From which three characters in To Kill a Mockingbird do you think Jem and Scout learned the most? Discuss with close reference to the events of the...

Jem and Scout certainly learn a lot during the course of
To Kill A Mockingbird, and their "education" comes from experiences
and interactions with many different characters.

Primarily,
Scout and Jem learn what's important (and what really isn't) from their father.  In
Chapter 10, Scout complains that her father is old, works in an office (as opposed to
working on a farm, working as a truck driver or a sheriff, or working in a garage), and
has bad eyesight:

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He did not do the things our schoolmates' fathers
did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke.  He sat in
the living-room and
read.

From this description,
it's safe for readers to assume that Scout is too young to appreciate that her father's
work (and beliefs, and attitudes) is very important.  As the novel goes on, though,
Scout and Jem observe Atticus as he defends Tom Robinson; he is ridiculed by Maycomb's
citizens, yet he doesn't let this ridicule stop him from doing what is right.  Atticus
teaches the children not to judge people until you consider things from their point of
view--a lesson that is too difficult for Scout to understand at the beginning of the
novel. Ultimately, though, Scout and Jem learn that their father is a good man--and that
is what is most important.

This idea is further reinforced
by Miss Maudie, the Finches' neighbor, who doesn't fall victim to the same prejudicial
thinking that plagues most of Maycomb's citizens.  Miss Maudie tells the kids that their
father does a job that most people couldn't handle, and she echoes Atticus's
instructions that the children should not judge people before they know
them.

Finally, through their interactions with Boo Radley
and their indirect involvement in the Tom Robinson trial, the children learn that it is
unfair to judge a person because of his skin color, because of rumors about him, or
because of any other information they get second-hand.  By the end of the novel, Scout
and Jem learn that

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You can't really understand a person until you
consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in
it.

This advice, offered by
Atticus at the beginning of the novel, finally resonates with Scout once she has seen
the injustice done to the Robinson family and to Boo Radley.