School tells students to go to movies to see Captain Marvel
Forget the text books, girls at prestigious Toorak College have been urged to go to the movies to embrace the girl power of Marvel’s first female lead Brie Larson.
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A private girls’ school has urged its students to see Captain Marvel, saying the casting of a female as a superhero has valuable lessons for them.
Toorak College, in Mt Eliza, said the 21st instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise is giving young women around the world “the opportunity to be self-confident, resilient and passionate about who they want to become”.
Suggesting the girls trade study for an outing to the movies, the school said Captain Marvel, played by Brie Larson, showed anyone was capable of being the hero of their own story.
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The Toorak College blog, published this week by the communications office, came with a spoiler alert warning.
“Captain Marvel is the epitome of resilience and personal growth,” the blog said.
It said Larson’s character exhibits qualities of resilience and stamina when it comes to fighting against evil and keeps going even when she thinks she has nothing left.
“If you encounter some form of failure, keep going and try again. Making a mistake is a positive thing because you can learn from it and develop resilience. The more resilience and grit you have, the stronger you will be,” the Toorak College blog said.
The blog touches on a scene where Larson’s character is oppressed and gaslighted and told that her emotions were interfering with her judgement. It reassures students that is okay to be emotional.
“Even though many females are subject to scrutiny regarding how emotional they can be, Captain Marvel is a prime example that emotions can be the catalyst to overcoming adversity,” the blog said
It concludes that empathy is a key trait shown by Captain Marvel.
“Empathy is a quality all people should have. It is a learned disposition that can be established from the early years of a child. Without empathy, a person is unable to connect with others on an emotional level and be selfless when listening to what they have to say, especially if they are dealing with some kind of adversity.”
Toorak College, established in Toorak in 1874, moved to Mount Eliza in 1928. It has a co-educational intake from the early learning centre to Year. It is girls’ only from Year 5 to 12.
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