Critique ( Choices)

Choices

The Emperors Club was an enjoyable movie about decisions torn between good and bad. This movie is not your average teacher and student film. In most films the teacher who is trying to better the rebellious students always turn out in a happy ending, but not in The Emperor’s Club. The choices that had to be made in this film were somewhat different. The teacher goes against his better judgement and does what he thinks is the right thing, even though they had been doing wrong and continue to do so.

The Emperor’s Club is about a teacher called William Hundert, and a young boy named Sedgewick Bell. Mr. Bell tries his best to anger Mr. Hundert, but Mr. Hundert knows better. Sedgewick’s father does not pay much attention to him, so therefore Sedgewick feels like he should rebel to get back at his father. Mr. Hundert thinks Sedgewick has the potential to be at the top of his class. Mr Hundert believes he can change Mr. Bell’s rebellious ways. He wants Sedgewick to

compete in the school’s Julius Caesar contest, which

leaves Mr. Hundert with a hard decision.

Mr. Hundert tried his best to get Mr. Bell at the top of his class. Sedgewick was not one of the three boys that was supposed to be in the contest. Mr. Hundert lied and changed Mr. Bell’s grade. As a teacher that was the wrong thing to do. He felt Sedgewick could win the contest, but he was wrong. Mr. Bell is a liar and a cheater and will do anything to get to the top. As told in the New York post, “But the episode is hushed up-Sedgewick’s dad is a major donor-and a disillusioned Hundert is forced to admit defeat to his smart-aleck student”. Mr. Hundert felt like he failed Sedgewick as a teacher. His first mistake was changing Mr. Bell’s grade. Mr. Hundert basically helped him cheat.

A teacher should never lie about a students grades. It was not fair to the other boy who actually deserved a chance to be the school’s Julius Caesar. Sometimes in a situation it is better to go against your better judgement, but in this situation it probably was not

the smartest move. Mr. Hundert could have lost his job over a situation like this. When making an important

decision such as Mr. Hundert had to, it is always important to look at all possibilities that could happen. He should have thought about all the positives and negatives of the possible outcomes.

It has always been told that one will get back what they give. Sedgewick hated the fact that he was caught cheating. Twenty years later Mr. Bell wanted another chance to prove himself to be the best and to be proven not to be a cheater. Mr. Hundert excepted this challenge. Mr. Hundert had one last bit of hope that maybe Mr. Bell had listened to him. He found himself mistaken again. He caught Mr. Bell cheating just as he

did the first time. He then realized he would never change, but he hoped that Sedgewick would one day realize the way he was thinking was wrong.

Mr. Hundert’s wish happened sooner