacher that was strict so they all thought she was just being mean and forcing them to do work unlike their previous teacher. Rodger was someone who was very bad at spelling, and the teacher was teaching how to spell better.
During the last day of school the students destroyed the teachers plant and when the teacher saw she was very sad. Rodger felt bad for her and stayed back. He showed her how his spelling improved and that she had helped him a lot and that she didn’t just spend all her time there just to have her plant to be destroyed. I think this made her feel better showing her that she helped one of the students get better at something.