Soumyendu Ray

The movie School of Rock probably teaches us a great lesson. The movie teaches us that rock music is really a passion, a pursuit. It is nothing but just a big slap in the face to our ecstatic drug addicted youth generation to think about what rock music really means. Teaches us how to rise above showing off ourselves and reach the ultimate pinnacle of success by working tirelessly for our passions.I remember a scene at the very end of the movie, where Mr. Schneebly drags their band's little drummer, Freddie, out of a group of gamblers and hypocritical rock musicians, telling him, "Rock ain't about getting loaded and being a jerk. Don't forget that we're on a mission. One great rock show can change the world." Yes, that's the lesson. This is the main focus of the movie. These words alone can elevate the movie far above many other mediocre films. This is where The School of Rock instantly became the holy bible for an entire generation. Whether as a joke, or as a metaphor, we all have to remember, the movie ends with that famous AC/DC song, which says the same thing, "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll. " The movie School of Rock teaches us how to go forward in the path of fulfilling our own dreams through hard work, without caring about any kind of spectacle and self-promotion. If anything really stays with us at the end of watching the movie, it's these great valuable life lessons given by the fictional character Mr. Schneebly in this movie. It is true that Mr. Schneebly could never have been a proper schoolmaster, having just a little educational qualification with him but through the teaching of values, discipline, passion and affection, he unknowingly established himself as an ideal teacher in the entire classroom. Isn't the presence of such an ideal teacher really desirable in our decadent age?