Dead Poets Society notes

I'm so bad with names

kid goes to new school
head of school presenting the 4 pillars of excellence or something
his older brother went there, then to Yale
kid goes to dorm and meets other kids
his dad shows up and makes him quit his extracurricular thing, even though his grades are fine
dad wants him to be a doctor
shy kid in dorm says same thing, but with needing to be a lawyer instead of a writer
all the classes are lectures tons of math homework
Mr. Keating has them walk out of the classroom and think about things
Mr. Keating has them rip pages out of their books, says the thing on judging poetry is rubbish
"this is not the bible"
this one kid goes to a dinner party and falls in love with this girl who's dating someone else
the kids go and get a yearbook and look up Mr. Keating in it, see something about dead poets society
they ask Mr. Keating about it and he gives a romantic description of sitting in a cave reciting poetry
the kids decide to start it up again
he also has them stand on his desk to look at things in a different way
teachers start to hear about Mr. Keating's unusual methods, say that freethinkers at 17 isn't realistic
main character kid tries out for a midsummer nights dream
shy kid says he didn't do the homework to write the poem
Keating makes him go to the front and make one on the spot, he does a great job