Higher Learning

HIGHER LEARNING

While watching the movie “Higher Learning” I noticed some of the numerous problems one may have to face as a college student. This movie was not only an extremely entertaining film, but one that dealt with many real life issues, such as importance of college education, sexuality, racism, and social equality.

The movie takes place in the fictional “Columbus University”, in which Malik, a black track star, is attending as a freshman. The movie means a lot to me because it focuses on a lot of the problems and challenges that people face when they first push out on their own. They are no longer bound by what there parents want them to be, who there teachers think they should be, and how their friends see them. It is a learning period, a period where most see the true world for the first time, and discover in themselves who they want to be.

The story only continues to become more confusing as the track star becomes involved in the racial tension in the school, and is taken in by the left-wing “brothers” who feel handled by the system. Fudge, one of these brothers, and a 6 year super senior, is involved in a confrontation with his roommate Remy.

Remy at the time was just an oddball with poor communication skills who had a problem finding real friends. The only people who are willing to get to know him are “skin-heads”. At first, they take him out for some beers and a good time, but slowly they corrupt him with their ideas. The corruption of this student’s mind continues until violence breaks