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.