Medlin7M

This was an interesting look at adolescent school life. Stanley a boy who has obviously skipped classes at school feels that he should attend Miss Given's class because this time he might learn something. This is the ironic part of the storyline in my eyes because I am not really sure that Stanley has registered at the end of the movie that he has learnt anything at all. Certainly Miss Given deliberately forced Stanley to share with a school bully Garth by handing out one booklet short. She may have done this to encourage Stanley to stand up for himself. Instead he took the easy way out by leaving the room. Curiosity got the better of the boy as he eventually located his class and teacher. The movie ended with Stanley saying to Miss Given that Garth wouldn't share with him and Miss Given's reply "Well that is life Stanley."

Did Stanley actually learn anything from his experience???