At the beginning, Mrs. Dreyer, who was doing housework, received a call from the school saying that her son was skipping class. According to Chinese thinking, her instinctive reaction was that her son was going to be disciplined by her mother. Unexpectedly, when her mother arrived at the school and found her beaten son, she criticized the principal. some time. Mrs. Dreyer is not unreasonable. She knows that her son is not a troublemaker. Because of his unusual interest in animals and being bullied by his classmates, he cannot attend class.
Gerry, the kid who skipped class, is Gerald Durrell , the author of the original book "The Durrells", the Greek trilogy - "Island of Chasing Sunshine", "Myrtle Forest Treasure" and "Garden of the Gods" . He only attended school for one year. He became a famous British naturalist and writer. I think his achievements are inseparable from the way his mother, Mrs. Dreyer, was educated.
In the play, after learning that the principal hit Gerry with a cane, the mother told the principal the fundamental purpose of education.
No child does not want to become better, as long as they persevere in guidance, anyone can improve.
But in Britain in 1935, still adhering to the strict traditional education, the principal did not think that he was wrong, and asked Mrs. Dreyer to write an apology letter. Unexpectedly, the mother directly asked Gerry to drop out of school and leave, and before leaving, she broke the cane that hit her son. (Applause should be here)
But the family didn't get much better. The eldest son, Larry, is a real estate agent, but he thinks he is a writer. The second son, Leslie, doesn't like to study, but just likes to play with air guns. The only daughter, Margo, doesn't know anything. Gerry, the youngest son who dropped out of school...
Mrs Dreyer was desperate.
In her opinion, it doesn't matter what the child does, she just wants the family to be as happy as before, that's the most important thing.
So instead of going with the flow, she changed everything.
After plucking up the courage to sell the house, the whole family moved from Bournemouth, England to Corfu, Greece, saying goodbye to urban civilization and returning to nature completely.
Life on the island is not easy. Mrs. Dreyer is very tired from working alone. The four children only know how to play crazy, quarrel and cause trouble.
One day, she finally realized that she had been too arrogant with her children recently, and couldn't help but get angry, and the children began to realize their own problems.
In the second season, I can clearly feel the tossing of the season, and the four of them have matured a lot.
Larry publishes his own novel, Leslie learns to sell things and take pictures, Margo stops being silly, and Gerry has his own zoo.
The show is not about how a mother struggles to pull four children, but about a mother who grows up with her children as equals.
As a mother, Mrs. Dreyer is constantly changing her way of education, so that children can be happy every day and learn to mature.
Mrs. Dreyer's aunt also insisted on traditional education from the beginning, and did not accept the education method of returning to nature at all, until she finally understood.
We would think that growth belongs only to children, as if people become too mature once they are 18 years old, but that is not the case.
Babies learn to speak, walk, and write belong to growth, and adults learn to be independent, strong, and optimistic also belong to growth.
College students must learn to think independently, office workers must learn to adapt to the workplace, parents must learn to educate their children, and retirees must learn to live in peace... No one is static after the age of 18 until the last moment of life. keep growing.
This is the biggest feeling that "The Dreyer Family" brings me apart from the comfort of the beautiful scenery of Greece - growing up is not just a matter of children.
Ps looking forward to the third season next year!
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