I know I should have watched this movie years ago but a movie about a bunch of young men in prep school studying poetry really didn’t appeal as interesting as the latest horror or action movie and at times I felt my initial view was right with many a slow scene. Yet just like a good bottle of Scotch “The Dead Poet’s Society” grows on you and leaves you with a lingering warm feeling.
For it is not just about Poetry (although it makes me want to take a class or two) but the art of teaching and love of learning. We sometimes relegate teaching to the black and white caulk board where there are so many wonderful colors that we can explore instead. “The Dead Poet’s Society” also touched on true happiness that occurs not only through the paycheck you receive but the love of the work you perform. I understand that “The Dead Poet Society” is an old dead movie to many but it’s message lives within my heart and soul.