I still remember when the Baijia Forum was a smash hit, many people began to pay unprecedented attention to history. At that time, not only academic experts such as Yi Zhongtian, Yu Dan, and Ji Lianhai were introduced to the market , and more importantly, it may bring the meaning of history back to the lives of ordinary people.
History is just a sculpture that has been formed and exists objectively, but apart from the author (the party involved), no one dares to say that what they understand is what it is, and it may be destroyed by nature or modified by others.
I think history, what has happened, has a lot of practical value, and in this film, history is the best material for thinking about educational models.
History is recorded, either written or oral, and presented to people with the help of various carriers. Therefore, it has certain aesthetic value, such as the countless quoted poems in the film, which create the beauty and profound literary temperament of this film.
The background of the creation of these poems is countless historical stories. Irwin, the history teacher in the text, said that it is perfect to end the thesis with a poem. Our language teacher may have said the same.
But maybe now, not many people have enough time to read and accumulate so many beautiful things.
The main line in the film is that a high school finds a new teacher to teach 8 outstanding and promising students to face exams they are not familiar with, in order to be admitted to a first-class institution such as Oxbridge. The previous teachers used some very traditional and divergent teaching methods, focusing on language, poetry, and history itself, which were helpful for accumulation, but were not suitable for exam preparation. The new history teacher tried to change the way of thinking of the students. It turned out great.
According to this plot, it can be understood that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, but it is still necessary to have a new mode of thinking to guide students to adapt to this social rule.
But there is a premise that all stages of preparation should not be purposeful, otherwise it will induce students' disgust and resistance. A lot of education in China has already used social competitiveness to suppress students' opportunities and power to learn independently, so it is far from the content of the movie and cannot be compared. Maybe China's basic education is very solid, but this model continues until students leave school and extends to higher education, it is easy for potential students to lose their talents in vain.
Going back to history, historical facts are right in front of you and can be checked at any time, but your view of history can only be established through your own thinking.
Many students encounter problems that they cannot understand, and often say that I have never learned this in class, or that I have not learned this thing. I think this is a really sad answer, because students have begun to make a series of high-profile innocence defenses for their ignorance.
Compared with the good ending in the movie, I think Chinese parents may rather send their children to those "high-scoring factories", but it is easy to understand, after all, the social risks are different, and the educational resources are different.
We say that the more you get rid of the knowledge of money and reputation, the more valuable it is, and similarly, the less people care about it. Thanks to the improvement and innovation of media technology, many cultures and arts that were soon forgotten have been revived, but there are still some treasured histories that are forever forgotten.
There may be some beautiful sculptures, because they have been eroded by acid rain, and then they are no different from the waste rocks in the wild.
Hector (a teacher in the film) said emotionally, when you are reading, you meet another person and are captured by him. He grabs you and you feel him. This is the transmission of culture, you need to sink down, slow down, and accept it with your heart. Then it spreads your way.
In the era of great development, each of us is running at a high speed, unwilling to lag behind. Culture, is being ignored and lost. People who are eager for quick success are impetuous. To Feel may be a very short moment, but To Feel needs to really calm down the heart. The process of this transmission cannot be done by just squinting the gossip news on the Internet, and trying to memorize a few textbooks or vassal masterpieces is also futile.
---Dare to love is love---
The film also has another important theme, which is the life and love of comrades.
There is no strong way to highlight this theme in this film, and only Hector's experience can be regarded as a small climax. The other parts can only be regarded as small clips of young people chasing love. Irwin, posner, and hector are all gay, and darkin is bisexual.
Hector is a teacher who is about to retire. He is gay but married. As a teacher, he is very dedicated, gets along well with students, and helps students make a lot of accumulation. When he returned to his own life, it was not so good, because he did something not so glorious to the students (the students did not refuse) and was found out and ordered to retire early. He finally resolved the conflict, and finally died of death. car accident.
With such an ending when he was a student, his departure really exacerbated the character's sadness. When transformed, it becomes the tragedy of this group.
This character gives me a feeling that no matter how successful a person does things, it can't make up for the natural difference between you and this society.
Fate may not be so tragic, but it must be accompanied by many other pains.
The film does not focus on the themes of tolerance and fairness to send care to the gay crowd, but uses DARKIN's confession to IRWIN to tell everyone to be brave in love, many things seem unreachable, but bravely convey your love There will always be a warm effect.
At the same time, the harmonious relationship of the eight young people also shows the great inclusiveness of the British youth culture. In such an environment, the double-edged swords such as resistance to freedom can be guided in a good direction. Form a more abundant and comfortable living space.
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