Mr. Buckley's LRT Blog will provide students and parents with pertinent information regarding 8th Grade Literacy, Research and Technology at Valley View Middle School in Edina, Minnesota.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Dead Poets' Society--Rip It Out
Mr. Keating asks his students to rip out Chapter 1 of their textbook:
Why do you think Mr. Keating did this? What was he trying to teach his class?
I think that he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think about poetry in their own way, not the way their text book tells them to.
I believe he told his class to rip out the pages because he didn't like and agree with what was printed in that section of the book. Also, he wanted to show the boys that they should think for themselves and that this wasn't going to be your ordinary english class!
I think that he told his class to rip out the pages because the directions told them very very specifically how to take notes, and didn't offer any alternitives. If they didn't have those directions to follow, they could think for themselves much better.
I think the reason why he told the class to rip out the page was because he wanted his students to feel emotions for themselfs and not just read the text in their books.
In the movie, he tells them to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves. I also think, that he really wanted to make a point that he had his own way of doing things, and that they should develope their own way of doing things.
I think Mr. Keatings told the class to rip out the pages becuase he doesn't like how they judge the poetry in such a set way. He wants his boys to think for themselves and evaluate poetry in their own way. He wants them to love and savor the languauge as well, not only to judge.
I think that he told them to rip out the section of the book to show that they need to have their own ideas (of poetry and other subjects). This means that they don't have to write exacty how the book tells them, but that they should be original with their thoughts and techniques.
I think Mr. Keating told the students to rip out the pages because they shouldnt write what a book tells them to. They should think for themselves and write what they feel.
I think that Mr. Keating told them to rip out the pages because he wanted to teach them to think for themselves and not follow what a book tells them to write about; write what you want.
I think that Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the pages because he wants to teach the class how to think about poetry in their own way but also because he didn't like what the man in the book wrote about poetry.
I think Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the chapeter of their textbooks because they should be able to think for themselves and make their own choices. They shouldn't have to follow exactly how the chapter is.
I think that Mr. Keiting did this because he wanted his students to learn that poetry can be however you want it to be, not what the book says it should be.
i think that he was trying to teach them to think for themselvs and that they have their own minds. also that their own creativity is an important part of writing poems.
He told them to rip out the page because he doesent like what the person is trying to say in the book, he also wants them to think for themselfs and not let others tell them what to do.
I think he did this to teach his studnents not to listen to what someone else thinks. I think he wants them to create there own appreciation for good quality poetry.
I think that Mr. Keating told the students to rip the into. out of the textbook because he wants them to think for their own. He was trying to teach them that people have to think for themselves in life and do what they think is right. I also think that he is trying to teach them to have a little fun in life and have a little rebellion.
I think he did this so that the class would have to make up or "think of them selves" what understaning poetry by them selves and not to fallow the guide book.
I think that Mr. Keating did this because he didn't want the kids to rely on that for everything. I think he wanted them to speak for themselves instead of what i said above.
I think he wanted them to rip out the pages because the greatness of a poem can't be measured with numbers, scales, or graphs, also he wanted them to think for themselves and interpret a poem based on what they think, not what the book tells them to think of it.
I feel that he told them to rip out the pages because they were a way of defineing some that should not be defined with a mathmatical equasion but the free thinking of a free mind.
I think that Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the pages, because he thinks that poetry is about love, and that the students should not be held back by scales and ratings, because they don't really matter!
I think that Mr. Keating tells them to rip out the 1st chapter of their textbook because he doesn't agree with the structure it gives for poems. He wants them to think for themselves and not do what the textbook is telling them to. He also probably wanted to show them that this wasn't going to be an ordinary class.
Mr Keating told the class to rip out the introduction because he doesn't beleive that the greatness of poetry can be measured on a graph or scale so that people can say, "I wonder if this poem is any good. I'll check the chart to see how great it is." Everyone has a separate opinion in Mr K.'s class. Mr Keating wants to teach his class to think for themselves and have them decide what they like or dislike about poetry.
I think Mr Keating did this, because he wanted to show the kids that they all need to have theit own voice, and not to listen to formulas. He wanted them to be true individuals.
I think he was trying to teach the class to think for them sleves. Also he was trying to teach them that they can interpret poetry how ever they want to. The text shouldn't tell them how good a poem is, they should decide for them sleves.
Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the pages because he wants to teach them that they have to be free-thinkers and that poetry can not be rated by graphs and such.
I think that Mr. Keating told his students to rip out the introdutory because he wanted them to have the ability to think and do stuff for them selves. He did not want them to always be folowing "rules" people ahead of them put down.
I think that Mr. Keating did this because he wanted to show the class that he didn't believe in the things in the book. He also wanted to show the class that the class was about thinking for themselves, and not what society tells them to think.
I think he did it because he didn't want his students to follow what a book says. He wants them to think for themselves. He also wanted to send the message that his class wasn't going to be a normal boring class.
I think that he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants his class to learn to think for themselves. He wanted to teach them that what is in the textbook isn't always necessarily right.
I think he told them to rip it out because he wants them to think and write in their own words. He doesn't want the kids to think something is good or bad cause some other person said it was.
I believe that Mr. Keating made his students rip out chapter 1 because he thought the whole chapter was a waste of time and no use to his students. Mr. Keating wants his students to think for themselves which is the opposite of what the textbook says.
I think that Mr. Keating told his class ro rip out the chapter because he thinks that the person who wrote it isnt correct, and he thinks that everyone should be an individual so he wanted them to think on their own without having to look in the book.
I think Mr. Keating did this because he didn't beleive you can learn peotry from a book but that you need to find how to do peotry based on your own knowledge and way of thinking.
I think that Mr. Keating told them to do this so that they would learn poetry as not just things from a textbook but that they would learn it as anything they want it to be.
He didn't like the way that the author of that paragraph told what poetry was. He was trying to teach his class not to follow the rules, but be free with what you think.
I think he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves. He wanted them to think of poetry in their own way, not how the text books tell them to.
Mr. Keating might be doing this because poetry is thinking and seeing something in your own way-not how someone tells you to do it. He is trying to teach them to think for themselves and have their own opinions.
i think Mr. keating told his students to rip out that page because he want them to think for there self. that they can face their fears and be who they want to be not just because their parents told to be like something.
i think Mr. keating told his students to rip out that page because he want them to think for there self. that they can face their fears and be who they want to be not just because their parents told to be like something.
I think he told them to rip out the pages in the textbook because he wants to be able to think about petry in their own way...not the way the book tells them.
I think that mr keating told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves and he doesn't want their answers coming out of the textbooks he wants them coming from themselves.
mr.keating told them to rip out those pages in the book, because he wanted to teach them to think for themselves and not always believe what other people think.
I think he told his class to rip out the pages because he wonts them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeletei think he did this because poetry is about the love and interpretations not scales and rating and his students need to learn this
ReplyDeleteI think that he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think about poetry in their own way, not the way their text book tells them to.
ReplyDeleteI think He wants them to think for themselves rather than have them follow what some text says....
ReplyDeleteI believe he told his class to rip out the pages because he didn't like and agree with what was printed in that section of the book. Also, he wanted to show the boys that they should think for themselves and that this wasn't going to be your ordinary english class!
ReplyDeleteI think that he told his students to do this because it shows that sometimes when you break the rules you can benefit from it.
ReplyDeleteI think that he told his class to rip out the pages because the directions told them very very specifically how to take notes, and didn't offer any alternitives. If they didn't have those directions to follow, they could think for themselves much better.
ReplyDeleteI think that he wants them to rip out the pages so that they can think of poetry in their own way not some way the that book tells them to think.
ReplyDeleteI think the reason why he told the class to rip out the page was because he wanted his students to feel emotions for themselfs and not just read the text in their books.
ReplyDeleteMr.Keatings did this because he wants the students to be free thinkers. He was trying to teach the class to not always let books be the right way.
ReplyDelete~Camille~
I think he was trying to tell the class to think for themselves and to have your own opinion on things.
ReplyDelete*Morgan*
In the movie, he tells them to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves. I also think, that he really wanted to make a point that he had his own way of doing things, and that they should develope their own way of doing things.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keatings told the class to rip out the pages becuase he doesn't like how they judge the poetry in such a set way. He wants his boys to think for themselves and evaluate poetry in their own way. He wants them to love and savor the languauge as well, not only to judge.
ReplyDeletei think that he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves and not for the book and author
ReplyDeleteI think they had to ripe out the pages because Mr. Keatin hated the method that was in the book. He wanted them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr Kealing told the students to rip out the pages because he wants them to think about poetry by themselves in their own unique way.
ReplyDeleteHe was trying to teach them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think that he told them to rip out the section of the book to show that they need to have their own ideas (of poetry and other subjects). This means that they don't have to write exacty how the book tells them, but that they should be original with their thoughts and techniques.
ReplyDeletei think he had them do this because he wanted them to be independent and that you can't judge it like you can music.
ReplyDeletei think he had them do this because he wanted them to be independent and that you can't judge it like you can music.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating told the students to rip out the pages because they shouldnt write what a book tells them to. They should think for themselves and write what they feel.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told them to rip out the pages because he wanted to teach them to think for themselves and not follow what a book tells them to write about; write what you want.
ReplyDeleteMr. Keating did this so that his students could learn to think freally. Having someone tell you how good a poem is isn't thinking for yourslef.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the pages because he wants to teach the class how to think about poetry in their own way but also because he didn't like what the man in the book wrote about poetry.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip it out because poetry is about what you feel inside and what some book tells you.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the chapeter of their textbooks because they should be able to think for themselves and make their own choices. They shouldn't have to follow exactly how the chapter is.
ReplyDeleteI think he was trying to teach the class that poetry isen't just about rules and writing.
ReplyDeletetoo teach them too think for them selves
ReplyDeletei think he told them to tear the chapter out because it was telling them how to do EVERYTHING and he wanted them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keiting did this because he wanted his students to learn that poetry can be however you want it to be, not what the book says it should be.
ReplyDeleteI think he told the students to rip out the introduction because poetry isn't something you can measure.
ReplyDeleteHe told the students to rip the pages out because he wants them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteChip
I think he told the class to rip out the pages because he doesn't like what was written and he wants to teach them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeletei think that he was trying to teach them to think for themselvs and that they have their own minds. also that their own creativity is an important part of writing poems.
ReplyDeletei think he was trying to teach the class to think for themselves, and that there is not just one right way to do things.
ReplyDeleteHe told them to rip out the page because he doesent like what the person is trying to say in the book, he also wants them to think for themselfs and not let others tell them what to do.
ReplyDeleteI think he did this to teach his studnents not to listen to what someone else thinks. I think he wants them to create there own appreciation for good quality poetry.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told the students to rip the into. out of the textbook because he wants them to think for their own. He was trying to teach them that people have to think for themselves in life and do what they think is right. I also think that he is trying to teach them to have a little fun in life and have a little rebellion.
ReplyDeleteI think he wants them to rip it out because he wants them to know that all poetry is beautiful
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to do this because he wanted his class to think for themselves and that there shouldn't be any rules.
ReplyDeleteI think he did this so that the class would have to make up or "think of them selves" what understaning poetry by them selves and not to fallow the guide book.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating did this because he didn't want the kids to rely on that for everything. I think he wanted them to speak for themselves instead of what i said above.
ReplyDeleteI think he wanted them to rip out the pages because the greatness of a poem can't be measured with numbers, scales, or graphs, also he wanted them to think for themselves and interpret a poem based on what they think, not what the book tells them to think of it.
ReplyDeleteMr. Keating did this because he was trying to teach the class to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteMr. Keating did this because he was trying to teach the class to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think that he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think about peotry for themselves and it have their own opinion.
ReplyDeleteOops! ...and have their own opinion.
ReplyDeleteI feel that he told them to rip out the pages because they were a way of defineing some that should not be defined with a mathmatical equasion but the free thinking of a free mind.
ReplyDeleteMr. Keating is trying to teach his students to think on their own.
ReplyDeleteI think he wanted the class to rip out the pages because he believes that poetry should not be all technical but it should be art.
ReplyDeleteI think he told his class to rip out the pages because the instructions were way too specific. He wanted to make the kids think for themselves
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating did this becase he wanted to have the kids think and judge for themselves, not use concrete thinking.
ReplyDeleteI think he told his students to rip out the peom because he wants them to feel a sense of Independence (thinking for our you self)
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating was trying to teach his class to think for themselves, and that they can't always believe what they read.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip it out because he wants them to feel the greatness not graph it.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told the class to rip out the pages, because he thinks that poetry is about love, and that the students should not be held back by scales and ratings, because they don't really matter!
ReplyDeleteHe did this because Chapter one was comparing poetry to math and he thinks that poetry is free writing. This is what he was trying to teach his class.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating tells them to rip out the 1st chapter of their textbook because he doesn't agree with the structure it gives for poems. He wants them to think for themselves and not do what the textbook is telling them to. He also probably wanted to show them that this wasn't going to be an ordinary class.
ReplyDeleteMr Keating told the class to rip out the introduction because he doesn't beleive that the greatness of poetry can be measured on a graph or scale so that people can say, "I wonder if this poem is any good. I'll check the chart to see how great it is." Everyone has a separate opinion in Mr K.'s class. Mr Keating wants to teach his class to think for themselves and have them decide what they like or dislike about poetry.
ReplyDelete~britta
I think he made them rip out the pages because he wants the students to think for themselves.
ReplyDeletei think he did that because he wanted the student think for themselves and not ust what the textbook says.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr Keating did this, because he wanted to show the kids that they all need to have theit own voice, and not to listen to formulas. He wanted them to be true individuals.
ReplyDeleteGoc Colts!!!
I think he was trying to teach the class to think for them sleves. Also he was trying to teach them that they can interpret poetry how ever they want to. The text shouldn't tell them how good a poem is, they should decide for them sleves.
ReplyDeleteMr. Keating told the class to rip out the pages because he wants to teach them that they have to be free-thinkers and that poetry can not be rated by graphs and such.
ReplyDeleteI think that he told them to rip it out so that they could have their own ideas rather than just pulling them from a book.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told his students to rip out the introdutory because he wanted them to have the ability to think and do stuff for them selves. He did not want them to always be folowing "rules" people ahead of them put down.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating did this because he wanted to show the class that he didn't believe in the things in the book. He also wanted to show the class that the class was about thinking for themselves, and not what society tells them to think.
ReplyDeleteHe wants them to be able to think for themselves and judge poetry in their own way, based on how they like and interpert it. not on a scale!
ReplyDeletehe did this to teach the class that poetry has nothing to do with math. i think thats the same question as the first one.
ReplyDeleteI think he did it because he didn't want his students to follow what a book says. He wants them to think for themselves. He also wanted to send the message that his class wasn't going to be a normal boring class.
ReplyDeleteI think that he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants his class to learn to think for themselves. He wanted to teach them that what is in the textbook isn't always necessarily right.
ReplyDeletei think that hetold the class to ripi it out so they can all learn to try and thinnk for themselves.
ReplyDeleteHe told the class to rip out the pages so that they would learn to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think he ripped it out because he wants to them to think for themselves and not what the book tells them.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip it out because he wants them to think and write in their own words. He doesn't want the kids to think something is good or bad cause some other person said it was.
ReplyDeleteI think he told the class to rip out the pages to symbolize there is no one thing to do things and they should do it their own way.
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ReplyDeleteI think he told his class to rip it out because, peotry doesn't have graphs and scales it is about ones beliefs in life and love.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mr. Keating made his students rip out chapter 1 because he thought the whole chapter was a waste of time and no use to his students. Mr. Keating wants his students to think for themselves which is the opposite of what the textbook says.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told his class ro rip out the chapter because he thinks that the person who wrote it isnt correct, and he thinks that everyone should be an individual so he wanted them to think on their own without having to look in the book.
ReplyDeletehe did that because he wants the students to think for there self.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was trying to teach his class to be willing and free but also to be self thinkers.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating did this because he didn't beleive you can learn peotry from a book but that you need to find how to do peotry based on your own knowledge and way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip out the pages because he didn't want them to follow what the book said but come up with their own idea of poetry instead.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating told them to do this so that they would learn poetry as not just things from a textbook but that they would learn it as anything they want it to be.
ReplyDeleteI think he did this because he wanted to show not always to go by the book and why go over something if its not worth going over!
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't want a book to teach them what poetry is. He wants them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mr. Keating had them rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't like the way that the author of that paragraph told what poetry was. He was trying to teach his class not to follow the rules, but be free with what you think.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't want the boys to go by the book but by himselfes.
ReplyDeleteI think he did this is because poetry is a beautiful thing, and books shouldnt be judging whether or not a certain one is good or not.
ReplyDeletei think he did this because poetry is about the love and interpretations not scales and rating and his students need to learn this
ReplyDeletePoetry isn't like other subjects - there isn't an answer that's set in stone, and you have to do more than graph to understand it.
ReplyDeleteI think he told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves. He wanted them to think of poetry in their own way, not how the text books tell them to.
ReplyDeletei think that mr. keating is very different
ReplyDeleteI think he told his class to rip out the pages because he wonts them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating did this because he didn't like the introduction and he wanted the students to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think he did this because he has his own way of teaching poetry.
ReplyDeleteHe wants to have the class think for themselves.
I think Mr. Keating did this because he didnt agree with the chapter. He was trying to teach his class to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating did this because he thinks they should think for themsleves.
ReplyDeleteMr. Keating might be doing this because poetry is thinking and seeing something in your own way-not how someone tells you to do it. He is trying to teach them to think for themselves and have their own opinions.
ReplyDeleteWhen he told them to rip out the page he was basically telling them to think for themselves and not just by what the book says.
ReplyDeleteI think he told his class to rip out the pages because he wonts them to think for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating told his class to rip out the pages becuase he wants them to think for themselves and not from what the book says.
ReplyDeleteHe wants his class to think for themselves and the pages were the opposite of what he wanted
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip out the pages because he doesnt want something to tell them about poems, he wants them to learn and think for themselves.
ReplyDeletei think Mr. keating told his students to rip out that page because he want them to think for there self. that they can face their fears and be who they want to be not just because their parents told to be like something.
ReplyDeletei think Mr. keating told his students to rip out that page because he want them to think for there self. that they can face their fears and be who they want to be not just because their parents told to be like something.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip out the pages in the textbook because he wants to be able to think about petry in their own way...not the way the book tells them.
ReplyDeleteI think he did it because he thought what it taught was pointless and wrong. He wanted to teach his class about true poetry.
ReplyDelete1) because it told them that poetry was based on math
ReplyDelete2) that poetry isnt math, its a way of life
I think that mr keating told his class to rip out the pages because he wants them to think for themselves and he doesn't want their answers coming out of the textbooks he wants them coming from themselves.
ReplyDeletei think mr keating made the students rip out the pages because they don't encourage thinking for themselfes.
ReplyDeleteI think he did this to show the boys how to start thinking for themselves. He tought them that thinking for yourself is better
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't beleve in something telling what to do (or he wants them to think for themselves)
ReplyDeletemr keating has his students rip out the introduction so he can teach his class a different way of poetry
ReplyDeletemr.keating told them to rip out those pages in the book, because he wanted to teach them to think for themselves and not always believe what other people think.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip out the pages because he want's them to like think for themselfs and not read what some one else says.
ReplyDeleteI think he told them to rip out the page because it was telling them to speak for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI think Mr. Keating told his students to rip out Chapter 1 because he wants his student's answers coming out of them not coming out of a textbook!!
ReplyDeletehe was telling his students that there is no guidlines to poetry.it is expressions, and you cant give that structure.
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