How are the two schools different - Garfield High School and Welton Acadamy?

How are these two schools different? 

Well, there is the obvious.

Garfield high school is set in E. Los Angeles in the 1980's and serves a mostly Hispanic population.  It is staffed by a group of underpaid, overworked and uninspired teachers.(Except for Mr. Escalante who is very inspiring.) 
Welton Academy for boys is set in Vermont in the 1950's to educate the offspring of Americas blue bloods.  It is staffed by a group of overpaid(probably), grumpy old men. (Except for Mr. Keating who is neither grumpy or old.)

I guess for me, right now, as I have not finished watching Dead Poets Society, the main difference is how the students are primed for life in each of these movies.  In Stand and Deliver, there is no expectation of greatness or even just moving beyond what is the norm for any of the students by anyone except Mr. Escalante.  The rest of the staff and the parents of the kids in the math class don't seem to have high hopes for them.  A case in point is where the female department head says "if you try and they fail you will shatter any self confidence they have".  I don't like that statement.  It  is a defeatist mentality that has no place in a school where young people should be taught to keep trying even if there is a chance of failure.
In the Dead Poets Society on the other hand, the boys are expected to achieve greatness and anything less would be a travesty.  An example is when Neils dad orders him to drop the Annual as one of his extracurricular activities because he(the dad) thinks it would get in the way of his academic studies. I don't like that  either.  I would think a parent would want their child to be in a variety of extracurricular activities as it makes for a more well-rounded educational experience.  It seems Neils dad already had his life mapped out for him regardless of what he(Neil) wanted.
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