Humans as we are, if we have already aimed so many degrees in the field of academics or have so many experiences in life, our natural tendency is to boast it to others so that they will know us and will become the center of attraction. If we have already these titles written after our names, we consider ourselves as “somebody”, as if, we are already different from the others, we always wanted to be treated very well, and worse, if we will make it as something that will make other people afraid of us. There are really people who are like that, as if they can control everything since they have so many titles after their names. Some are really good but there are also some that who are just hiding under their titles, pretending that they are really good, the best, intellectual, but actually they are not. They are just using their titles to play other’s fate, to be known, and to protect themselves. One of the best example of this kind of scenario is that of one of the scenes in the movie entitled Good Will Hunting. It is when Chuckie, Will’s friend, had some conversation with the girls with the intention of impressing them. Then suddenly there is this college guy who interrupted the conversation and mocked Chuckie in the front of the girls. Hearing his friend being mocked by the said guy, Will immediately entered the scene, saving Chuckie from his embarrassment. Their conversation goes this way:
To tell you the truth, I wasn't there
much. The class was rather elementary.
CLARK
Elementary? Oh, I don't doubt that
it was. I remember the class, it was
just between recess and lunch.
Will and Billy come forward, stand behind Chuckie.
CHUCKIE
All right, are we gonna have a
problem?
CLARK
There's no problem. I was just hoping
you could give me some insight into
the evolution of the market economy
in the early colonies. My contention
is that prior to the Revolutionary
War the economic modalities especially
of the southern colonies could most
aptly be characterized as agrarian
precapitalist and...
Will, who at this point has migrated to Chuckie's side and
is completely fed-up, includes himself in the conversation.
WILL
Of course that's your contention.
You're a first year grad student.
You just finished some Marxian
historian, Pete Garrison prob'ly,
and so naturally that's what you
believe until next month when you
get to James Lemon and get convinced
that Virginia and Pennsylvania were
strongly entrepreneurial and
capitalist back in 1740. That'll
last until sometime in your second
year, then you'll be in here
regurgitating Gordon Wood about the
Pre-revolutionary utopia and the
capital-forming effects of military
mobilization.
CLARK
(taken aback)
Well, as a matter of fact, I won't,
because Wood drastically
underestimates the impact of--
WILL
"Wood drastically underestimates the
impact of social distinctions
predicated upon wealth, especially
inherited wealth..." You got that
from "Work in Essex County," Page
421, right? Do you have any thoughts
of your own on the subject or were
you just gonna plagiarize the whole
book for me?
Clark is stunned.
WILL
Look, don't try to pass yourself off
as some kind of an intellect at the
expense of my friend just to impress
these girls.
Clark is lost now, searching for a graceful exit, any exit.
WILL
The sad thing is, in about 50 years
you might start doin' some thinkin'
on your own and by then you'll realize
there are only two certainties in
life.
CLARK
Yeah? What're those?
WILL
One, don't do that. Two -- you
dropped a hundred and fifty grand on
an education you coulda' picked up
for a dollar fifty in late charges
at the Public Library.
Will catches Skylar's eye.
CLARK
But I will have a degree, and you'll
be serving my kids fries at a drive
through on our way to a skiing trip.
WILL
(smiles)
Maybe. But at least I won't be a
prick.
(beat)
And if you got a problem with that,
I guess we can step outside and deal
with it that way.
While Will is substantially smaller than Clark, he [Clark]
decides not to take Will up on his [Will's] offer.
WILL
If you change your mind, I'll be
over by the bar.
He turns and walks away. Chuckie follows, throwing Clark a
look.
Morgan turns to a nearby girl.
MORGAN
My boy's wicked smart.
Their conversation is a good example of Socratic Method. It is a method wherein the questioner keeps on asking questions to the interlocutor until such time that the interlocutor find it difficult to answer anymore or will realize that he is wrong or he lacks more ideas. This kind of method is good in terms of learning because it really exhaust men to think and explore so many things just to arrive for what is truth. The good lesson that we could get from this method is that, we should not boast for whatever we have in ourselves, we shouldn’t think that we are really the best, and we should not underestimate others.
To tell you the truth, I wasn't there
much. The class was rather elementary.
CLARK
Elementary? Oh, I don't doubt that
it was. I remember the class, it was
just between recess and lunch.
Will and Billy come forward, stand behind Chuckie.
CHUCKIE
All right, are we gonna have a
problem?
CLARK
There's no problem. I was just hoping
you could give me some insight into
the evolution of the market economy
in the early colonies. My contention
is that prior to the Revolutionary
War the economic modalities especially
of the southern colonies could most
aptly be characterized as agrarian
precapitalist and...
Will, who at this point has migrated to Chuckie's side and
is completely fed-up, includes himself in the conversation.
WILL
Of course that's your contention.
You're a first year grad student.
You just finished some Marxian
historian, Pete Garrison prob'ly,
and so naturally that's what you
believe until next month when you
get to James Lemon and get convinced
that Virginia and Pennsylvania were
strongly entrepreneurial and
capitalist back in 1740. That'll
last until sometime in your second
year, then you'll be in here
regurgitating Gordon Wood about the
Pre-revolutionary utopia and the
capital-forming effects of military
mobilization.
CLARK
(taken aback)
Well, as a matter of fact, I won't,
because Wood drastically
underestimates the impact of--
WILL
"Wood drastically underestimates the
impact of social distinctions
predicated upon wealth, especially
inherited wealth..." You got that
from "Work in Essex County," Page
421, right? Do you have any thoughts
of your own on the subject or were
you just gonna plagiarize the whole
book for me?
Clark is stunned.
WILL
Look, don't try to pass yourself off
as some kind of an intellect at the
expense of my friend just to impress
these girls.
Clark is lost now, searching for a graceful exit, any exit.
WILL
The sad thing is, in about 50 years
you might start doin' some thinkin'
on your own and by then you'll realize
there are only two certainties in
life.
CLARK
Yeah? What're those?
WILL
One, don't do that. Two -- you
dropped a hundred and fifty grand on
an education you coulda' picked up
for a dollar fifty in late charges
at the Public Library.
Will catches Skylar's eye.
CLARK
But I will have a degree, and you'll
be serving my kids fries at a drive
through on our way to a skiing trip.
WILL
(smiles)
Maybe. But at least I won't be a
prick.
(beat)
And if you got a problem with that,
I guess we can step outside and deal
with it that way.
While Will is substantially smaller than Clark, he [Clark]
decides not to take Will up on his [Will's] offer.
WILL
If you change your mind, I'll be
over by the bar.
He turns and walks away. Chuckie follows, throwing Clark a
look.
Morgan turns to a nearby girl.
MORGAN
My boy's wicked smart.
Their conversation is a good example of Socratic Method. It is a method wherein the questioner keeps on asking questions to the interlocutor until such time that the interlocutor find it difficult to answer anymore or will realize that he is wrong or he lacks more ideas. This kind of method is good in terms of learning because it really exhaust men to think and explore so many things just to arrive for what is truth. The good lesson that we could get from this method is that, we should not boast for whatever we have in ourselves, we shouldn’t think that we are really the best, and we should not underestimate others.
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