Dead Poets Last Hoorah

    Have you ever had someone that pushed you beyond your limits? Did it make you step out of your comfort zone without your consent? Mr. Keating in "Dead Poets' Society," directed by Peter Weir, explores methods that are against Welton Standards. However these unorthodox methods are the very things that are helping students.  He tells the students that they may call him "O Captain! My Captain!" in reference to a Walt Whitman poem, if they feel daring enough. Dead Poet Society does however show the positive influences a teacher can have on the lives of students with helping them become more social, and help students speak up for themselves.
    Firstly, Dead Poet Society does show the positive influences a teacher can have on the lives of students by showing that interactive classes help the kids learn. Mr. Keating’s students, at first, thought that his teaching methods were bizarre. They didn’t really understand what he was trying to show them. Slowly throughout Keating’s classes they began to finally understand. They began to speak for themselves and they didn’t notice that they were changing, but the people around them did. Mr. Keating’s method helped him connect better with his students and shows that changing the teaching methods from sitting in a seat to interacting helps kids.
   Furthermore, the influences a teacher can have on the lives of students by showing that it’s sometimes good to try new things and understand different experiences. When the students went up to Keating about the ‘Dead Poet Society’ he didn’t just ignore them, he discussed exactly what it was intrigued the students so much they wanted to re-open the club. He even went as far as to give them the book that he use to use even though he didn’t know how serious they were about it.  Keating showed faith in his students by giving them that book and believing they wouldn’t rat him out which shows how healthy the relationship between the teacher and students have become.
   Finally, Dead Poet Society does show the positive influences a teacher can have on the lives of students by showing that teachers do have an impact in our lives and they do help us to speak up and use our voices. We may not always notice it but we are always changing and teachers help students to use their voice. Without the support from Mr. Keating and teachers now a days kids from Welton Academy and other schools may not have learned valuable lessons that have shaped their lives in numerous ways.  
   In the end, Dead Poets Society was a truly remarkable movie that not only captured the positive impacts that teachers mark on students but also showed valuable lessons. For instance like  helping students speak up for themselves. Mr. Keating made a bond with his students right away because his teaching style, which may be different from other teachers, made his students think. Being pushed outside of their comfort zone was the first step of positive impacts that helped his students. Teachers and their power of authority used properly saves more than it kills.

Confessions for the bullied and beautiful

1. Sarah Kay – “The Type”


     While all of her poems are wonderful, this particular piece has a message for young girls to let them know self-worth and self-value. Sarah Kay explains how "[we are] born to build." She sets a mood that is light  and comforting. The quote"[we] are not the poem, or the punchline, or the riddle, or the joke" portrays just what Sarah Kay is trying to get through to others. Through her poetry Sarah tells the story that convinces teenagers that it's ok to be affected by emotion. It's ok to be scared. It's ok to be impressed. It's ok to have these things that shake your world up a little bit and that's why this poem has such a positive affect.


                               
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2. Shane Koyczan: "To This Day" ... for the bullied and beautiful 


      Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and ... different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem about bullying, is such a powerful poem that makes you stop, take a breath and just listen. I feel like Shane Koyczan was trying to get through our minds about how just because others judge you, make fun of you and bully you doesnt mean you have to believe everything they're saying and doing. If you can't see the true beauty look deeper because our lives will continue to be "a balancing act that has less to do with pain an more to do with beauty" and we are all beauty. To me this shows how we shouldn't let people put us down with their opinions. Take a moment and look farther because "we kept walking the tightrope [for] practice" and there's a reason for that. There's a reason why we try so hard to keep going on with your life and that's because we want to make the most of it and we no matter what people say. Shane is a prime example because this poem is from his real life and it's ok to be young and different.



3. Kevin Breel: Confessions of a Depressed Comic at TEDxKids@Ambleside


      In his heartbreaking, personal speech, Kevin explained what it felt like to grow up with a mental illness and what he thinks we're getting wrong when we put mental health and young people together. He creates a mood that seemed sad but had a very positive side to his depression because it was explaining how he pushed through. For years Kevin Breel hid his depression behind jokes and laughter because the fact is "depression isn't chicken pots you don't beat it once and its gone forever its something you live with" and that needs to be heard. The aspiring stand-up comedian couldn’t talk to anyone about his pain until it got so bad he considered taking his life. On the video Kevin states “[I] was one of the lucky ones, one of the people who gets to step out onto the ledge and look down but not jump."