Oh ,captain ,my captain!——"Mona Lisa's Smile"

Lura 2022-03-24 09:01:55

In the process of watching the film, watching Watson I often think of Keating, the teacher I fell in love with when I watched "Dead Poets Society" a long time ago, but gradually I found that there are too many differences between them.

Also entering a traditional campus, Keating left the deepest impression on me that time he let the students walk out of different steps, he never told the students how to walk, but just told everyone that everyone has their own ideas , you can follow the big team without following the traditional way.
"I step into the jungle because I want to live meaningfully, I want to live deeply, to take in all the best things in life, to crush everything that isn't life, lest at the end of my life I find that I've never lived. In fact, a person's life only needs one lesson.
Pick your flower buds in time / The old days are gone / The flowers that smile today / Tomorrow will be withered in the wind"
This is the central idea taught by Keating to children, let When they look back in their twilight years, they should not sigh with embarrassment because of their bleak youth.

Let's look at Watson again. At that time, feminism had not yet prevailed. Women had the right to education, but they were still subordinate to men. No matter how high the education, the purpose is to be a good wife and a good housewife. Watson is a radical, independent woman. She is too sensible, thoughtful, and talented. The positioning she puts herself is actually quite perfect for her, but beautiful shoes are not for everyone. Sometimes Also depends on size.
She encouraged Joan to get into Yale, but was very unhappy that Joan finally gave up her studies and got married. We cannot judge whether Joan's actions were right or wrong, nor can we say whether a Yale J.D. is better than a good wife and mother. Everyone has a certain positioning for their own life, so there are career-oriented talents of Aries and good men and women of Cancer at home.
But there were indeed some problems with the atmosphere at the time. Watson saw the problem and wanted to solve these drawbacks by herself. She was actually a pioneer. She wanted to tear down the walls that had imprisoned women for many years, so she couldn't wait to put it down. Instilling her own thoughts into the hearts of her students is actually another form of imprisoning other people's thoughts. However, every revolution requires a group of victims, Watson is willing to do so, but she has some tendency to force students to sacrifice along with them, which may not be the right behavior.
Her ideals and values ​​were recognized by the students just like Keating. The scene of farewell was very touching. At least, she instilled the idea of ​​pursuing her own value rather than being a subordinate of others into the minds of the students. This is quite difficult.

Maybe teachers should be like this. The most important thing is not what kind of knowledge to teach them, but to tell them how good they can be by listening to their hearts.

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Extended Reading

Mona Lisa Smile quotes

  • [referring to a childlike drawing of a cow]

    Katherine Watson: 25 years ago, someone thought this was brilliant.

    Connie Baker: I can see that.

    Betty Warren: Who?

    Katherine Watson: My mother. I painted it for her birthday. Next slide. This is my mom. Is it art?

    Susan Delacorte: It's a snapshot.

    Katherine Watson: If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a difference?

    Betty Warren: Art isn't art until someone says it is.

    Katherine Watson: It's art!

    Betty Warren: The right people.

    Katherine Watson: And who are they?

    Giselle Levy: Betty Warren! We're so lucky we have one of them right here.

  • Connie Baker: [reading from an advertisement] "When your courses are set and a dreamboat you've met, have a real cigarette! Have a Camel!" I've got my courses, I've got my Camel cigarette. Where the hell is my dreamboat?