Last updated on 2012-05-20, by Tony

Top 3 Graduation Tips Learnt from Graduation Movies

Along with the approaching of summer vacation goes the annual graduation ceremony. For the graduates, they have to wave goodbye to the places where they have experienced happiness and agony. Besides the excitement to embrace the bright future, graduation also brings them the fear to the uncertain future.

For a graduate, he needs to go through identity crisis before he manages to find his position in the society. Given the right graduation tips, he can manage the whole process in a rather short time. Actually, besides those graduation tips given by parents or teachers, one can also get graduation tips from movies.

Since it is the graduate who owns the future, attention is paid to the graduate. In the movie field, various movies on college life and graduates are made. Therefore, this post will show you top three graduation tips learnt from graduation movies.

1. The Graduate

Plot: As a graduate, Ben is lost because he gets no idea about his future. He wants to do something great but can’t figure out how. However, he is seduced by his father’s friend Mrs. Robinson. Later he falls in love with Mrs. Robinson’s daughter Elaine. In the end, he overcomes all the difficulties to defense his love.

Analysis: In The Graduate Dustin Hoffman successfully presents you the image of a lost student. The identity crisis forces Ben to protect himself with lies. When Ben faces Mrs. Robinson, he is always the loser. However, whenever he is not lost anymore, he turns to be a winner. As he meets Elaine, he decides to pursuit his love. As Elaine is marrying some other guys, he decides to defense his love and succeeds.

Graduation Tips: Always make a good plan on your future and do not lose yourselves in the adult world.

2. The Social Network

Plot: Mark Zuckerberg before he establishes Facebook is viewed as a geek and gets a few friends. However, he happens to create a popular websites in Havard which helps him to come up with the idea of building Facebook. As he becomes a millionaire, he is facing two lawsuit cases and his relation with his best friend Eduardo Saverin changes.

Analysis: From the movie you will know how a college student sets up his ways to build an Internet tycoon. In the movie, besides qualities like hardworking and creativity, Zuckerberg’s success can also own to his persistence. If Mark has followed Eduardo’s advices to put ads in the beginning, Mark probably has ruined Facebook already. As a wise man, Zuckerberg knows the importance of long-term interests.

Graduation Tips: Always persists what you think is right and be a man of vision

3. Rudy

Plot: As an ordinary or even dull student, Rudy loves football. He wants to play for Notre Dame but is laughed by all because he even sucks in the local team. As a worker, Rudy almost gives up his dream until his best friend encourages Rudy to pursuit his dream. Then Rudy begins his way to success.

Analysis: In the movie, you will be moved by the spirit of Rudy. Though every coach praises his efforts, none expects his success. He has spent days and nights in training but can’t compete with those talents. However, with the faith to his dream, Rudy never says no to himself. In the end, every team member is willing to help him fulfill his dream. In the match, moved by his spirit, he is the most shining star in his first and also last match.

Graduation Tips: Never forget about your dream and never say no to yourself in the future.

Those are top three graduation tips learnt from graduation movies. Actually, more graduation tips can be found in those three movies. If you want to see them with iPhone, you may as well convert those DVDs to mp4 files for iPhone with DVD Ripper. They will benefit you a lot.