I am very glad that we got to watch this movie as well as Stand and Deliver. I think that both movies will help us greatly to write our own papers. Mr. Keating and Mr. Escalante have a lot of the same style of teaching. They both use humor as well as being serious. They are also both fun teachers.
I think that it is wrong when Mr. Keating is being questioned, and told that he is to teach rules and poetry and nothing more. He couldn't teach them anything that has to do with life and finding themselves. According to the headmaster, they aren't able to find themselves. They are to follow rules and not have any fun in the meantime.
I think that the Welton school for boys is very strict and could change a little bit for the better. They should have more teachers like Mr. Keating. They need to learn about life too, not just all the different subjects. The kids took to Mr. Keating and it was great when they stood up for him at the end. When they all stood on their desks and said, "Oh Captain, My Captain." They all came together and did something together that Mr. Keating taught them. He taught them to stand up for themselves.
I was very sad at the end of the movie when Neil shot himself. I can totally relate to how everyone felt when Neil did that. My best friend committed suicide in high school too. It isn't an easy thing to deal with. Neil's father should have listened to his son and maybe he would still be here. His father was way to strict and didn't care about Neil's feelings or what Neil wanted. Neil was great in the play and his father couldn't even tell him what a good job he did on the play.
Overall, I think that the movie was a very good movie and I'm glad we had a chance to watch it. I think that it will help us with our own papers.
Great observations. I agree with you...this movie was very powerful, as was Stand & Deliver. It shows us to support children's self esteem, it is SO IMPORTANT. Letting them spread there wings to fly and accomplish their dreams, passions. It was Neil's father that pushed him to the breaking point and the after his death, the other boys from the Dead Poet Society shouldn't have let Mr. Keating take the fall for what Neil's father did. Mr. Keating was a passionate, caring and inspirational teacher. He instantly had the children's respect, unlike Mr. Escalante that had to earn the children's respect. The two movies differed in so many way. Both being that in Stand & Deliver the children had control of the school where in this movie the school was structured. I also observed that in this movie the kids had to stand up for a "Labeled" teacher where in Stand & Deliver, the teacher stood up for "Labeled" students. Great notes.
ReplyDeleteI agree you had really good obervations. If you look at the movie they are alot alike. But they just have a different time, and setting.
ReplyDeleteI agree, both movies were really inspiring and it opens your eyes to all a teacher can be. They really do have a lot of power.
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