Dead Poets
Society is about privileged kids who are driven to always be the best at all
cost, being told what to do with not much choice. These kids are
being groomed to be future leaders and are expected to comply with what society
expects from them. That is until one
teacher decided to show them how to dance to a different beat. After
seeing things from a different perspective, their own, they challenge the norm in
their school and in their life. When Mr.
Keating encouraged them to find something that inspires them, they
discovered there is more to life than other people’s expectations.
Until we learn to reach
deep inside ourselves, how can we understand our full potential and what we
have to offer? Our schools need teachers
who will challenge the students and teach them how to use their imaginations, how
to think outside of the box. We need teachers who will help students get
past all the barriers that they set for themselves. Getting students out of their comfort zone would
help them to maximize their own potential. Being a great teacher is
sometimes about putting students in the direction of that potential
and sometimes it's teaching them that it exists in the first place.
As a society, we often
think it’s the underprivileged kids that lose out on the best education available. The truth is, schools can stand for improvement
in every neighborhood. No matter how
much clout your family's status holds in the community or what type of
financial circumstance you were born into, you should be entitled to the same
quality of education as anyone else.
I agree with you perfectly, there are great potentials in individuals and we can't exhibit them because we are thought to follow other will not ours
ReplyDeleteI agree with you perfectly, there are great potentials in individuals and we can't exhibit them because we are thought to follow other will not ours
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with this article, it is good to redirect and teach students things outside of their comfort zone, see what they can and cannot achieve and it is a good challenge. And now I think teachers are being challenged themselves as to what being a good teacher is, with all the job cuts and all other cuts they now have to show their full potential. And even the way they are teaching students and how they have had to redirect themselves in their teaching techniques for some students even the most underprivileged. Good article!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with this article, it is good to redirect and teach students things outside of their comfort zone, see what they can and cannot achieve and it is a good challenge. And now I think teachers are being challenged themselves as to what being a good teacher is, with all the job cuts and all other cuts they now have to show their full potential. And even the way they are teaching students and how they have had to redirect themselves in their teaching techniques for some students even the most underprivileged. Good article!
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