I NO THINK THAT WORD MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS (part #2)

Dead Poets Society is a movie about a teacher teaching his students how to think for themselves. By telling them to do everything he says.

"Think for yourselves," Robin Williams instructs his little fresh-faced preppies. "For instance, people who think for themselves go to caves and read poetry."

So off the minions tramp to caves to read poetry.

"People who think for themselves defy their parents."

Time to defy Daddy and sign up for the school play!

"People who think for themselves do delightfully wacky and spontaneous things."

Wait, Boy Who Gets Phone Call from God in the middle of Assembly. I did not deem a phone call from God acceptably wacky and spontaneous. So I will yell at you for it.

At the very end, when Robin Williams is forced to leave his job, Ethan Hawke demonstrates how much he has learned from this gibberish-spouting Mr. Chips by leaping upon his desk in a show of bravado, defiance and eccentricity... just like Robin Williams did when he first arrived in the classroom.

Yeah, those boys really learned how to think for themselves, didn't they....

I no think that word means what you think it means...