Generation Relatable

So the other day a student of mine walked into class wearing a 'Save Ferris' T-shirt.

This of course provoked a few minutes of Gen-X nostalgia on my part requiring Herr Professor to explain to the Millennials how important these movies were to 80's teens.

We of course came to 'The Breakfast Club'.

I had watched the movie a few years ago and expected it to have aged badly, to look like very out of date 80's movie. I couldn't have been more wrong. The characters may have been stock, but they were also timeless. Jocks, nerds and goths (or whatever they call them) still look about the same. Bender, the heavy metal loser isn't actually wearing a heavy metal shirt, though if you look closely at his locker there are pics of Angus Young and Rob Halford.

Anyway the inevitable question came up, 'Do these movies speak to you guys?'

Most of the class had seen 'The Breakfast Club' and everyone liked or even loved it, and not as an 80's time capsule but as a teen movie that deals with problems teens have today. Parents? Check. Drugs? Check. Pressure? Check. Parents that ignore you? Check.

Save Ferris indeed.