A Children's Story

I thought "A Children's Story" was very interesting because of the young teacher. I found it ironic because on the outside she appeared nice, sweet, and petite; however, on the inside she was not sugar and spice and everything nice. I was against her brainwashing the kids, but the way she did it I thought was very smart. The children thought they were believing in the right thing when the new teacher convinced them to. She is an intelligent woman no doubt and she is only 19 years old, granted the kids were young and at that age their opinions were influenced easily. To me, it takes a lot of brain power to brainwash someone, even if they are just children; and by the end of the story, even little Johnny who in the beginning was convinced she was mean and going to hurt them, thought her way was the right way.