Teaching through motivating: A reflection on movie October Sky
By Thomas Brouillard
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 13, 2009
I thought today’s class was fun and interesting. I enjoyed watching the movie October Sky and thought it was a great representation of the important role teachers and parents have in their child's life.
The movie touched on a lot of different themes, but one of the most prominent of them was Homer’s relationship with his father. This relationship represented the impact parents opinions can have on their children. It was very obvious throughout the film that Homer’s father did not approve of his love for rockets. He thought it was a useless hobby and that his son should focus on preparing to work in the coal mine. I think this theme is very important to education, because parents opinions of their children’s interests has a huge impact on them. While I think parents are more accepting in today’s society, I think it is sad that there are still parents who do not support their children’s interests or creativity because it is not the path the parents wanted them to take.
In the film Homer’s father was portrayed as a hard nose, no nonsense, hardworking man. He had many strengths, but also a lot of weaknesses. One weakness was how he played favorites with his two sons. Homer’s father seemed to favor his brother, who was an accomplished football player. Homer’s father took pride in Homer’s brother, but not Homer. Homer may not have had the athletic ability that his brother had, but he had incredible motivation that drove him to do incredible things.
Homer’s interests in rockets is a perfect example of an adolescent finding something that interests them and really taking “the ball” and running with it. The motivation he showed was inspiring, and every teacher aspires to get their students as motivated to do something positive as he did. Many people try to find out what it is that motivates certain individuals to the point that no one or no thing can stand in their way. Everyone is capable of doing extraordinary things, it is motivation that allows people to do those extraordinary things.
As teachers it is our job to try and help usher students in their journey to accomplish great things. As shown in the movie teachers have a profound impact on students motivation. Once you get a student interested and motivated the sky is the limit to what they can achieve.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 13, 2009
I thought today’s class was fun and interesting. I enjoyed watching the movie October Sky and thought it was a great representation of the important role teachers and parents have in their child's life.
The movie touched on a lot of different themes, but one of the most prominent of them was Homer’s relationship with his father. This relationship represented the impact parents opinions can have on their children. It was very obvious throughout the film that Homer’s father did not approve of his love for rockets. He thought it was a useless hobby and that his son should focus on preparing to work in the coal mine. I think this theme is very important to education, because parents opinions of their children’s interests has a huge impact on them. While I think parents are more accepting in today’s society, I think it is sad that there are still parents who do not support their children’s interests or creativity because it is not the path the parents wanted them to take.
In the film Homer’s father was portrayed as a hard nose, no nonsense, hardworking man. He had many strengths, but also a lot of weaknesses. One weakness was how he played favorites with his two sons. Homer’s father seemed to favor his brother, who was an accomplished football player. Homer’s father took pride in Homer’s brother, but not Homer. Homer may not have had the athletic ability that his brother had, but he had incredible motivation that drove him to do incredible things.
Homer’s interests in rockets is a perfect example of an adolescent finding something that interests them and really taking “the ball” and running with it. The motivation he showed was inspiring, and every teacher aspires to get their students as motivated to do something positive as he did. Many people try to find out what it is that motivates certain individuals to the point that no one or no thing can stand in their way. Everyone is capable of doing extraordinary things, it is motivation that allows people to do those extraordinary things.
As teachers it is our job to try and help usher students in their journey to accomplish great things. As shown in the movie teachers have a profound impact on students motivation. Once you get a student interested and motivated the sky is the limit to what they can achieve.
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