Keating then tells the boys "Carpe Diem", which is Latin for "seize the day". Keating's teachings show the boys how to think for themselves.
Also, he tells the boys they may call him "Oh Captain, my Captain", (the title of a poem by Walt Whitman about Abraham Lincoln) if they dare. These two actions show his difference from the other teachers because no other teacher would commit the actions he does. He tells them that they all have the potential to become powerful individuals, and they are responsible for what their futures will hold. Keating enters his class smiling and whistling the 1812 Overture, and he first takes the boys out in the hallway to the school's displays cases containing photos and artifacts of the school's sports achievements. Keating (Robin Williams), whom they met briefly during the orientation - Keating tells his class he was also a student at "Helton" (as the students secretly refer to the institution) himself many years ago. In stark contrast to these orthodox teaching methods, the guys see a different side of the school when they attend English class taught by the newly arrived (and liberal-minded) Mr. During the first day of classes Todd and Neil experience the various teaching methods which include speeches by the trig teacher, as well as the Latin teacher, and the chemistry teacher who states that "all 20 questions at the end of the first chapter are due tomorrow". But Todd does not have the courage to tell his parents that he instead wants to be a writer, not a lawyer. A little later, Todd tells Neil that he is in a similar situation with his parents involving his older brother who also attended Welton a few years ago, graduated, and attended Yale Law School and became a lawyer and his parents want the exact same thing for him. Perry also wants him to become a doctor, which further worries the boy. Neil is under pressure from his stern father's will. Later in his dorm, Neil is ordered by his grumpy and domineering father (Kurtwood Smith) to drop his involvement with the school annual in order to maintain good grades so the boy may become a doctor much as he has done. Todd meets Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard) a friendly and ambitious student whom becomes his dorm roommate. This semester begins during an orientation gathering with a speech given by the stern Headmaster Nolan (Norman Lloyd), who states the academy's four pillars: Tradition, Honor, Discipline, and Excellence. Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), a lonely and painfully shy teenager, who is under pressure by his stern parents because he must live up to his older brother's reputation to attend Yale and become a lawyer, arrives for the new semester at the Welton Academy for boys - Todd's brother also attended Welton and was a popular and well-regarded student there.
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