Take It Like A Man

So we watched a movie Tuesday and were told to observe details and take notes. The movie was called "Highschool" by Frederick Wiseman which was released in 1968. The main thing I felt represented the theme was rules. Right or wrong you must follow them, winning or losing. There was a scene in which a boy was respectively arguing a detention he had recieved for merely being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He said last time he kept his mouth shut and took one, but this time it was too far and thought he should be repaid for taking it even though the teacher was wrong (meaning he would have this one waved). The principal told him it builds character or something and that you have to respect authority and be a man and take it-which he does. Another thing taught to them was how to act. The one girl was in trouble for trying to be idealistic without intention wearing a short dress to prom. She was told theres a right time and place for being unique, but not in school. This shows how they try to make us all alike. Along with that, many scenes show kids without faces or cuts from shoulder down, legs, or waist, etc. This shows how theyre faceless and all the same. One of the teachers is also showing the girls how to dress. She tells the girl she is too fat for a dress, and another she wore something that covers her well because she knows she has a weight problem. Then she shows the girls how to sit and walk and turn. Rules are rules. A boy during his lunch hour was on the phone when the teacher says get off. Lunch is lunch time not time for the phone. This shows doesnt matter what the circumstance you follow what they say.