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Kathleen Watson faced challenges in her first class. A group of children learned the textbook thoroughly, interrupting her original explanation from time to time, and gave her a good lesson. Catherine's trick is great. In the second class, she took out a bunch of modern paintings. How could those children know what modern paintings are. This may be the first cornerstone of the school's "Taoism": they have since learned that learning cannot be done without thinking. In the United States in 1953, girls only needed to learn a little bit of knowledge, thinking was not important. It has been almost 70 years, and now we are still about the same, studying for a bowl of rice.
About Joan's choice. Joan was the smartest and most aggressive, but not the most thoughtful. Katherine taught her to follow her heart's choice, and she gave up her law degree from Yale University, saying her ultimate dream was to get married and have children. It can only be said that her values are like that, and she cannot grow the image of an independent woman. But for each of us, it's good to be happy, and there's no need to oppose it for the sake of it.
Betty is a bulldog. From her point of view, she did nothing wrong. If the definition of wrong is indifference, then she is just the opposite; she is not evil, she is just a "guardian" who is "nosy". In my opinion, only the collision of two really diametrically opposed minds can seek truth, and truth is never kept in a glass room. And the result is that she understands what the right choice is. She finally broke through the shackles to find her true self, leaving the restless husband and the family that taught her to submit.
I think the best friend is Li Wei. She is very understanding. Although she smokes and has boyfriends, she doesn't look like a girl who "should get married". Even though she wasn't born "safe", Betty called her a whore when she was mad. But she is really gentle, she is not an ideologue, but people who hold various "isms" should come to her to learn. There are no hot-tempered and cold-hearted people in this world.
Bill and Paul compare. Bill is handsome, romantic, and occasionally deceitful. Paul gentle point, eager for success in love. I'm more inclined towards Paul. To be honest, Bill's kind is not open, that is, advocating sexual freedom, and it will only hurt people in the end. Neither Paul nor Bill would make a change (because of Katherine), and that's two of the stereotypes among us boys these days.
Distributing condoms. I have only one sentence, condoms are just a protection, people who use them should think about why they use them.
The editorial section should probably not be called an editorial. As I said just now, the truth can only come out of the collision of thoughts. Testing the truth depends on practice. Betty, who has written so many editorials, finally chose to divorce, so the editorials she wrote... should be far from the truth.
I think the most meaningful class is the last class that Catherine took with a lot of anger at the end. She showed a few commercials and said: What will people in the future think of us when they see the women in our commercials? In 2021, I still want to ask this question, do we leave 2041 with the image of a woman who weighs less than 90 pounds or clothes that show some deformed beauty? What is the difference between 2021 and 1954 in the eyes of 2041?
Mona Lisa is laughing and smiling. Not many people care if she's actually happy, and neither do I. My reason is because I am not qualified to judge whether she is happy or not. I hope that both men and women can find a benchmark in their hearts and don't live in the so-called "rules" of this world. We should make timely rules ourselves.
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