Anne of Green Gables
Miss Stacy
Anne's teacher
The new Avonlea schoolteacher, who sees Anne's gifts and trains her for Queen's Academy.
Miss Muriel Stacy is a young teacher with wavy golden-brown hair, warm hazel eyes, and a graceful bearing. She is encouraging, progressive, and kind, and she brings a fresh style of teaching to rural Avonlea. She takes her students' minds seriously.
After the sour classroom of Mr. Phillips, she is the mentor Anne has needed. She notices that Anne has a fine mind and builds a path for her. She is an inspiration for Anne's dreams of becoming a teacher.
“You have a fine mind, Anne, and you can easily pass the Queen's entrance exams. I am forming an advanced class to prepare.”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Miss Stacy forms an advanced class to prepare ambitious students for the Queen's Academy entrance exams. She tells Anne she can pass easily, and Anne calls teaching the dearest dream of her heart. Matthew and Marilla agree to see her through.
In the class, Anne and Gilbert push each other so hard that they finish a problem at the same instant. Miss Stacy's guidance pays off when both tie for first place in all of Prince Edward Island.
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