[Photo] The Movie "With Honors" (1994)
This lengthy line that I took from
the movie “With honors” struck me the most. Not because of the basis of the US
Constitution itself, but because to the great people who are behind it. So,
what do I find with this great people? Well, it’s in the way they live. In the
word “great”, I used to this things that they were just heroic, charismatic, or
let me say, the one who gives the most expounded contributions to the world at
that time. And that mindset of mine was limited to noble people, the ones with
power, and the ones who are rich… But there was the thing beyond being
“greatness”. That thing is that they are not perfect in all circumstances and
in all attributes, in which it was not part of my vocabulary in being great.
But how did I come up with this
idea? I came by the time I’d watch that remarkable movie “With Honors” made by
the Warner Bros, this line involving Simon Wilder speaking to Professor
Pitkannan in a typical Harvard classroom, these words about constitution gaves
me an insight of what really greatness is. Based on my experience, I came by
these times of being great by having excellent academic marks in my both
primary and secondary years. And at those times, being great is by being
perfect, that was applauded by the many, with almost of the exams at that time
were perfect, and having a mark in the family clan.
And then, I realized that being
great is not being perfect, or being a boss, or not even being noble. Aside
from the line I’d noticed in this movie for the real greatness, I also realized
that; in my real life, being great comes only from being a simple person, a
humble one who is indeed appreciated on what he or she possesses, and the one
who contributes without pride. I badly learned a lot from my experience alone,
considering that there is a time that I myself was at the lowest point of my
life. And when I watch the movie, I see the clearer picture of what is the
reality of being great. Like the great forefathers who wrote the US
constitutions, we ourselves are fond of making mistakes. And also like them, we
also find an idea on how to make wrong things right, without blaming ourselves
on the mistakes in which we’ve made.
Most of the time, I keep on
wandering on what is the connection of being great to my experience, and to
engage more from recollection of experiences from the past. As I would see, my
experiences alone already taught me such ideas not until I watch this movie in
which I was amazed in it considering that was inspirational in a way that a
person will be great in the eyes of the other not because that person is a
summa cum laude or with academic achievements; but with the good things or
experience in which a person shares after the other, making the greatest
memories that will never be forgotten and will leave a mark in our hearts in
the rest of our life.
Line : 1994, "With Honors" Warner Bros, Inc. [Brendan Fraser; Joe Presci]
Note(s) : This is in related in what most of the students are pursuing. Furthermore, this post simply reflects the aspirations of most of the students pursuing in what so called "Academic" success without ever realizing the point in life that gives a pretty-bit significance of having lived simply with the intended purpose of having close with friends, precious moments with loved ones, and most of all, having the most of memorable experiences in life. So, don't waste it. It is time for us to seize every opportunity we get, as long as we lived in this world.
~ Author
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