Little Man Tate
I sat down to watch the beginning of Little Man Tate with my little(r) man. I haven't seen the entire movie, so please don't give it away for me. I just wanted to talk about one scene in particular.
Fred is sitting in class, listening to his classmate give a report on clipper ships.
The whole scene made me sick...probably the intent.
Admittedly, it's a little different than my own life experience as I wasn't a child prodigy by any stretch of the imagination. But it was painful to watch because of how many times in my life I had similar experiences. The frustration of listening to classmates botch what I considered easy words was tough to deal with. The boredom made it too easy to slip into my own world. I couldn't understand why my classmates didn't like Shakespeare...especially his comedies.
I guess the whole scene sort of brought back all those negative emotions that I had to deal with as a kid.
I also am surprised at how much time I feel was stolen from me sitting in school. I don't mind the time in college. I feel like I actually learned something. But you'd think I'd be over something that I finished 15 years ago.
Guess not.
Fred is sitting in class, listening to his classmate give a report on clipper ships.
The whole scene made me sick...probably the intent.
Admittedly, it's a little different than my own life experience as I wasn't a child prodigy by any stretch of the imagination. But it was painful to watch because of how many times in my life I had similar experiences. The frustration of listening to classmates botch what I considered easy words was tough to deal with. The boredom made it too easy to slip into my own world. I couldn't understand why my classmates didn't like Shakespeare...especially his comedies.
I guess the whole scene sort of brought back all those negative emotions that I had to deal with as a kid.
I also am surprised at how much time I feel was stolen from me sitting in school. I don't mind the time in college. I feel like I actually learned something. But you'd think I'd be over something that I finished 15 years ago.
Guess not.