Emperor's Club reflections

1.  Yes, I do think some of the statements seem correct.  In fact immaturity is eventually out grown, ignorance can be educated, drunkenness can be sobered, but stupid does not last forever.  I believe that Mr. Hundert says this to Bell so that he will see that him acting inappropriately in class will not be tolerated.  I think he also said this to embarrass Bell.

2.  Mr. Hundert is so shaken by Bell because he is not use to the type of behavior Bell exhibits.  Bell is rude and mouthy to Mr. Hundert.  He interrupts Mr. Hundert and acts inappropriately in class.

3.  Bell has a big influence on the other boys.  He has a such a big influence on them since they boys have never been exposed to the behavior like Bell's before.  They follow him, like when they rowed over to the all girls school and also when they played the prank on Mr. Hundert.  They probably think what Bell is doing it cool and fun.

4.  When determing who will be in the contest Mr. Hundert is faced with the ethical decison to either keep the contest as is, where Bell would not be in the contest, or to drop the third contestant that deserves to be in the contest so Bell can be in, even though he should not be.

5.  During the contest Mr. Hundert notices that Bell is cheating.  Mr.  Hundert gives Bell a question that he would not know that answer to, and one that would not be found on the cue cards, so Bell lost.  When Bell was confronted about his cheating he was rude and disrespectful to Mr. Hundert.

6.  I think that in a way Mr. Hundert choose to host the contest again because he felt bad about changing Blyth's grade so that he was not in the contest but Bell was.  He did this so there could be one real winner and maybe that Bell could redeem himself from cheating before.  I think he hopes that meeting with his students again, especially Bell, they will show how they have grown into fine young men.  However, Mr. Hundert's hopes are squashed when he finds out that even in this contest as a grown man Bell is cheating.  Even though he is disappointed the other students give him a plaque showing Mr. Hundert how positively he has affect their lives.

7.  I would say sometime we believe that we would or want to be successful at any cost.  We may want something so bad we don't care what we have to do or sacrifice to get what he want.  When Bell is confronted by Mr. Hundert about his cheating his son over heard the whole conversation while he was in the bathroom stall.  This issue is never resolved in the film.

8.  I think Mr. Hundert returns to teaching because he does see that he can have a large and positvie affect on students life.  After receiving the plaque from his old students he feels very appreciated and acomplished as a teacher.  Also once he starts teaching again Blyth's son is one of his new students.

9.  I think that Mr. Hundert has students think for themselves and to think creatively for themselves.  This would be one way that Mr. Hundert teaches using the probelm posing aspect from the Banking Concept of Educatjion.

10.  Mr. Hundert shows his students how to think for themselves and to respect other people.  The study of the classics showed the students that they could make a difference in the world, much like the people that they study.