Shan Bai

Today, we watched a old movie,《Dead Poets Society》, which moved me a lot. This film describes an English poetry teacher, John Keating, who is against traditional education methods inspires his students to think out of box and seize the day. In Keating’s class, he asks students stand on his desk, teaching them look at life in a different way. Keating also ask students rip out the rigid introduction of their poetry books encourage them to have free thinking. Keating’s unorthodox teaching methods are not accepted by other traditional teacher. Although he is fired at last, Keating has had profound influence on his students. To my way of thinking, this inspirational movie expresses a theme that people should have courage to grasp their own life and make everyday count.

The system of education portrayed in the film differs from my experience. I am so luck that I didn’t bear on 1950’s Vermont. During my education, the methods of teaching are more flexible than the traditional methods shown in the film. We don’t need to follow teacher to repeat the boring words. Instead, teachers use multimedia which is more interesting and attractive to impart knowledge in contemporary class. Moreover, current student are less likely to suffer physical punishment, and it is even illegal to punish students physically in some countries.

In my opinion, I admire Mr. Keating’s behavior. What he asked students to do is to help them find themselves, to pursuit what they desire to do in their life. Today, numerous people still lack of courage to be individuals. It is undeniable that I am also one of those people. Sometimes, I am afraid of breaking the routine and worried about future if I deviate from the life that my parents have already planned for me. Nevertheless, I decided to change my life and to do some different things in my senior year. I gave up the job what my parents expect me to do and prepared to study abroad. I believed that the change of circumstances can help me to be different, but now I realized that the only thing can make me change is my heart, no matter where I am. I still have a long way to be what I want to be.

October 14, 2015

第二篇：Dead Poets Society 英文影评

Dead Poets Society

In 1959, Walton preparatory college for its dignified style is respected by the people at that time. Where the education mode is fixed, not only boring but also hampered the thought. But all this changed at the hands of a new teacher. John Keating's against traditional education methods for college brought an angry: in his class, he encouraged students to stand on the desk, with a new perspective to observe the world around them; He is to introduce students to the many thoughtful poetry; He advocated the freedom of divergent type of thinking philosophy in the student has caused great response. Gradually, some people accepted him, and began to brave to face every day, grasp their own life. But there is a serious conflict between his education thought and traditional college. Story at the end, the students are on the table for the teacher, the scene is enough to touching tears.

The movie powerfully demonstrated that different ways of education will lead to different results, cultivate different kinds of people. In the opening ceremony, students recited motto "tradition, honor, discipline, excellence", the students are afraid of into the school, called hell. Also made up another set for the school motto "mockery, terror, decadent, drainage", expressed strong dissatisfaction of the students. The way of education is so traditional and rigid, it eliminated the students' passion of learning, blocking the students to pursue self ideal of freedom. Students are forced to do what you don't want to do, and even hide the most authentic side of them.

Neil is under the influence of Keating, the pursuit of life significance, find true self. Neil in their own way, not the arrangement of the parents, find the meaning of life and poetic find their own direction, from which to grow. But due to the strict parents, unable to communicate with, Neil was forced to suicide. Neil's death is a little weak, but he is inevitable in the growth of life cruel ritual.

I think this is one of the college students must see movie, it tells us how to break down, how to search for the ideal, how to find interesting things in your life.