Carpe Diem...

14/3/2013

The teacher, Mr. Keating, in 'Dead Poet's Society' encouraged his students to "sieze the day".

In the comments section, write a personal response to the saying "sieze the day".

What is your understanding of this saying?
Do you agree with this philosophy?
Has it ever affected your decisions in life?
Is it appropriate advice to give a teenager?

20 Comments

Andy

14/3/2013 07:10:41 am

To me the "seize the day" saying, that Mr.Keeting encouraged his students to do is something that should be everybody's input and should do.

Yes I do follow the philosophy of "seize the day" . It may not be an everyday situation were you have to "seize the day" but once in a while or when you don't feel like following the crowd stand up and say it! It's your life and nobodys else's to be living , do what u want to do.

The saying "seize the day" has affected my life in some way , shape or form , but not that I should be giving any examples of how...

"Is it appropriate advice to give a teenager?" Well in my opinion , it matters what type of teenager of giving the advice to. If your giving the advice to a teenager who can act mature and like an adult , then it would be appropriate to say to them. But if the teenager was one of them teenagers who still acts like someone in primary school well then its not appropiate. The only thing appropriate to say to them is "grow up!"

Neil

14/3/2013 07:15:03 am

Thats actually good Andy. we should do what we want to do.

Kaitlin Murphy

14/3/2013 07:11:32 am

In my opinion 'sieze the day' is a saying that people use but never accomplish, like people will say 'sieze the day' but will not follow it through they just use it as a saying to get through their life,its just like 'Yolo'. I believe that if you're going to say sieze the day at least mean what you say and live life to its full potential. I do not think it is advice you would give to a teenager because most teenagers my age take 'Yolo' or 'seize the day' as and excuse to do bad things like drinking or bullying and then will use that not to care about it. I do agree with the philosophy because life is what you make it but i believe if you do good deeds and accomplish things you want to then that would be your own meaning of 'sieze the day'.

Neil

14/3/2013 07:11:42 am

My understanding of the saying "sieze the day" is that it tells you to live everyday like your last.
I do agree with this philosophy. Everyday should be lived like it was your last because it might be, no body knows. Life should be fun and you should have no regrets about the things you did.

It has affected decisions in my life many times mostly good things to me but some should not have been done. Sometimes the decisions we make due to living like this can have consquences, but at least we can say we "siezed the day".

In my opinion, it is appropriate advice to give to a teenager. They deserve to have a great life full of excitement and fun, so telling them to live by that would be good advice but they also have to know were fun ends and stupidity starts.

dannielle

14/3/2013 07:11:50 am

"sieze the day"
This saying means live your life to the full. In my opinion i agree with this philosophy as some people take life for granted i think that you should live your life to the full as you only live once. It has effected my decisions in life as it makes you think twice when your deciding to do something. I think it is very helpful and appropriate advice to give to a teenager as if makes there teens ten times better. You should have fun throughout your life and let nothing get you down live your life to the full.

clare mac allister

14/3/2013 07:12:58 am

"sieze the day" in my opinion this means to take every opportunity that is put in front of you ,have no regrets,do what you want and not what others want.
I agree with philosophy i believe that if you have a positive look on life you will be happier,everyone's outlook on life is different,I think philosophy is one of the things that make us unique.
It has affected me many times in life like when I was at a dancing I was giving the opportunity to do a flash mob as I knew I might not get another chance i took it and I'm glad i did because now I can say "yes, I did a flash mob."
I do think it is appropriate advice to give a teenager especially students who have a chance to go on trips ,get scholarships or college application.They should take every chance they have to better themselves of even to just say. "i did that."

niamh

14/3/2013 07:14:19 am

I think that everybody should live there life using this philosophy
"sieze the day".
I think this because you shouldn't live your life being told what to do everyday, just thinking of your dreams, you should stick up for yourself and don't think twice about what your being held back from doing. If you have a positive look on life this philosophy will help.

In a personal experience this philosophy has effected my decisions in life. I had numerous comments given to me about my writing being a disgrace and all these other things. All i did in my head was laugh. I rose above these comments as i knew i was right, not anyone else. I thought to myself nobody can hold me back with their comment as i don't follow the crowd I am unique. I and only I can tell myself what is the difference between good and bad. In these situation i lived my life with the philosophy "sieze the day" and up until this day i still use this philosophy.

Karina Novosela

14/3/2013 07:16:14 am

Carpe Diem means to me that you have to make the best of your day and not give much thought about the future plans.

I don’t exactly agree with this philosophy because it has its disadvantages. Some time in your life you need to think what is going to happen in the future because you never know where you are going to end up. Have awareness in your actions but do try and make it the unbelievable life. Take advantage of opportunities. Live every moment for what it is, instead of numbing the good moments with pessimism or the bad moments with avoidance. Feel every feeling deeply and honestly, without wallowing in those feelings, and you'll live life how it's supposed to be lived: moment to moment, day to day.
It hasn’t affected me enormously, but it has its moments when I do believe it. I’m a person that wants to know what happens to me later on in the year or even the month, but if I have the situation where I’m down, I do think of the philosophy and follow it until I see a better day.

So far it hasn’t inflicted anybody badly to lead to serious consequences. Many people change when they hear about the philosophy, they brighten, they become more aware of the things that they haven’t acknowledged before, they realize that they don’t get to live forever and finally make a normal day, to a day that has made them feel extremely indestructible.

For young people who are in school right now shouldn’t fully follow it since they do have a future to think about that would affect their life completely. There might be days where they might think that life is miserable and pointless but that’s when they should think of the philosophy, but their life is going good and someone has mentioned that they should “seize the day” they should think of the consequences that would happen if they could have just thought about it before seizing the wrong thought and action.

So I prefer to think of “Carpe Diem”:
“Plan for the future, but live for today.”

Alison Curran

14/3/2013 07:16:18 am

My understanding of this saying is that you should not take any minute of your day for granted. You never know what could happen to anyone or your yourself. I do agree with this philosophy because plenty of people take life for granted as they throw good opportunities out the window and never take these chances as they should. It would be a positive way to live knowing your doing something good for a change. In my opinion i don't think it has affected my opinion in life because I always have in mind that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This is a very good thing to be saying to teenagers influencing them in the right path.

Lauren

14/3/2013 07:16:28 am

''sieze the day" to me means living every day of your life to the fulliest and don't let anyone stand in your way of anything.You never know when your last day of life is so you have to take every opportunity in life and don't let anyone ever stop you from fulfilling your dreams.
In my opinion I think teenagers should be told this more often as you never know when your last day of life could be so you should never stop to think just do it cause you might regret not doing it in the long run.In the movie Neil was forbidden from doing the play by his father.Even though he knew the consequences of doing it , he still went ahead with it cause it was something he really want to do and he was not going to let anyone not even his father stop him.

TARA

14/3/2013 07:19:21 am

Excellent work Lauren P , proud of you!!

Ajiri Osauzou

14/3/2013 07:17:54 am

I think when Mr. Keating told his students to " Sieze the day"
He was trying to say to his students live your life to the fullest don't let anyone or anything hold you back and don't regret anything that made you happy and live your life the way you want how you want you are the controller.This philosophy has really helped me think on what i want to do with my life and i say go for what i want and i shouldn't care what others think cause at the end of the day its my life and I'm living it for me so nobody should have a say in what i should do with my life.

janet

14/3/2013 07:18:00 am

"sieze the day"
The saying "sieze the day" to me means to live your life every day to the fullest and not let anything get in your way of being happy.
I must definitely agree with this philosophy because it is very helpful for everyday life and also can help a lot of people through hard times. This philosophy has really helped my decision in life because it makes me think about what i want to do before I do it. It also allows me to ask myself important questions like, while this make me happy?, what good will this decision bring to me?, will I ever have to regret this decision? .. This questions are thing that I normally would not ask myself. I would usually just do things without thinking. I think it is a great idea to give a teenager because it really does help teenagers make good decisions and think before acting. Also to live life to the full because you never know when it will be your last. It can really help them get through life and make the most of it.

Tara

14/3/2013 07:18:19 am

In my opinion, I myself think that this saying ' sieze the day ' is true as it mean live everyday like its your last really. I really like and agree with this saying as it is true, as you never do know how long you have left, or whats right around the corner. Yes, it has effected my decisions in life, as ive gone and did things which people told me not to do, but it worked out good in the long run or in the end. Its all about having fun but also being responsible at the same time. You have to be careful in life in what you do. I also do think that it is appropriate for a teacher to advise their students in this way, as i believe it is a good way to look at life and good advise.

eimear gibney

14/3/2013 07:18:54 am

'seize of the day' means to live your life to the full and do want you want to do and not listen to what others have to say. Also, to use an opportunity to do something that you want and not to worry about the future. If you have a positive look towards life you will be happier and have more confidence in yourself.

It hasn't really had any affect of my decisions in life. I learn not to listen to what others have to say because generally they are just jealous and i would not want them to think that they can just walk all over me. I learn to stand up for myself and to others. Your still young, so you should do whatever opportunity you get in life because others aren't so lucky. Just live your life to the full and enjoy every moment of it while you can.

keeva

14/3/2013 07:19:05 am

I think sieze the day means live your life to the fullest. To take all opportunities that comes in your way. To work to your ability. I do agree with the philosophy. I think everybody should live their lives to the fullest in the way they want to live it in. Even if somebody is against what you want to achieve in life you should still go along with it because it is your life and not theirs. In life you have to think of what the future will bring. You always have to have that somewhere in your mind. I don’t always want to think about my future although it is a thing I will always have to think about. I think that Mr. Keating wasn’t giving any teenager bad advice. In my opinion he was actually helping everybody rather than leading them in the wrong direction. Sure he had a different way of teaching but it was turning out that the students were learning after all. I don’t think he was giving the students any inappropriate advice.

Drew link

14/3/2013 07:19:41 am

My understanding of Carpe Diem is as it says seize the day. Today could be the day could you die, get married or divorced, win an important match or lose it, either way seize the day make the most of the opportunities of life you've been given. Embrace the countless amount choices you can decide today, because no one can tell you what you want to do.

I honestly agree with the philosophy, as it empowers the choices in every person's everyday life. It makes a lot of sense, to seize the day, if you do not how you could live life to the fullest. A wise man once said, ''What’s Life Worth Living If Not On The Edge'', there is just not point of it all if you don't ''Carpe Diem''

It has affected me; it gives me a very positive outlook on my life. It tells me to make the most of my day, live it as if it is my last, block out the negative and exert the positive. It also enables me to think freely and promote freedom! I believe it is a very inspiring and capturing phrase.

It is very useful and very appropriate advice to teenagers! It allows them to think on a bigger scale, without the influence of others. It allows them to embrace their destiny and seize the opportunity to do great. Most Teens would often be shy to express themselves but I believe if they were taught ''Carpe Diem'' their opinions of how they live their everyday life would instantly change.

Andrew s

14/3/2013 07:20:35 am

From my understanding, seize the day means to live life to the full and to set aside all possible differences, all fears, all worries and just go for it. I agree with the philosophy of seize the day I believe that you should live life to its full potential and "Suck all the marrow out of life". I personally think it is appropriate advice to give to teenagers because they should be encouraged to live life to its potential. Most teenagers are mature enough to understand this saying, so I think teenagers should be encouraged to seize the day.
Carpe Diem

Vivienne

14/3/2013 07:21:15 am

I think that carpe diem means that people should live their lives to the fullest because you never know what could happen to you. I think everyone should follow their dreams and not let anyone bring them down.I believe everyone should speak up for themselves because everyone is different and have different opinions.
In my opinion I think Mr Keating was right to give his class this advice because it made his students more confident. It would help teenagers to express there own opinions and take every oppertunity they have in life.

rachael

14/3/2013 12:59:47 pm

From my understand of sieze the day is that you live your life the way you want that no one tell you what to do and just look forward toward life and be free and not let anything get in your way of being happy..
I think i agree with this philosophy because i look toward life, i do what i want to do with out listening to people and follow my dream even thou their crazy and breath toward life i enjoy my life every single minute, i think of the good thing in life and i believe in God so i look forward than putting me down
it have affected me in life It tells me to make the most of my day, live it as if it is my last day,I learn not to listen to what others have to say and just to do what i want, i learn to be confident and bold and be free in life
I think it is a appropriate advice to give teenager because it help them make their own decision and take every opportunity they have in life and they life once and life his short, so they should do the best of it

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