Ferris Bueller's Day Off Analysis

“Life moves pretty fast.if you don't stop and look around a little,you could miss it,” - Ferris Bueller. The film Ferris Bueller's Day Off follows senior Ferris Bueller as he skips school with his girlfriend Simon and his best friend Cameron. Ferris sees school as a waste of time and would rather spend his time in the real world experiencing life in his own fun way, just like kids nowadays. United State schools strive to have their students all graduate rather than genuinely learn material. The schools focus more on a letter grade then what students actually know, which ultimately is very sad. Along with students being thrown under, teachers are mistreated which leads to them being fed up and less motivated. The result of Ferris going against the school system and experiencing real life outside of school makes him an
The movie begins with a fake sick Ferris and his concerned parents in his bedroom. Once Ferris is able to convince his mother and father he is sick, they don’t allow him to go to school. But once they leave, he jumps out of bed and speaks to the audiences and one of the first things out of his mouth is, “‘...that’s childish and stupid but so is high school,’” his distaste for high school is reflected right off the bat. Bueller’s attitude towards education is very similar to students in this generation and that is because education in the 21st century is a mess. Schools are focused on standardized testing, and regular testing which make up a large portion of the students grades. Educators do not take into consideration students that suffer from mental illness and students who are stressed and have a full plate in their hands. Another goal school’s have is the obvious, getting students to graduate which over the years have proven to be successful rising from 74% in 1986 (when the film came out) to 88% in 2015. But schools need to be more focussed on what the students