a dream

Sherman 2022-09-25 02:40:24

Our teacher showed us this movie before our college entrance examination, and I know it was meant to motivate us to study hard, but I really hated it. I still love learning in general, but I think she's trying to convey a value I don't like through this film - a good university = success.
I think this is a childish value. It's good to get into a good university, but what about those who don't get into a good university? (Excluding people who don't want to learn here), do they have nowhere to live? Don't think I'm whining, I think people should admit that this value is immature.
Talk about this movie. I admire her hard work and her persistent character very much, but her success is only a special case. Her strong academic learning ability has largely contributed to her success. Of course, her efforts are not excluded. But most people can't study like her, at least I can't, and Harvard does not mean success, her admission to Harvard is the only way she thinks of life, she just wants to survive, the director uses Harvard as a metaphor for success, I think it is extremely It is unreasonable to use a kind of real object to describe a broad concept. It is just a simple materialism. It is a generalization and implies a childish value to the audience. I think it is not good for society. This film Just to give the audience a dream, people pay attention to her successful admission to Harvard, but ignore the fact that few people have followed her admission to Harvard, and few people have "success". Just like Bill Gates' success has misled a lot of people. Let us first understand what success is, right? Then watch the movie again.
I also wish my teacher would read this review. This is my thinking.

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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story quotes

  • Chris: I don't want to go to school. I don't belong there and neither do you.

    Liz Murray: Yes, I do.

    Chris: You think they let people like us in to Harvard?

  • Liz Murray: I loved my mother, so much. She was a drug addict. She was an alcoholic. She was legally blind. She was a schizophrenic. But I never forgot, that she did love me. Even if, if she did. All the time. All the time. All the... All the time.