这部电影上映时我正在高中，那年夏天我们正在美国各地进行为期六周的公路旅行，所以我没能看到这部电影。那时他们还出版了很多流行电影的书籍（在加油站出售），所以我买了并阅读了这本书。 当我们回到巴吞鲁日的家时，我只在上映后一两个月才看到这部电影。 这本书是导演剪辑版的，直到今天我似乎还记得我看过的电影版本也有这样的结局（我的大脑在欺骗我）。还有一个场景，他们在加油站切开他的头骨，让他的 CPU 进入学习模式。我不知道他们为什么剪掉这个，它非常适合约翰在下一个场景中问“我们在学习吗”。
That's more expensive than I expected. In South Africa you can do a 3 year degree at a top university (in SA terms, top 300 in the world) for about that, including lodging, food and other expenses. Mind, not foreigners, that's the tax subsidised cost for locals.
Many very interesting stories here of people that took similar paths. As the parent of a teenager that used to be an absolute model student, but recently (last year) started rebellious behaviour, tanking their academics with it, I'm curious how many with similar stories think they would have or could have taken a different path with better or different parental support?
We're trying our very best to support and guide without shaming. The difficult part is the influence of friends, specifically a boyfriend, that were convinced led to much of this. Forbidding the relationship is not going to have the right effect. So we're trying to manage it with rules to try and prevent the opportunity to make bad decisions. And talking a lot about honesty, values and respect. There's still respect in our relationship, and I feel that's the key for us to be able to support her.