Is Mr Keating a good teacher?

Mr Keating is an english teacher in the school in film "Dead Poets Society". For me the answer for that question is quite clear. I think that he is great teacher but he also makes mistakes. He teaches in an unconventional way. His main point is to teach his students how to think for themselves, to be independent, to give them some freedom and to not be afraid of doing what they wanted, in their lifes to do. In that times his teaching method was surely controversial especially in good traditional school where where discipline was very common and expected. As a graduate he experienced it by himself. He encouraged his students to read and understand the true meaning of poetry and becouse of that they started to read and write poems on their own. His lessons made his students to overcome their fears like Todd Anderson's fear of speaking in public and shyness and Neil Perry's fear of strict parents. He made a mistake by thinking that all of his students are smart enough to understand his lessons and to not consider them as harmful. Becouse of misunderstanding headteacher started to thought that he encourage students to break rules. On the other hand the scene when half of the students stood on their desks in expression of respect and gratitude shows that his time and effort were not wasted.  To sum up I think that he is good at teaching but his method outdid his era.