They expect the students to be excellent. The fourth pillar is very important for Welton. But especially at Welton discipline doesn't come from within: the boys have to obey or they'll be punished - that means that discipline often comes from outside. Only a small part does that - you only show discipline from within for things you want to do and not for things other persons expect you to do.
But discipline doesn't always come from within. Butĭiscipline is not respect for someone, it's control, self-control. For Welton that respect means discipline. The third pillar is the respect for school. And how can you respect people who only obey and don't think about what they are doing. I think that honour has something to do with respect. But that's again a very insufficient definition. For Welton it's clear - be good, do everything you should and you'll get a lot of honour. The second pillar, "honour", is defined as fulfilment of duty. It's important for everyone, but you shouldn't stay in the past - look forward to the future. For me, tradition is the respect for the past. The first pillar says that "tradition" is the love for school, country and family. In every pillar we can see the special definition for the academy. The four pillars are especially defined for Welton, they can't be used without criticism in real life. It's the key to all success, in school and everywhere. The fourth pillar is "excellence", the result of hard work. The third one is "discipline", the respect for parents, teachers and headmaster. The second one is "honour", dignity and the fulfilment of duty. The first one is "tradition", defined as the love of school, country and family. The academy has strict rules which have to be followed: The four pillars of Welton Academy and their reference to real life: There's a high pressure on the students, everybody expects them to be excellent and perfect. In the parents' eyes you can only see the pride and in the teachers' ones only the severity. But in fact, nobody is interested in their feelings. It's the first time that they'll be separated from their parents, they enter a new step in their life - alone.
For the students, especially for the new ones, it's very hard. There's no place for individuality - you have to obey or you'll be punished. The children have to wear uniform and to follow the strict rules of the academy. We can see that right at the beginning: the welcoming ceremony for the new students is very formal and severe. About all the others we probably would be informed only superficially. Keating or one of the boys, it would have been a very personal story because we would only be informed about the thoughts and feelings of one character. If it had been a first-person-story narrated by Mr. "Dead Poets Society" is a novel narrated by an omniscient narrator who can talk about every person.
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