My Open Letter to O Captain, My Captain

First things first, please tell me that you’ve seen the movie `Dead Poet’s Society'.

In case you haven’t then let me tell you, you’re missing a classic and you should watch it stat and if you’ve already seen the movie, then I hope you relate to the following open letter addressed to the main character of this movie, Professor John Keating.

  

Dear O Captain, My Captain;

Well yes, I’m a slightly more daring.

Where do I even start? You were a professor but you never gave in to conventional schooling and teaching which mostly teaches to rot learn but rather you had your own specific approach to teaching, which let’s be honest was amazingly refreshing, highly necessary and a definite eye-opener. The best high school teacher I’ve ever come across, one who equips you with a new perspective. You did the same by injecting the strict all-boys school with poetry, spirit and a dash of rebellion You taught those lads something which we can’t quantify because it’s priceless. You awakened a sense love for poetry in them, you gave them strength to know and pursue what they had really wanted to all along, you literally taught them to Carpe Diem their way through life. If I ever were to be a teacher, without a single drop of doubt, I would aspire to be just like you and nobody else. To touch someone’s life, to change someone’s life so beautifully, that takes a lot and you seem to have mastered that skill without even trying.

 

Something inside me shattered when the administration at school hold you account for badly

influencing a student to take his own life. If anything, you made them believe in themselves, you helped Todd to flourish his imagination, you pushed the boys to their limits to make them understand what they truly were capable of, you gave them a way to often look at life differently by standing up on a desk, you made them a little more daring by asking them to rip off those pages off the Pritchard’s book, yes you taught them to be daring but at the same time you also taught them that there is a time for caution as well. So truly you taught them how to LIVE their life fully and I can never imagine how someone like you can influence a student to take his life. You knew this claim was rubbish, those boys knew it was completely nonsensical, yet you chose not to retort and to be honest that made me feel furious and dejected. But now that I think about it, the reason you chose not to retort was because you were way above all these politics and you just had an aim to change the lives of these boys, which, Kudos to you, you surely succeeded in doing.

 

The ending, oh God, I cried like a baby for straight 20 minutes at the end ( any normal person would definitely do). When Todd asks if you do believe them and you reply that you do, well, that’s what you did all along, you believed in them even when they themselves couldn’t, you earned their respect the right way, you taught them things which neither their parents nor their so called best professors could ever teach them, and this was all you ever wanted.

 

- Someone who is now forever in search of a mentor, a teacher like you

 

PS: I’ve immense respect and love for this movie and hence I can’t really put a finger on just one of my most favorite scene. Each frame, each scene is my favorite, but I’ll share a few with you below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPS: A verifiable classic is one that sticks with you long afterward and maybe even change your perspective on life. That in a nutshell is Dead Poet's Society, a film that seamlessly blends Robin Williams penchant for humor, but also showcases his ability to make you feel his emotions in every quivering word he speaks. 

 

Namaste!

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