Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society (1989), definitely one of the best movies I've seen in years. The story is about a teacher (Robin Williams), which uses his own approach to teaching, while telling his students that they have to make the most of their daily lives. There is an opportunity that awaits us every day and we must decide whether to take the chance or simply play safe.

Carpe diem!

I can’t write much on the subject, as I have an exam tomorrow (programming!). Well, I’ll leave you here a poem by Robert Herrick (1591-1674).

To the Virgins,
Make Much of Time

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying,
And this same flower that smiles today,
To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse and worst
Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,
and while ye may, go marry;
For having lost just once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.