- Discuss the role(s) of women in the 1950s as portrayed in the movie. How are they different from the view of Katherine Watson? The role of women in the perspective of Katherine Watson was that they were free spirits just like men. Katherine was a big supporter of being individual and striving for goals. The standard in that time was that women were to please their husbands no matter what they wanted. Women in the 50's were trained to be the perfect housewife. Katherine knew that she wasn't going to let her life revolve around a men, because she had her own goals and expectations.
- Katherine Watson's teachings were labeled as "unorthodox". Explain and cite examples from the movie. Katherine Watson's teaching abilities were labeled unorthodox because she didn't teach by the basic outlined procedures gave to her. As a teacher she wanted to reach out to students in different ways to challenge them mentally, because she knows all their potential. Katherine's decision to take the students to view artwork outside of school was frowned upon due to the fact that they never experienced a situation like that. So in response to Katherine's originality when writing a new contract they tried to set guidelines so she walked!
That is all very true. I like where you say she wasn't going to let her life revolve around a man because she had her own goals. I think that more women should be like that.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Katherine was a very strong willed, independent woman. She showed her students that they do not need a husband to gain social standing. You did a good job explaining what the women were expected to do, and then choosing a second question adds on to the first.
ReplyDeleteGood choice of wording when you said "revolving around men". That was the norm back then. Also, the students didn't have to go to the outside of school field trips. that was their own time, so maybe a small part of each of them wanted to learn and see something new.
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