“The Chorus” is a movie you have seen many times before. Cute, well-acted and utterly predictable, Christophe Barratier s feature debut delivers just what the advertising promises: a musician who has given up on fame takes a job as supervisor at a school for hard cases, and when he teaches the boys how to sing, they mellow out and begin to love him dearly.
Fond d Etang, the name of the school run with iron fist by the stern Rachin (Francois Berleand, translates as Rock Bottom,” but round-faced Clement (Gerard Jugnot holds on to his good cheer. His cuddly exterior betrays a warm intelligence--apparently he knows that he is in the kind of movie where a little art will certainly tame the teenage beasts, and so he sorts the boys by their voices and starts a choir.
All the necessary types are present in the classroom: the cute small kid, the brazen thieves and hormone-addled thugs, and of course the surprisingly talented teacher s pet (Jean-Baptiste Maunier, from whose adult perspective the story is told. In the opening scene, we learn that he ends up in New York City as one of the greatest conductors in the world --just to make sure that everybody knows right away that this story has a happy end.
Forgive me if I sound cynical. The Chorus is told with skill and charm, and if you like to hear golden teenage sopranos, you will love the music. If you re in the mood to be uplifted in all the usual heartwarming ways-- Mr. Holland s Opus, Dead Poets Society, Billy Elliot and scores of similar films come to mind-- The Chorus will not disappoint you. Disappointing, however, is that Barratier didn t pick a fresher subject for his first film, disappointing, also, that out of all the unique and innovative films that came out of France last year, this formulaic and obvious movie was picked to represent the country at the Academy Awards.
父母的心理是:这个假期是孩子学习的好机会,不可以让孩子浪费了啊!一些父母把孩子在学校学习课程中不好的科目作为假期的攻克重点,一些父母把孩子下学期要学习的内容提前到了假期,一些父母没有给孩子安排学习文化课,却也将孩子的假期安排了过于多的活动……于是,孩子的假期就这样被侵占了。
孩子想过一个怎样的假期?孩子们的想法是什么呢?没有人知道,父母也没有想到要了解一下孩子的想法,假期是孩子的,而孩子的.想法都没有人去注意,没有人去聆听,重要的是:没有人想知道孩子对自己的假期有什么想法!我们的文化中,认为儿童是没有什么想法的,儿童需要成年人全权安排。
为什么我们不去聆听孩子对假期的想法呢?因为我们不相信孩子会“安排好”假期!在我们的头脑里,我们认为安排得好的假期一定是让孩子学习知识,而且时间要安排得满满,不能够让孩子有空闲和无聊的时间,我们认为这样的安排对孩子最有利。
而我认为,放假意味着这个假期属于孩子。当孩子还不能够具备完全安排整个假期的能力时,我们要和孩子一起来安排他们的假期。那么,我们是不是应该先用心听一下孩子对自己假期的想法呢?然后,用我们的感觉来感觉一下孩子内心需要的是什么——他奋斗了一个学期,他现在感觉累吗?他对自己的学业满意吗?他有幸福感吗?他的情绪是怎样的?他需要我们为他做些什么?……假期是我们停下匆忙的脚步,休整我们心灵的时间,孩子也是一样的!
我们的孩子被安排得太多,在家被父母全权安排,在学校被老师全权安排,孩子们只有完全服从,接受这样的安排才能够让日子顺利的过下去,这无可厚非。那么假期呢?假期对孩子究竟意味着什么?孩子们有权利发呆、有权利做自己想做的事情、有权利让自己不接受成人的全部安排,这是孩子发展自我的强烈需要,这样的需求要在什么时候来满足一下孩子呢?我们的孩子已经丧失了太多的权利,假期老师都不被安排上课,而孩子却既要完成老师的作业,还要被父母安排学习更多的课业,这不公平啊。假期对每个人来说都应该是自由的,尤其是儿童。在我们的文化中,儿童的权利意味着可以被不尊重,可以被忽视。
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