Corrected entry: In the beginning scene where Mr. Keating is giving his initial "carpe diem" speech in front of the trophy case, he mentions something to the effect that these students "are now fertilizing daffodils." In 1950, while some of the students would be almost 50 years out of Welton, some of those students would be only 20 or 30 years removed from Welton, and nowhere near the age to be "fertilizing daffodils."
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Correction: This is semantics. Keating's being poetic and, yes, while some of the individuals on the wall will still be alive, quite a number of them won't be. Keating is trying to inspire his pupils - going into technical detail about how some of their predecessors are alive and some aren't wouldn't exactly paint the picture that he's trying to create in their minds. He's using artistic licence, if you will, and that's not an error.
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