THE POPULAR MOVIE Dead Poets Society of some 20 years ago came to my thought as Easter approaches. In a pivotal scene early on, the teacher climbs onto his desk and asks: "Why do I stand up here? Anybody?"
"To feel taller?" queries a student.
"No! Thank you for playing!" the teacher enthuses back, tapping his foot on a porter's bell (ding) atop his desk to punctuate the moment. He then stood to remind his students "that we must constantly look at things in a different way. You see, the world looks very different from up here."
