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* CollegeWidow: {{Subverted}} with Chris Noel. She's unwillingly involved in a LoveTriangle caused by the CockFight between her JerkJock of a boyfriend and a Welton Academy student. Welton is a male-only, private school, while Chris and her boyfriend attend the public high school, some kilometers away from Welton. Chris sneaks off to the newly-reformed Dead Poets Society due to her own interest in literature, so she keeps attending the meetings even after her girl-friends ditch it. The subversion comes when you realize she's the OnlySaneWoman in the love rivalry and sneaks off out of genuine interest, not to seduce the Welton boys.
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in the US, high school enrollees are called students


* LawfulStupid: Headmaster Nolan places more emphasis on Welton's draconian policies of rote memorization and harsh discipline than inspiring his pupils to face the real world with courage. He is so pedantic about trivial details and learning for learning's sake that he does not motivate students to want to learn on their own. When Mr. Keating tries to instill in his pupils a love of life and a passion for pursuing subjects that stimulate their curiosity, Nolan admonishes him to just "prepare them for college."

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* LawfulStupid: Headmaster Nolan places more emphasis on Welton's draconian policies of rote memorization and harsh discipline than inspiring his pupils students to face the real world with courage. He is so pedantic about trivial details and learning for learning's sake that he does not motivate students to want to learn on their own. When Mr. Keating tries to instill in his pupils students a love of life and a passion for pursuing subjects that stimulate their curiosity, Nolan admonishes him to just "prepare them for college."

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