How far can the writer go in delineating cliched attitudes without being simply guilty of cliche?
Where boundaries are accepted, pupils will have the opportunity to develop the self-control required to manage their behaviour and attitudes without authority figures.
He wants spontaneity, of course, but a lot of the behavior, as characters abruptly shift attitudes without explanation, is less spontaneous than arbitrary, unmoored.
Just as people move up Maslow's pyramid from "safety" to "esteem", so countries rid themselves of some traditional attitudes without adopting individualistic Western notions about broader social mores.
Indeed, plausibility is a minor concern in this movie, which seems uncertain about how seriously to take itself and happy to rifle through a wardrobe of genre attitudes without ever bothering to get dressed.
School officials have asked Ms. Spiegel's counselors to meet with students, including those in the dodgeball photo, acknowledging that administrators must try to change teenagers' attitudes without being able to regulate what they say online.
