Up@dawn 2.0

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Midterm post


                                                                            The Beast
The Beast in Disney’s classic movie Beauty and the Beast was Possessed by a curse.  This curse took away

the man’s human state of being and turned him into an animal like state which covered him in fur and made him

grow intimidating fangs as well as a temper that was almost impossible to control.


The philosophical idea of this scenario is whether or not the curse really was a curse or rather a gift.  If it were

not for his curse, he would have never been able to make the special impression on Belle that he did after

making miraculous improvement to control his anger for her.
This is truly what caused Belle to fall in love with him.

However, if the beast was in his regular human state, would belle be attracted to him?

Would he be as humble as he was in his beast form?

Would he appreciate Belle’s persistence and patience with him?

I believe that the curse was a gift to the beast because before his curse, he had no love in his heart and was

not willing to open up to the thought of love in his life.  This being said, the beast learned not only how to

love, but also found the love of his life because of the curse.  So all in all, the beast’s curse was not a curse

after all but instead was a gift to help him learn how to love.

Dress Codes in Public Schools
    
     Dress codes in public schools are becoming more well known as this current generation progresses 

in their academic careers.  The question is, do the uniforms really help and why do teachers and faculty 

think that they will help improve the academic success of the school's students?  Coming from a high 

school that had a strictly enforced dress code, I can honestly say that I did see improvement within the 

overall GPA of the student body as a whole.  However, I did also see an increase in rebellion against 

the rules that the school had set for it's students.  When the overall goal of grade school is to teach 

students how to become proper adults in order for them to become ready for the outside world, I think 

that attitude towards the rules is a major role in how your life will end up after school.  For example, 

you can have brains at a very high end job but if you have the attitude of a 4 year old, no one will want 

to hire you.  I feel that if you have a great and positive attitude, however, you can learn what you need 

to, skill related, for the job that you are wishing to apply yourself to.  This is why I feel that school 

uniforms can be positive but have turned the academic struggle into a greater struggle to keep its 

students under control.



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