Surfwise Movie Analysis

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Most parents of the kids from the 21st century wish for their children to go to formal schooling so that they can later go on to college where they can pick a major that they would like to focus in so they can earn a degree that will help them land their dream job and live a good successful life. These parents philosophy is that in order for their children to be successful they have to go to grade school, junior high, and high school where the teachers and students cover subjects like history, literature, math, science, and physical education. Of Course, as they move up in grades they go on to higher levels in those subjects.Going by this process not only does it mean for the parents that their kids are going to be successful but will also become “educated” that's all they really want because with success comes happiness right. Well for the majority one would say being successful means they’re happy and the only way to get there is to be educated through the formal way of schooling.

In the movie Surfwise directed by Doug Pray, a family of nine not including the mom and dad take on a totally different approach to life. Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz is the father of nine children, eight boys and one girl all of which he had with the mom Juliette Paskowitz. To speak a little on Doc he was Jewish man born
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Although he had some kind of knowing of what school was and what they taught he didn't go on to High school or college where the most crucial information about the “real world” is shared he was still able to become educated and successful. David sold his social networking company “Tumblr” to Yahoo for $1.1 billion in 2013, a website that he created in his bedroom at his mom apartment in Manhattan six year prior to selling it. And he continues to make money off it as he is still the CEO of the company he sold so how about that he did everything

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