Nick Hitchon, a middle-class boy, was the son of a farmer from the Yorkshire Dale in rural England. From the series you can tell that he wasn't a privileged kid growing up. His parents had a lot of money. However, Nick has ideological beliefs that are different from an artifact-based culture or model of life. From an early age he was interested in the moon and stars. His ambition did not wane as he began his journey at the age of 14 when he entered boarding school. Besides his educational life, his attitude towards life such as girls, sex and politics seems to be quite narrow. When he gave the interview when he was seven and fourteen we saw the same shy boy from Yorkshire Dale who doesn't want to talk about girls. When he turned 21 he enrolled at Oxford University and studied physics. However, as research finds, people internalize themselves by the age of six, and this is also true for Nick. Even though he made a drastic change later in life, it's because of the internalization he did. Therefore, I absolutely agree with the expression “give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man”. Some might argue that why does it evolve so much if it is internalized at the age of six? The reason for this is that just because he is shy doesn't mean he doesn't understand what he wanted to do, he doesn't identify who he is and what his goals are. The problem is that he had difficulty expressing it. This can be attributed to his introverted personality. On the other hand, we have Lynn, a girl who attended a high school when she came of age. Like Nick, Lynn also had ambitions of working at Woolworth's. We see Lynn as a down to earth person. Lynn married at age 19 and began working as a mobile librarian. Des...... middle of paper ...... we behave differently when observed, with this fact, when children are interviewed there is a tendency where children answer questions just to satisfy the interviewer or conform to society's beliefs. In 28 above we see Peter's negative reactions to Margret Tacher's education system. He subsequently received too much criticism in the press and was forced to leave the documentary. Overall, although the series had some limitations, it showed us how people change, how education matters and even for those who don't have an education yet have a chance to survive, have a family and enjoy life as they wish is. Another aspect that makes the documentary notable is also that it showed people that family background and environment alone do not influence the outcome because people's personality is different and can evolve over time.
tags