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Edgardo 2022-03-19 08:01:02
As a teacher of an aristocratic school, William taught the history of ancient Rome. In a certain class of students, he saw a troublemaker named Bell. In order to allow Bell to participate in the Caesar Quiz Contest, William became selfish, and Bell cheated to get it. After the second, the two parted ways. Bell relied on his father to enter Yale as a state congressman. Years later, the class reunion simulated the Caesars Quiz Contest. Bell cheated again, and later mocked William and was discovered by his son... A seemingly warm atmosphere to describe the failure of this "court" education, the decay of knowledge and the lack of promotion of personality, and the shaping of the "successor" of the ruling class. Education is relatively a procedural method of teaching. It is ironic, but it cannot be directly analyzed and it appears ambiguous.
Extended Reading
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William Hundert: However much we stumble, it is a teacher's burden always to hope... that with learning, a boy's character might be changed. And, so, the destiny of a man.
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[first lines]
Valet: Is everything okay, sir?
William Hundert: Fine, thank you. Here.
[reaches into his pocket]
William Hundert: Let me, uh...
Valet: That's not necessary, sir.
[walks away]
William Hundert: [narrating] As I've gotten older, I realize I'm certain of only two things. Days that begin with rowing on a lake are better than days that do not. Second, a man's character is his fate. And as a student of history, I find this hard to refute. For most of us our stories can be written long before we die. There are exceptions among the great men of history, but they are rare, and I am not one of them. I am a teacher - simply that. I taught for 34 years. One day I stopped teaching. Those were the facts of my life's chronicle. The last chapter had been written. My book was closed.