Spoiler Alert: I am casually obsessed with Robin Williams and this is most definitely a tribute to him and all the characters he made the world fall in love with.
Dead Poets Society - one of the greatest movies of all time. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. It is great for so many reasons. It's great because of the story. It's great because of the actors. It's great because of the lessons learned. Or maybe it's great because Dead Poet's Society taught everyone to realize what a true teacher looks like. Maybe it's great because it brought to life what real learning is.
You cannot just sit on the side lines of life. You have to be active in it. Carpe Diem. I believe that this is the same for in the classroom. You cannot sit idly by while the chance to learn slips away. Learning and teaching took on whole new definitions in this movie. Teaching didn't mean lectures and criticism, it meant inspiration and love. Learning didn't mean endless assignments and reading, it meant actively engaging.
My favorite two parts of Dead Poets Society are shown above. Robin Williams, acting as Mr. Keating, stands on a desk and asks the classroom, why? The answer? Because he wanted to remind them to "constantly look at things in a different way". Silly, but profound and entirely relevant. The second picture is a scene where one of his students asks him how he could possibly stay. The answer? Because he loves teaching. It is his passion and he will not give that up. Simple, yet inspiring.
Robin Williams, as Mr. Keating, not only gave my 15-year old self a newfound respect for teachers, but he inspired me to become one myself. Having a passion to teach and a passion to let every student realize their potential is hard a hard one to have. The outcome isn't always what you expect it to be, but whatever the outcome is I think that it'll be completely worth it.
Dead Poets Society - one of the greatest movies of all time. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. It is great for so many reasons. It's great because of the story. It's great because of the actors. It's great because of the lessons learned. Or maybe it's great because Dead Poet's Society taught everyone to realize what a true teacher looks like. Maybe it's great because it brought to life what real learning is.
You cannot just sit on the side lines of life. You have to be active in it. Carpe Diem. I believe that this is the same for in the classroom. You cannot sit idly by while the chance to learn slips away. Learning and teaching took on whole new definitions in this movie. Teaching didn't mean lectures and criticism, it meant inspiration and love. Learning didn't mean endless assignments and reading, it meant actively engaging.
My favorite two parts of Dead Poets Society are shown above. Robin Williams, acting as Mr. Keating, stands on a desk and asks the classroom, why? The answer? Because he wanted to remind them to "constantly look at things in a different way". Silly, but profound and entirely relevant. The second picture is a scene where one of his students asks him how he could possibly stay. The answer? Because he loves teaching. It is his passion and he will not give that up. Simple, yet inspiring.
Robin Williams, as Mr. Keating, not only gave my 15-year old self a newfound respect for teachers, but he inspired me to become one myself. Having a passion to teach and a passion to let every student realize their potential is hard a hard one to have. The outcome isn't always what you expect it to be, but whatever the outcome is I think that it'll be completely worth it.