I hope you are enjoying the movie. If you are watching it and understanding not only that it is a great movie but also how it connects to transcendentalism than you are doing well. I am looking forward to actually coming back and teaching tomorrow (at least until next week when I will disappear for another 3 days).
It seems as if Mr. Keating is very understanding of the students and of teaching the importance of individuality. Why is it that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic? When you answer, please refer to one example from the movie. Also, do you think the adults in your world want you or do not want you to become individualistic? Explain your answer.
55 comments:
I believe that adults are afraid of this happening because many people who are individuals can become out of control. Like we saw in the movie, the one boy got way too carried away with wanting girls in the school. I also believe that many people want kids to stay with the crowd because the crowd, in their eyes is the way to go. My parents for sure want me to be an individual. My parents say that the only person you can trust is yourself. Following the crowd can have a bad influence on me is what they say. People who were individuals were not great at first however they become special people. That's what many adults want their kids to do in life.
William Schwartz
6th hr
I thikn in the movie that the teachers are afraid for the young men to become idividualistic. They think they wont listen to them any more. For example that one kids dad doesnt want him to be in that play, which would be being a individual. I think the dad is afraid that he will lose control of his son, even though thats what the son really needs is his freedom. The adults in my world i thikn do want me to become individualistic. My parents support me with what i do in life. In order for me to be successfull in life i need to become a individual and do my own thing.
Katlyn Twigg 6th HOur
Megan Fraser
Adults don't like teenagers being individualists because they remember when they were teenagers and don't want young people to have that much of an opinion. A lot of people want things to be the way they used to be. Adults were the only ones heard and everyone else was just viewed as less. Also they don't want to loose control. An example of this is in the movie when Neil's dad didn't want him to be individualistic and wouldn't let him do anything. He wants him to be just like him and to have his son be an individualist would not fit in well with that plan. My parents don't really want me to become too much of an individualist because then I would get in way too many arguments with them. They don't want to loose their little girl to more exciting things in the world than them.
"Why is it that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic?"
"Do you think the adults in your world want you or do not want you to become individualistic?" Explain your answer.
Mr. Kay,
I think that the older adults are afriad that the younger adults will be more prone to doing whatever they want, and care less about there education. But on the other hand, I think that the older adults are afraid that if the younger students become more individualistic, that they will be more likely to follow there own rules than to follow the tradition of there ancestor's. In the movie, Mr. Keeting was confronted by one of the Head Director's (or principal's)of the school about the ways of his teaching methods. Mr. Keeting was only trying to let the students learn by experiencing the knowledge, not only by listening, but by doing. I think that the adults in our world want us to be more individualistic, I think that they want us to except ourselves for who we are, and what we believe in.
Danielle Turner
5th Hour
6th
The other adults seem to be afraid of individualism because it is not of uniform. At the school everyone is expected to act and think the same. To them, this is discipline and they think seventeen year olds cannot think for themselves without creating chaos. The adults of the school are so used to being conformists that having individualism in their school is new to them, and they may not know how to handle it. An example is when Mr. Keating was confronted about his lesson about walking to your own beat. If everyone is walking together, the adults know exactly what everyone is doing. Once everyone starts walking the way they want to, the adults are not sure of everything that is going on, and this might scare them. The adults in my world want me to become an individualist, but like Mr. Keating said in the movie, be daring but cautious. They want me to go for what I think is right and follow what I believe in, but not so I create a problem for me or others.
The other adults i think are trying to keep this schools high expectatins met.Maybe they think men are more superior so they dont want girls failing or distracting the boys.They see anything out of the strict ordinary as un heard of.When they become individuals they should have nothing to be afraid and they should encourage it.When Neils dad would not let Neil do the things he wanted to do he was making neil conform.I think my parents want to be conformed espiccaly in my earlier days.They made me have a certain haircut,wear a certain type of clothes,and so on.Now thou they just expect good grades.Sothey have toned there push down but still like to have their input.
Tyler McLeod 6th
i think the other adults in the movie are so afraid of the students being individuals because they want them to follow in thier footsteps. like in the scene when one of the adults comes up to Mr. Keatings and tells him to teach "tradition". adults in my world come from both sides. some encourage me to think how i want and be what i want to be. there are also some that want me to go by their ways and follow them. it is kind of confusing sometimes.i guess they are scared that i might fail on something unknown to them or they just want to pass something of them onto me.
Why is it that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic? When you answer, please refer to one example from the movie. Also, do you think the adults in your world want you or do not want you to become individualistic? Explain your answer.
Mr. Kay,
The reason the adults at the school dont want their kids to be individualists is because they dont think the kids are mature. They think that 17 year olds cannot think on their own. An example from the movie is that the kids all have to be in bed at the same time, and they have no free individual time to do what they want. The adults in my world definiatly want me to be an individualist. My parents say that once I get out of high school I will have to make my own decisions. They try to influence me like this everyday.
Jordan Blanzy'
5ht hr
I think the other adults are so fearful for the young adults to be individualist because its never been done before. These adults are so terrified of what might result from nonconformity. They know conformity works well enough to get through society, but there too afraid to find a more efficient way. In the movie the most obvious example of conformity is the uniforms they are forced to wear. I think it depends on the adult, and how they were raised to lead them to believe if individualism was good or bad. Many adults tell us "to be ourselves" but i'm not sure if anyone really means it. I feel like they're saying be yourself but not to an extreme. You can express your opinions and stand your ground, but dont differ too much. Don't create chaos, follow our rules and precedents.
I think they are afraid because everyone so basicly the same in thinking and how they dress. One person being differend is not a bad thing. Everyone is different and they shouldnt be told where they can go or how they have to act just becanse they are different. I think in a way yes but mostly no. If everone was the same we would be getting no where in life and our lives and world would be bland. People who are different are the ones that inspier others too succeed and they make our world go round. Metaforicly speeking. IF we where the same the world would be boring and we would not have any differences and our world would be black and white. We need those whom are individualistic. They are, our difference from what we have now, and being the black and white boring world.
Ryan Richardson
6th hour
It seems as if Mr. Keating is very understanding of the students and of teaching the importance of individuality. Why is it that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic? When you answer, please refer to one example from the movie. Also, do you think the adults in your world want you or do not want you to become individualistic? Explain your answer.
The adults in the movie are afraid of individualism because they are used to the same ole thing everyday. Like you were saying in class, if one cow walks off of a cliff the others are likely to follow. This is how the adults are thinking. They believe that because one group of people does something a certain way that the rest will follow. The adults don't think that 17 year olds can think for themselves and make their own decisions. In the movie how Neil's dad wouldn't let him make his own decisions about acting. Neil wanted to be an actor but his dad kept shooting him down because he thought acting was foolish. My parents definitily want me to be an individualist. They want me to be able to make decisions myself because they say it will prepare me for the real world. They also want me to be able to take care of myself without asking "mom and dad" about everything.
Cody Kabisa
6th hour
I think adults are afraid of young adults becoming indiviuals because they worry that they won't succeed. When a child grows up and moves out and the parent is left behind they feel worried and lonely. These adults don't want to be left behind. They want to have control. This way, the boys can't fail or make mistakes. They won't suffer from disapointment because everything is laid out for them. When the boy's father was upset that he is going to be in a play, the boy was pushing away. It wan't what the father had planed. The boy may suffer disappointments in that business or destroy other things he worked for due to time. His father probually couldn't handle the worry and out of control feeling.
Kristen Pauly
6th hour
I think that adults are afraid of becoming indivdualist. Because maybe they think that the kids wont need them anymore. They wont be able to control kids anymore. Like in the movie when neil didnt tell his dad about the play thing. He really didnt need his dad. I think my parent want me to be an indivdual, to have my own thoughts and say my own words. They courage me to be an indivdual so i will be more successful in life.
crystal maybee
5th
i think they are scared of the youth being individualist because i think they may feel like they will rebbel. thay may also feel they will not turn out how they planned. i think some adults do appreciet individuality but i also think som adults want us to turn out how they want.
Mr. Kay,
All of the adults are afraid of the students being individualistic because some people can become out of control. When I was watching the movie I noticed how the one guy got a little too carried away with the fact of wanting girls in the school. I think that the adults in my world want me to be an individualist to some point. By me becoming an individualist it will teach me responsibility. It will also teach me how to be more like an adult. But they also do not want me to be an individualist because that would mean that I would be growing up.
Samantha Casteel
5th hour
Many people want to be individuals. Some people who are get a little crazy and out of control. I think thats why adults don't really want this happening or they are afraid. Adults think that kids wont listen to them anymore, and they will do what ever they want. Most parents remember what it was like when they were young and don't want their kids doing what they did when they were young. Basically adults don't want to loose control of younger people or there own children. I think for everyone to succeed in life we all have to be individuals and make our own choices, and decisions.
The reason why the adults are afraid of the young adults being individualists is because they want them to follow in their footsteps. Also because they want them to be uniform, or all the same. For example, Mr Keating was confronted about showing the young adults indivivduality by walking different from eachother, and the adults were very against the whole idea. The adults didnt understand why Mr. Keating would want to show his kids individuality. The adults in my world always encourage me to be an individual. They strongly believe in individuality. And hope I make my own decisions as I get older.
Clare Pathe
5th hour
The adults beleive that they should keep to their 4 pillars of tradition, discipline, honor, and excellence.If they encourage their students to be individualistic then they might not honor their elders. Tradition would be changed and that's not the idea of "tradition". Discipline is a big part, the teachers want the boys to be afraid of them and that wouldn't make me want to speak for myself. I think that younger adults want children to be themselves. As for the older people, they have their minds set on tradition. So they want kids to act the way they always have when obviously that's not going to happen.
Carolyn Newton Period 5
The adults are worried about the young adults being individualists because there afraid that they will start ignoring the teachers. They think that if someone thinks for them selves that they will think irrational thoughts. That they will become rebellious and start ignoring their school work. I think that most adults in my world do want me to become my own person. They don't just want me to follow the crowd. They want me to make my own educated decisions and make my life the way I want it to be. You shouldn't live for anyone else but your self.
Tyler Inman
5th Hour
Mr. Kay
I think that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adualts being individualic, because they are afriad of breaking the schools tradition. They have been following the tradition for many years. The one guy even said it, they prepare them for college then let them do the rest. Also I think that they are afraid because they too once went to that school. They think that if I wasn't able to do what I wanted to they shouldn't ether. I think that the adults want to be individualist, because they were always being told what to do.
Chris Reid
5th hour
they are afraid of young people becoming individualist for one reason. Traditions. It is nice to have traditions as long as you have the right to think for yourself. For example in the movie the guy got spanked for expressing his believes. This is the wrong idea to express to anyone.
jordantaronji
I think that adults are afraid of young adults being individualistic becasuse they think it is their job to guide us in life. Adults want to hold your hand and walk you through life so that you dont screw up. One example of this from the movie was when Neils dad didnt want him to be in the play. He wants his son to do what he thinks is right and not screw up so he yells at him for it. I think that adults in my world would definetly want me to become more of an individual. Just because of the reason that they dont want to hold our hand all through life. That want me to experinece life first hand and do everything on my own.
Troy Wojichowski 6th hr
I think the other adults in the movie are so afraid of the students being individuals because they want them to follow in thier footsteps. Like in the scene when one of the adults comes up to Mr. Keatings and tells him to teach "tradition". Adults in my world come from both sides. Some encourage me to think how i want and be what i want to be. There are also some that want me to go by their ways and follow them. It is kind of confusing sometimes. I guess they are scared that i might fail on something unknown to them or they just want to pass something of them onto me.
Alex Martin
Mr. keating is very understanding with the kids. i think the other adults are afrid of the young adults being so individualistic becuase theyre breaking more of the rules. like in the movie after the first day of mr. keatings class they snuck out. which was something they probably wouldnt have done. also in a smaller scale when the kids were out in the couryard doing thier different walks one of the kids just stood their and mr. keating said it was good becuase he was exersising his right to not walk. in our world today i think adults are pretty open to kids being individuals. they most times let their kids do what they want, or like hobbies they want to pursue.
Andy B, 6th hour
I think there are a few reasons why the adults are afriad of them being individual. One reason is because they have never done it before in this private school. Also to go with that it isn't in the schools history to do that. An example is Neil's dad won't let him do anything but school work, not even something to emtertain him during the school year. I think that the adults in my world want me to become an indivudualist. One reason is because they make me make my own decisions. Also, they usually don't halp me in situations they make me do it by myself. Lastly, i like how they want me to become an individualist.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
i think that adults are afraid of kids being individuals because they tend to get out of hand. like the kid that went crazy about wanting girls in the school, but i don't blame him. some people want to stay in a crowd because the feel comfortable with those people. my mom wants me to be my self for sure. i think that i can trust my close friends but not so much as my new friends. following a crowd is all that bad you just have to know when to say no. nobody is perfect but every body is different.
I believe that the adults in the movie are afraid of this for many reasons. One, because they want their sons to have a succesful life like they did. Second, they want control over their lives so that their sons don't screw up their lives. And third, because they fear that it will bring about change. When the adults want to keep things traditional, the young men want to go about leading their own lives. One example is when Perry wants to be in the play, his father tells him to quit as soon as he finds out about it. I think that their are adults that lean both ways, some want us to be individuals while others do not. My parents are always telling me to be myself while other parents try to make their kids follow what they did.
James Richardson
5th hour
I think the other adults seem afraid because they believe that if you want to be successful, you have to follow a routine, like how the adults had it. I wasnt here today so I cant give an example. Although I know back then, adults wanted their kids to live life how they did, and do what they did. I believe adults want me to be an individualist. In todays world, you have to be unique to get anywhere. Adults incourage kids to speak their own mind and their own point of viwes.
Sean Deters
I think that adults have a problem with this because they are scared they will loose there power. In the movie, A kid joked by saying god called. He was then punished because he was being an individual. He was the only one to joke like that but if it got out of hand by everyone, adults would loose power. My parents kinda want me to follow the group and do what im suppost to. They also dont want me to stay to close to it because everyone should have a right to there opinion. This is why I think adults dont like kids being so individual.
Hunter white,
6th hour.
I believe that all of the other adults are afraid something going wrong, and the students won't go by what they teach them anymore. In the movie Keeting was talking to another teacher at the school, and he was getting really mad at him because Keeting has a different way of teaching. Then the other teacher said "We don't want them to think for themselves!". This proves that teachers at there school, don't want them to be individuals. Things may get our of hand, at least they think so. I think that my parents and the adults want us to be individuals. I was raised to always be myself, because people like you for who you are. Not what you pretend to be. If anyone wants you to be someone your not, they you shouldn't be their friend.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
I think the adults are so afraid of individualisim because they are afraid of change. They have been a school of Tradition,Honor,Disipline, Excellance. They don't want to change the way there school is run by letting girs in. They never had girls there when they went to school why should they have them at the school now. They beleive tht their system work perfectly. Why should they change it if it has been proven to work. I think that the adults in our world wnat us very much to become individualists. They want us to do the best we can till we can't do anything else to make the worl a better place.
Zack Ruffin 6th
The other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic because they believe that it is harder to control them. They believe that if somebody was to be individualistic that they would not listen to thier teachings. I think the other teachers are just afraid of losing control of their classrooms. For example, when the student who puts the ad in the newspaper article without permission, the adults felt like they had no control over the students. You could tell they were flutstered and did not know what to do. I believe the adults in my life support me to be an individual. My parents incourage me to stand up for my values and not let others control my actions. I have never had an adult tell me that I should go with the crowd or to just follow what others are doing. I have always had a positive view on being individualistic, so I try to be when I can and don't let others decide what path I should take.
Kaleigh Swanson
6th hour
I think they are afraid because everyone so basicly the same in thinking and how they dress. One person being differend is not a bad thing. Everyone is different and they shouldnt be told where they can go or how they have to act just becanse they are different. I think in a way yes but mostly no. If everone was the same we would be getting no where in life and our lives and world would be bland. People who are different are the ones that inspier others too succeed and they make our world go round. Metaforicly speeking. IF we where the same the world would be boring and we would not have any differences and our world would be black and white. We need those whom are individualistic. They are, our difference from what we have now, and being the black and white boring world.
John Mclean
I think that the adults in this movie are very afraid of the students being individualistic. I think this because the adults think it would be against they ways of the school. When Robin Williams said that he thought the main reasion for teacher is to help make the students more individual. After he said this the other teacher said that boys at this age shouldn't be able to become independent in the classroom. I don't think adults want us to be individuals. I know this because teachers are always telling us to not talk in class. They also have taking away or privillage to be tardy to class. Now we get swept up when we are tardy. I think adults don't want kids to be individual because they are to afraid for them to think for themselves.
I think that the other adults are afraid of the students being indivual becaUSE they want them not to think for themselves. When the head master came to mr keating and ask about his teaching methods. I think that if Mr.Keating keeps teaching that way then he might not get fired. I don't think that Mr. Keating liked when he went to school there. They are way too close minded. I would not to got to a school like that.
Alexa Rumpz 6th hour
Mr. Kay,
I think that at that school all of the people are held up to standards that many of the students to not want to be. Some of them want to do things that is so calld "forbidden" in that school. For example, that one kid wanted to be an actor. His dad totally wanted to kill him when he found out and didnt allow him to be an actor because he thought that he would lose focus on what was important in life, when he was doing exactly what he wanted to do. I dont think that adults around me dont want me to be an individual. I think that my parents want me to be an individual with some guidelines that will help me be a successful person.
Tim Wilson
5th Hour
I belive that in the movie the adults dont want the kids to become individuality for many reasons. One reason is that they are all about traditon and keeping things the same. Also they belize that they will stop listening to them. In the movie after thinking about hemself they did crazy things and didnt listen. Adults sometimes just want you to blindly follow but most of the time they dont you to be a individuality. I say this beacsuse parents or adults like power but if you think for your self you are taking away from their power. This is not all adults but most belive this. Do what you want to do even if adults dont like it in your life.
Shaun Gerber
5th Hour
Why is it that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic? When you answer, please refer to one example from the movie. Also, do you think the adults in your world want you or do not want you to become individualistic? Explain your answer.
In the movie i believe that the adults are afraid of this happening because they do not want there to feel as if they can run free. Either that or get the feeling that they are now by them selves. Getting this feeling also leads them on to the sence that they shall be able to what ever they like. One example of this is the child that feels as if he would not be able to live his life without this perticular girl. Personaly my parents do lean more torward the want of me to be an indiidual person. I belive this because personaly if i were a parent i would want my kid to make decisions personaly. I would want this because i big thing these days is the peer pressure and decisions forced appon you by your friends and other people you might know.
Conner Risi
I think the only reason the adults don't want the kids to be individuals is because they are afraid of the unknown. They are afraid it will get out of control and so they are not cooperating with change. One example is when the boy got in trouble for putting the note in the newspaper in an attempt to voise his opinion. He wanted girls in the school but he might have gotten a little carried away. I think adults today want us to be individuals to a certain extent. They want us to lead our own lives to get a good job and a good life. However, in certain situations they tell us it is best to stick witht the crowd. For the most part, though, I think they want us to be individuals.
Why is it that the other adults seem so afraid of these young adults being individualistic? When you answer, please refer to one example from the movie. Also, do you think the adults in your world want you or do not want you to become individualistic? Explain your answer.
I think that the adults are afraid of this because it could cause some disorder in the school. As we saw, the one boy wanted girls in the school so bad. Many people think that when kids become individuals the make bad descisions. I think my parents want me to be an individual. They always are saying, oh do this, you dont have to be like everyone else all the time. However, many people want you to go with a group, not be a total individual. Maybe they want you to hang with the jocks, skaters, nerds, or other groups. They are afraid of letting their child be the one looked down on.
I believe adults fear, is the utter chaos form lost of control.
like when...when...um, I can't remember everyone's names, they get mentioned like once or twice every 6 min. well what-his face put the article in the paper with the dead poet society. and did the most smartass thing I could ever imagine( *Briiing-briiing* hello? it's god, he says girls should be allowed). But this fear of chaos, is a fear that is needed. because the fear was created by a bunch of idiots breaking laws in the past. I do hate that we have to suffer some liberties just because past events that didn't even relate to us! But I know the instant some specific person gains some liberties, the situation is snafu. Thus nullifying my complain. Idiotic actors need to become discriminated against, so that we could gain 'control' back.
Is that not what most adolescence want?
Derek Guckian
6th hour
I think that adults are afraid of this happening. The reason I think that is because sometimes they can become out of control. Like the one kid who freaked out and made a scene during that assembly/ meeting. I think that most parents want to have their kids to stay with the crowd. The reason I think that is because so they can gust follow the crowd and do what they do to get good grades and such. My parents support me with whatever I want to do. If I want to be a part of the crowd or if I want to be an individual It doesn’t matter.
Alex Thickstun
6th hour
John Kent
5th hour
I believe that adults are afraid of the students being distracted from the work that would get them in to good jobs. Like when the kid that is in the play and his dad fiends out what he had done he told him to drop out of it. Then the kid said to his friends that he had never been asked what he wants. “Don’t let the day go by grave it and get the best out of life,” that is the idea that Mr. Keating is teaching the kids. That being an individual is all right and don’t be afraid to express your individuality. I think the adults in my world want me to be an individualistic but not to be so much that I destroy my future.
Dude, dereks was gooodd. anways, adults are afraid that kids that are individuals, they'll send the wrong message to other kids. And then all hell will break loose. Like in the movie the dean I guess I could say, was asking mr.keating why they were marching. I think the head dude thinks that mr.keating is givin the kids the wrong message. So, all the kids are starting to show their true selfs. Most adults aren't ready for us to break free from them. Many individuals do what they want, and my mom thinks most of them are bad influences, but on the other hand, my dad says be whatever my heart desires. He also says trust no one but yourself. I trust myself, and I'm an individual. I just think my mom's afraid I'll turn out different from the way she wants to raise me, I don't blame her. All together, everyone is special and adults do what us to be as special we can be.
Stefanie Samuel
6th hour
I think its part of the schools tradition that they follow the rules just as the previous students have. When the students form the Dead Poet Society got together, the principal was against it. I believe he was against it because its not a club that existed before. The club meant that things would change. Also, that students would start to think and act differently. Making a club like that was absolutely against school policies. I think my parents want me to be my own individual and not follow others. They think that following others makes you a fake person.
Amy Urbanik
5th hour
alex warner> my grandparents like it when i do stuff different than my other cousins. but my step mom likes when i do the same thing over and over again. well as long as it does not harm me or someone else. i feel that mr. keating likes indivualism because he has lived long enough to know it does not help to be a conformist.
I think the adults dont want them to be indivdualists because they are set on everything being the way they want it. They also want everything to be the same. They are afraid of things changing in thier school because of thier priciples. In the movie they say "honor excellence tradition dicipline" They want the boys to stick with those morals like thier ancestors. I think adults now, want us to be individuals. People have realized its better to be yourself.
-Mikki nosek
I believe that adults are afraid of this happening because many people who are individuals can become out of control.Thats never a good cituation for anyone. For example when my sister get in the car she always has to have the front seat. so when i call shotgun she gets really mad and makes me get in the back. Yes i think that adults do want us to be more individual. So when we move out in the real world we can stride and move forward in life to suceed. Thats what i think about the paragraph.
Rob Keller
5th Hour
I believe parents are just to over protective of there children. I think it is hard to see them break away and blossom into an individual. This is shown in the movie when the guy from "House" wanted to be into the play. Although his teacher was supportive of this idea his father was not. I think all parents want to raise there child to be an individualist. Funny thing is i actually talked to my mother about this the other day. My mother said she expected me to be an individual and make a smart decision if the group was not.
Taylor Wattles
6th hour
I think it is becuase they are afraid they will become out of controll. Like when the kid who wants to act just gets put down by his father. So he dosent get a choice of his own free will becuase what his father thinks he is choosing whats best for him. I think most adults want us to think for our selves becuase we are going to need to eventually. Your parents arent going to tell you who to propose to or what to eat your whole life. There are also other people who want controll over everything which can be bad sometimes. Becuase no one can choose what they think is right.
kevin anderson
6th hour
Taylor Dieck
I think the adults in this movie are scared of individualism because they were not taught it themselves. They always had order in their life. They never actually had their own opinions. My personal opinion is in this movie their so against being an individual, because they are scared. They do not understand the concept of individualism. My parents fully approve of me making my own decisions. Of course they help guide me in my life and decisions, but in the end it's my opinion that really matters. They respect that and encourage it though. I hope other adults see that having a child be an individual is important, but not all do. That is their choice, however I was always taught to hold my own thoughts and never let someone make up my mind for me.
Mr.Kay,
I think that when it comes down to it everyone trys, and wants you to be yourself. An, like the Adults in the movie I think that sometimes there affraid. Affraid of loseing control, or them being rejected in life for being themselves. In life parents want whats them to be succesful , but at the same time they also want there kids to be themselves. How is that possible? I think that in life you really can't do both. Yes it's possible, but i think that being your self is a risk. What i'm trying to say is that dressing that way you want, an talking,an walking the way you want can affect many things. Including getting a job, or what school you get into an the types of freinds you make. Thats the main reason I thnk that the adults in the movie are so affraid of the students being themselves. In my life i feel that my parents are supportive of who i am and let me be myself.
brittney Cooper
6th hour
The adults in this movie are very set in there ways. I think that if they let their kids do what they want it will disrupt their plans for their kids future. For example when Neil wanted to act and be in the play , his father wouldnt let him. He told him he was going to quit the play and focus on becoming a doctor. Even though thats not what he wanted to do. I do think the adults in my would want me to be an individualistic , my parents have always told me to do what i want to do. They never tell me what i have to be when i grow up or what sports im allowed to do. I think its very important for parents to let their kids live their own life and not just do what their parents want them to do.
Mr Kay,
I think adults dont want people become individualistic because they cant control these kids and they think they will be bad kids if they aren't controllable. The one boys father in the movie doesn't like the idea of him being an actor. Due to him not wanting to follow his fathers rules, his father got even more mad at him. I think people want their kids to not be individualists because they think if they are in a crowd, they will be the same as others and not do bad things. They also think the kids will be more willing to get more crazy and rowdy and more used to doing things on their own. Just because you are an individualist, doesn't mean you are going to do everything against their society. My parents want me to be more of an individual instead of being like everyone. My parents think it is ok that im not like the others who are doing the bad things because I can not follow bad people. My parents wont think I am bad due to my individualism.
-Luke LaFountain
6th Hour
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