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Les Choristes is a French musical movie. Before watching， I thought it would be very dull. But after watching the film， I was deeply moved by all that Monsieau， an assistant teacher had done for the so-called problem students.

It is a story about love. On 15 January 1949， the former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives in Bottom of the Well， a boarding school for orphans and problematic boys， to work as an inspector. The place is administrated with iron fist by the cruel director Rachin， and most of the boys have severe punishments for their faults. Clément decides to teach the boys to sing in a choir in their spare time， and identify the musical potential of the rebel Pierre Morhange， the son of a beautiful single mother for whom he feels a crush. He also has a special feeling for the young Pépinot， a boy that expects the visit of his father every Saturday near the gate， but indeed lost his parents in the war. With his methods， Clément changes not only the lives of the boys， but also of the other employees and his own.

Unlike the president， punishing students once they had little mistakes and regarding violence as the only way to solve problems， Clément gave chances to those who had made mistakes and helped them to mend their ways. From the previous teachers， Clément began to know Morhange， the boy who has angle face but devil heart， was raised by a beautiful single mother. And through the chorus， Clément stimulated almost everyone's potential， especially Morhange's. Thus， having had several talks with his mother， Morhange transferred to a famous academy of music and achieved himself to be a conductor eventually.

But the most impressive scene was that Clément removed Morhange's tenor part for Morhange had poured a bottle of ink on Clément's head in public. However， when the chorus was on a significant show for the sponsors， under the hand signal of Clément， the beautiful treble turned up again. Just at that moment， Morhange was the center of the whole hall， becoming delightful and hopeful from a lonely and helpless. It was then that Morhange began to realize that Clément leaving him alone was not out of personal spite but in the hope that he would learn to be grateful and cherish what he had had.

Since Les Choristes had been on， it received rave reviews and won a great number of audiences， a majority of who thought that it was the creative concept of paper planes that attracted audiences' attention. But to my ways of thinking， this film achieved such a big success not so much for the vivid plot or the polished performance as what it had emerged from a more profound level. Except for emotional aspect， I learned that since students would have their own merits and demerits， the real issue is how to tap their potentials and then how to educate， especially as an educator. Of course， there has to be innovations and enthusiasm in the process of education. More importantly， education is not a pile of project of survival of the fittest， it should be guided by the essence of life’s great love.

Every heart needs love， needs tolerant and understanding. Every child comes from pure place should be the very love treasure. In the face of these children， the more I believe is Where there is wise man， there is the swift horse. The reason why Clément is good is not his occupation of the ordinary or his natural benevolence， but because he is the wise man who can hear the voices of the swift horse and respect them.