To Kill A Mockingbird...according to some misinformed students

After reading 230 TKAM essays in the last 2 months, this is what I have gained about the novel:

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel about a black man named Atticus Finch who wins a trial when he defends a black man named Tom Robinson.  Atticus has two children-- Jem and Scott.  They spend most of their summer trying to get their neighbor, Boo Bradley, to come out of his house.  He doesn't because he killed his mother.  Scott (a boy) is apparently a cross-dresser because his aunt, whose name is Aunt Alexandra in case you weren't sure she was their aunt, wants him/her to act more like a lady.  One day, Atticus has to shoot a rabid dog.  He tells them he does so because you should do something even if you are licked from the beginning.  Even though Atticus goes on to win his case for Tom Robinson, Tom gets shot 17 times by local security guards.  In the end, Scott and Jem learn an important lesson: you can kill any bird for fun, just not mockingbirds because they sing.  Just like Mrs. Dubose sang to Jem and Scott.