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Do Mär 17 18:24:19 CET 2005

=head3 8. Hausaufgabe

=head4 Buch Seite 63, Aufgabe 1

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Carpe diem -- that's one of Mr. Keating's mottos, which he tries to convey to
his students. That's a major difference to other teachers, who just want the
pupils to do their jobs and nothing else. That's founded on the motivations of
the teachers: While most of the teachers do their job only because they have to
do it, because otherwise their families wouldn't have anything to eat, Mr.
Keating teaches because he is actually convinced of his job, or, to speak in
Mr. Keating's words, of his profession.

Another thing to note is the way Mr. Keating teaches. While other docents are
very conservative---the Latin teacher comes to my mind first ("agricula,
agriculae, agriculae, agriculam, agricula, ...")---Mr. Keating rejects the old
methods of teaching. For example, he asks his students to rip out the
"Introduction to Poetry" by Mr. Pritchard, because he thinks poetry can't be
expressed in a purely analytical way. In his opinion, poetry is not simply a
sequence of verses, but instead it is art, it is culture, it is a way of life.

Another thing Mr. Keating wants to convey to his students is his idea of ideas
being able to change the world, which he contrasts to rather ordinary things.
In his opinion, even a single poem can and will make a difference and is able
to shake the world up.

This attitude is not liked much by the rest of the teachers. They'd prefer Mr.
Keating to use traditional methods of teaching, which are apparently proven to
be successful. Additionally, they hold Mr. Keating responsible for Neil Perry
commiting suicide.

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