He grew up being raised by sweet and humble parents who instilled in him the humanity needed to use those powers for good. All that was needed for the story to change entirely was for Clark to land in the wrong backyard.
This is why I had to stop watching Designated Survivor. It drove home the fact that even an average person, who was honest and trying, would be a million times better than the person who is sitting in the Oval Office trying to destroy everything.
Have you not read the comics? The man was groomed by corporate ghouls from birth to be a product with the average encounter with the regular folks with him being that of total adoration and god like worship. He become that way because he was never treated like a human being.
Yes, Homelander is a triste on unchecked power for the benefit of capital, and the exploitation of a resource. Whereas Dr. Manhattan is an exploration of power and the futility of saving mankind with it. Even if there was imperfect humanity still inside Manhattan somewhere.
My point is that theres a reason an evil character is the way they are, not because everyones first instinct would be to decide their above morality and rest of mankind to do whatever they please the second they got powers.
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If students read books, lived in homes that had chats about things, were home schooled or had "failed" in secondary schools their brains were heaps better.
Just a pet peeve of mine
Yes!
Think there are heaps of resources to show the "effects" of such places.
I taught in UK 6th form college 16-18 years olds - I did find that when we (UK) introduced a test/retest, rote learning curriculum it destroyed students' abilty to understand what they were studying. Block now?
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If students read books, lived in homes that had chats about things, were home schooled or had "failed" in secondary schools their brains were heaps better.
Just a pet peeve of mine
Think there are heaps of resources to show the "effects" of such places.
I taught in UK 6th form college 16-18 years olds - I did find that when we (UK) introduced a test/retest, rote learning curriculum it destroyed students' abilty to understand what they were studying. Block now?
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That was a lovely adjunct to the whole superman theme.