What type of teacher Mr. Keating is?
· Neil asks Todd haven’t you listened to anything Mr. Keating has been teaching us.
· Mr. Keatings takes the boys to the field and has them read poetry and kick a soccer ball.
He tells Charlie to let it feel in your soul. All of the boys are having a great time and really getting into the poetry.
· Student feels his poem was stupid and Mr. Keating encourages him that he did just fine.
· Todd gets called on and he tells Mr. Keating he didn’t write a poem. Mr Keating pushes Todd to climb out of his tight shell and freely recite an original poem in the moment.
· After Todd is done the whole class applauds and Mr. Keating tells him that he never wants him to forget this.
· He has the boys out in the courtyard marching in single file. He tells the boys that your beliefs are your own. He wants them to find their own way to walk. Mr. Dalton is standing there and he asks him why he is just standing there. He says he is exercising his right not to walk. Mr. Keating says that’s alright just stand there, swim against the stream. To me, the message he was trying to send to him was make it harder for him by saying swim against the stream.
· Mr. Keating is having a debate about his teaching methods with the dean of the school.
· Even when he is not happy with the boys’ actions he talks to them in a calm voice and tells them that if they get thrown out of school they will miss a lot of great opportunities.
· Neil asks Mr. Keating why he stays at the school and he tells him that he loves teaching.
· He tells Neil to confront his father with his passion for acting. He tells him he has to try to get him to understand and if he cannot he will be out of school soon enough and then he can do anything he wants. Later Mr. Keating asks him if he had and Neil tells him he did and his dad was going to let him stay in the play but he was not happy.
· Neil is performing in the play and his dad walks in.
· Neil’s father tells Mr. Keating to stay away from his son and takes Neil away directly after the play.
· Neil committed suicide because his father would not listen to him.
· Mr. Keating and the other boys are torn over his death.
· Neil’s father is requested that there be an investigation to the matter of his death at the school.
· The school is blaming Mr. Keating for Neil’s death.
· All of the students are standing on their desks to support Mr. Keating. They are defying Mr. Nolan. They stand on their desks proudly and Mr. Keating thanks them.
I really enjoyed this movie. I feel any student of any age that came across a teacher like Mr. Keating would be amongst a great opportunity. Mr. Keating was devoted to the best interest of the students. I understand children need to be pushed to excel. However, I also understand that if you push in the wrong way there can be serious consequences. What we saw in the movie is probably the most extreme consequence. The thing that really got me is that Neil’s father still did not see what he had done and put the blame on a good teacher.
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