John: 28 Up People who have things really ought to stay to help the country out when things aren't getting very well. but that's on the moral point, I do believe people have their right to live where they like. I think the more you have own from the country, the more privileges you born with, the greater you duty is. collaboration, consensus politics.
Bruce: 21 Up I never want to feel pride. It is dangerous to start, and it's so easy. It doesn't working a way because all i have to trying to be humble, that's being pride in just same the suite of way. I find it is a very difficult thing to avoid pride. I'm still a socialist, but I'm not energetically as I want I was to be. I'm glad socialist be in power, because this illusive called freedom, the more you try to defend freedom, you allow everybody to do anything what they like in limit, then the less you have. there is no freedom living in slam. The more defendant freedom, the less you have it.
Bruce: 49 Up when dreams go, and day to day life in ordinary life and family life takes over, i think we just live without our dreams.
Sue: If you get to married young, there must be things you miss. you must miss that crucial stage of being yourself. because women if you get marriage, you are not a single being.
Suzy: I got to know make decisions for myself. You got to learn defend for yourself one day. Probably we are very sheltered. Only having being aboard, you can appreciate more people are different, culture are different.
而Neil, 在14 Up时就已经变得很不自信,黯淡的眼神、木纳的表情,他说自己除了学习没有休息时间。28 Up时,贫苦的生活环境、形单影只、精神困扰,Neil已经无法正常思考。他认为自己一定可以做大事(以满足父母的期望),但却不知道具体要做什么。这种对自己不切实际的过高要求,和缺乏技能的自身现状,造成认知失调。而且,Neil很难与他人正常交往,缺乏情感交流,更加剧精神状况的恶化。在49 Up中Neil终于可以靠busy, christian belief, 和friends,让生活继续下去。
Neil: close to the natural life, more close to the spring of life. just being what you are, realizing that life goes all around. there are millions of other creatures finding their own paths as well. Neil从这部纪录片的播出获得了太多的关注,但也因此帮他走出困境。看来中学教师家庭有毒不止在中国。
Peter: life is that be regressive, life has to be loved. the most important thing is you haven't compromise too much, move life the way you want life to go. 中产家庭的Peter在21岁和28岁时,都是一种有点迷茫、生活中缺少努力奋斗的动力motivation状况。在28岁时因为过激的政治言论受到各种攻击后,辞职、离婚,本以为他会将这一切都归罪于节目组或某个人,但他却选择继续学习法律、考取公务员,并拾起自己的爱好,组建乐队,活出了自己的精彩。 他说,生命不是用来遗憾(something)的,生命应该用来热爱(something)。最重要的是,不要去做太多妥协,将生活按照你想要的样子去调整。
3. 缺少教育,首先是懒于思考
另外两位工人家庭出身的女性Jackie, Lynn,14岁时她们都没有出过国。49 Up中的Jackie(Lynn?)说I'm only the retiring type, not taking something on. 我就是等退休那一类的,不会持续追求什么。Jackie说自己懒惰lazy, 所以学业不精,如果当时父母可以push study推一把就好了。教育限制了她们的眼界narrow view,令她们安于现状;而那种未经思考的假女性独立,令她们固步自封。后面两期中,Jackie领救济,Lynn失业。并且,两人的健康状况不佳。