...When I was in the fourth grade I was in the airport ready to fly to Florida and that’s when it all started, I got stopped at security, I got lost, my flight was delayed, and my entire beloved luggage was lost. It was fun, adventurous, and exciting, but it was also stress full, chaotic, and a good learning experience. It was 6:00 am when me, my mom, and my sister arrived to the airport, I was so excited I ran around bending over backwards trying to hurry and get on the plane. Everything was going great, We got our luggage weighed checked in, and sent off. I remember looking in one of the gift shops and seeing this “BIG MISTAKE” eraser and saying, “Mom can we please stop and get that” She said “Now we don’t have time” But I ran in grabbed a pink one bought it and left as I stuck it in one of my carry ons. Well we arrived at the station where you walk through the detectors, I set my bag down all worried my earrings would set it off , then I walked through it and sure enough beep ,beep ,beep, I set the alarms on it off, or I guess you could say my “BIG MISTAKE” eraser did. As soon as I set it off they pulled my mom off to the side and gave her a pat down, when they realized it was my eraser that set it off they just laughed. After we were stopped at security I was panicking because it was then 7 am and we were boarding at 7:45. I was trying to help my mom find our gate, but I think I just confused her, we were lost, It seemed like we were walking past the same desks...
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...Psychedelic smile, dazzling eyes, stunning appearance, smart stature—she was more than gorgeous as expected. It was her day; her most awaited day in all her lifetime. Clad in silvery white crocheted gown, she walked down the long aisle with a blush on her beautiful face. Holding a bouquet of flowers and donning snow-colored veil, she was the fairest of all fair: the apple of my eye. As her steps resounded in the halls and in my ears, tears washed my vision as I played my piano and sang: “You were just a dream that I once knew I never thought I would be right for you I just can’t compare you with Anything in this world You’re all I need To be here and forevermore” She wasn’t mine. She wouldn’t be mine. She couldn’t be mine, and she will never be mine. She was a woman, and so was I. It was her wedding day and I wasn’t the one beside her ready to say ‘I do’. I was only the singer and pianist of their wedding theme song, “Forevermore”—one of my all-time favourite classic songs that I sang to her once. She knew of the overwhelming emotions I have felt for her, and we grew close to each other after that confession. We were open to each other and were fond of ourselves. She used to tease me about anything, ran me errands, or requested from me something. Along with these, she never hesitated to give me expensive presents at certain occasions even if I would always refuse. I didn’t want to be of any burden to her; all I wanted was to give her anything I could offer for her to be...
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...Remember The Titans Within this organization there are two main leader who take very different approaches in there method of management. Coach Boone is the head football coach, he is very strict when it comes to his players as well as his team staff, he takes a classical approach at management. Division of labor and priorities are some main concepts used in the classical approach, Boone believe’s everyone should know where they stand and who is the boss, he is focused on building a strong winning team. Coach Boone is straight forward and to the point, in the first team meeting he informs the team that, “Best player will play, color don’t matter,” and he lets the players know, “This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship. I am the law.” This shows Boone believe in division of labor, by matching the players skills to their position, and that he leads with bureaucracy, letting it be known clearly who is in charge. Coach Yoast is the former head coach made assistant defensive coach, who choses to lead with a behavioral approach to management. Yoast tells Boone he wants his players to hold their positions even after Boone takes over, he also tells Boone he too strict at camp and that the players should be having some fun. This shows Yoast believe’s that the players will preform better for the team if they are satisfied with the position they have, and if they are having fun while playing and practicing. Taking a behavioral approach to management, Yoast have confidence that...
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...Jamie Velez Elizabeth Hughes Paul Way EDUC 268 Remember the Titans - Five Step Analysis Plot Summary In April of 1971, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that ended all stateimposed segregation in public schools. This was the same year that T. C. Williams High School located in Alexander Virginia was integrated. This is the setting for the movie Remember the Titans, staring Denzel Washington who portrays Herman Boone the head coach of the Titans. Herman Boone is brought in as an assistant coach to join the all white coaching staff. When Herman Boone is appointed head coach over a wining white coach he is reluctant to accept because the same things had happened to him when a white coach had been appointed over him in South Carolina. He finally accepts the head coach position when he sees that the black residents see him as a symbol of pride and respect that is lacking in their community. The movie starts with a riot after a white storeowner kills a black teenager. This incident underscores the racial tensions that exist as a result of the desegregation of the high school. Coach Boone has to overcome the racism within the team, the coaching staff, and the community to build a winning racially mixed football team. Leader Description In the movie we have four primary leaders: · Herman Boone, the black head coach · Bill Yoast, the white assistant coach · Gerry Bertier, the white unofficial leader of the White athletes · Julius Campbell, the black unofficial...
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...Movies and Sports https://hwguiders.com/downloads/soc-318-week-5-final-paper-movies-and-sports SOC 318 Week 5 Final Paper Movies and Sports Our society has historically and still to this day dealt with a multitude of issues that profoundly divide cultures, institutions, organizations and more importantly people. Sports can instantly be placed in this category when matters related to segregation, race and ethnicity are interrelated. I have selected the movie “Remember the Titans” to discuss the impacts of the aforesaid as they pertain to sports throughout this paper. In 2000, Remember the Titans was an American sports drama motion picture centered upon legendary African American football coach Herman Boone who was portrayed by mega-star Denzel Washington. (Wikipedia, 2015 ) This movie was not only one of the best-selling and entertaining movies of its year, but offered audiences a comprehensive representation of communal actions and conducts in the lives of people similar to themselves. I will dissect Remember the Titans via credible arguments (realistic conflict theory), various social approaches (cultural theory) and the fundamentals of racial discrimination (racism).(Coakley, 2014) Realistic conflict theory “is a social psychological model of intergroup conflict.”(Baumeister & Vohs, 2007)“it illustrates how intergroup conflict can arise as a result of conflicting goals and competition over limited resources, and it also offers an explanation for the feelings of prejudice...
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...Interpersonal Conflict in Remember the Titans I choose the movie – remember the titans. It is an inspirational movie, making my blood boiling from the beginning to the end and teaching us that we are all equal no matter what race you are. It talks about not only the games, but also racial conflicts, friendship and the significance of life. The story goes like that: in the early 1970s, two schools in Alexandria Virginia integrate forming T.C. Williams High School. The Caucasian head coach of the Titans is replaced by an African American coach from North Carolina. Tensions arise when players of different races are forced together on the same football team. Many of these tensions are eased during the two-week training camp in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When players return to Alexandria the players find the city in turmoil due to the forced desegregation of the high school. Through facing a lot of objections and questions, the players and the coaches still choose to unify, depend on and trust each other. As the season progresses the team's success causes the community to accept the changes. After the Titans' perfect season, the team and the city are closer than ever. There are many interpersonal conflicts in the movie, such as the racial conflict between the black and the white, the conflict between Coach Herman Boone and Coach Bill Yoast, the conflict between Gerry Bertier and his girlfriend Emma and so on. Because of different cultural background, conflicts arise between...
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...with ideas on how to be better, is just half of the amount of work that needed to be put in for Iman to become that best at what she does. Matthew’s ways of defining success is when you work hard to accomplish something and you accomplish it whether you needed help from someone else, met the requirements of working for 10,000 hours, given an opportunity out of the extraordinary, or being exposed to a career while young. All defines Matthew views on success. Iman fits Gladwell’s description of an outlier, because she worked hard to become who she is for example Iman took rejection in and made something out of it, like after being rejected for a catwalk she quit modeling for a while and made appearances in music videos (Michael Jackson’s Remember The Time etc.), and came up with her own line of cosmetics. An extraordinary opportunity was given to Iman when she met Peter Beard after walking down a street in Nairobi, Kenya. These things contributed to Iman’s ties to an outlier. Again the Matthew effect plays a big role on how Iman reached the top. Iman's extraordinary opportunity, to become a supermodel was given by Peter beard an American photographer. She struck his attention, when she was coming from her job as a translator in Kenya, she was then asked to take a picture opportunities like this doesn’t happen very often. Hard work, and dedication to something she enjoyed doing and loved, made her put in hours of work to become the best and earn the label in which she has The African...
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...• 1) Discussion forum 1: Challenging the process Please review this clip (approximately 10 minutes) from the film, Remember the Titans. Coach Boone (Denzel Washington), the new head coach of a recently integrated high school football team in Virginia, challenges his team to get to know fellow teammates of another race. Until they do, they will undergo increasingly intensive practices. Coach Boone was determined to use the “ challenge the process” practice to bring about change among his followers. In contrast to Coach Boone, for this post, scour the Internet and find an example of someone who “challenges the process,” but, according to Lencioni/Kouzes and Posner, uses the wrong approach. This can be based on a video, news article, magazine article, etc. Identify what this person is doing wrong and offer advice on how he or she can properly implement this leadership practice. Include a link to the web resource you are referencing in your post. 2) Discussion forum 2: Christians and Culture For this forum, select one (1) of the discussion topics below and respond in the Unit 3: Group Discussion 2 - Christians and Culture forum. a) Why we can’t change the world (?) Considering all you have read this week, thoughtfully interact with Crouch’s proposition in chapter 12, “Why we can’t change the world.” What is Crouch’s position? Do you agree or disagree with his position? Given what you have read so far, would Schmidt disagree with Crouch about the influence of Christianity in...
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...Gloria Bicolli Remember the Titans HRD 363 Midterm Tuckman and Jensen 1977 Tuckman and Jensen model focuses on the development of internal relations among the team members. There are 5 stages, Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. The movie Remember the Titans was very inspiring especially because it is based on a true story. This movie showed all of Tuckman’s 5 stages. Stages of Group Development The first stage is forming; this is when members get to know one another. This is one of the most important stages. In the movie, this occurs when all of the football players are in the gym ready to meet Coach Boone. All the different race groups were together. In this interaction, the athletes have come together for the first time, they are unsure of their roles on the team, and they are also unsure what to expect from each other and the coach. Coach Boone asks Petey whether or not he likes football. The coach is very directive he tells the team “This is no democracy”. (YouTube) After they went to Gettysburg College for Camp, the coach made them sit in the same positions they had on the way to camp. This was one of his ways to form the team. The team walks to camp together, this is the first time we see them grouped whites and blacks together as a team, which signifies they have finished the forming stage. The second stage is storming; this is where all the conflicts and disagreements happen although the majority of the movie conflict occurs consistently...
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...Media and Race Many of us may have had the chance to watch at least one sports-based movie in our lifetime. A number of these movies are considered as “feel good movies” because how the movie impacted you as you left the theater. Many of these types of movies have a happy ending while the other half is focused on a critical game or the moment that gives the movie and the athletes their character. The movie I chose was not limited to a championship game since there were some issues that the characters had to deal with in this movie. This movie also gives an account of how the characters are affected by these issues. I decided to write this paper about a movie that established a huge influence on me. The classic movie, “Remember the Titans,” displays a lot of the moral values that I carry on a day to day basis as member of the Armed Forces. This move was based on a time period in the 1970s and dealt mainly with social issues like intolerance, typecasting, and racial discrimination. The hard work and unity displayed by the TC Williams football team and despite the challenges they faced were able to make the state championship was the basis for me selecting this movie. Integration laws and a federal mandate compelled two schools in Virginia to close, and the white and black students were integrated into the high school of TC Williams. This integration resulted in immediate tensions in the new racially diverse school. An African American coach was selected to collaborate...
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...that really caught my eye and I looked at it for several minutes before figuring out what was written and the meaning. It was a white canvas with black letters on in and towards the bottom right hand corner is the word beautiful circled in red paint. After looking at it for a while, I realized that there were other words on the canvas as well; words such as: pissed, nasty, sin, worthless, and rude. There were a lot more nasty, cruel words, but it made me stop and think. This is the kind of society that we live in where it is ok to use these types of words to describe people, to describe ourselves and that is not ok. We need to remember that everyone is beautiful for who they are, it should not matter what they choose to do with their lives, or how they act; on the inside we are all beautiful and that is something that most of us forget to remember. I did enjoy going and looking at the artwork that students had created and it would be amazing to know the story that inspired these pieces to be made. The next time there is an art gallery visit; I plan on going to an actual gallery. I want to try and learn more about artwork so that I can learn to appreciate it...
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...Remember the Titans Essay By: Linus, Calum, Fred “I don't scratch my head unless it itches and I don't dance unless I hear some music, I will not be intimidated, That's just the way it is.” -Inspiration speech by Coach Herman Boone. Remember the Titans is a story about the first high school football team to have both blacks and whites and explains the troubles they went through together. In this movie one can see the bonding between the blacks and whites, from hating each other to being best of friends. The main the idea of Remember the Titans is don’t judge a book by it’s cover. This will be shown by reasons throughout the movie. The football team shows over and over again that it does not matter what colour skin you have. They were discriminating because they were taught to do that but at the football camp and during their games they get to know...
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...lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down Em He's so tall, and handsome as hellD He's so bad but does it so well C Em D I can see the end as it begins my one condition is Chorus: G D Say you'll remember me Am C Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset babe G D Red lips and rosy cheeks Am C Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your G D Am C Wildest dreams G D Am C Wildest dreams Verse: C Em I say no one has to know what we do D His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room C Em D And his voice is a familiar sound, nothing lasts forever C But this is getting good now Em He's so tall, and handsome as hellD He's so bad but does it so wellC Em When we've had our very last kiss D My last request is Chorus: G D Say you'll remember me Am C Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset babe G D Red lips and rosy cheeks Am...
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... Major movie casts Samuel L. Jackson As Coach Ken Carter Rob Brown As Kenyon Stone Robert Ri'chard As Damien Carter Rick Gonzalez As Timo Cruz Nana Gbewonyo As Junior Battle Antwon Tanner As Worm Channing Tatum As Jason Lyle Ashanti As Kyra Texas Battle As Maddux Denise Dowse As Principal Garrison A. INTRODUCTION The movie told us all about Ken Carter, who accepted a job as the coach of the basketball team at his alma mater where he holds a ground breaking record playing basketball as a college student, he was saddled with the responsibility of reviving a failing team on a losing streak with major issue of lack of discipline amongst the players who are teenagers engulfed in the act of youthful exuberance. This college team has a strong followership ranging from parents, friends, members of staff and the local community at large who holds substantial influence, this movie depicts the relationship that exists between leader(s) and their followers with the situation(s) that affects their relationships in a bid to attain their goals and aspirations. B. VISION AND VALUES Vision: Coach Carter, vision was to effect a change in the life of his college basketball team by making his team an academic and sport success, which will give them an ample opportunity to be successful in life, rather than drop out of school because they are unable to make a college grade he want them to have an opportunity to choose between sports...
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...I think Gerry Bertier demonstrated the best leadership in the film. One time Gerry demonstrated the best leadership was at camp after he approached Julius so they could get to know each other at Coach Boone’s request. They have a verbal fight and then slowly start to become friends. After the argument between them, Gerry calls out some of the white players who weren’t playing fair with their black teammates. Gerry even went so far as to personally kick his best friend Ray off the team for not being a team player and purposely ruining plays, just because of their black teammates. A second time Gerry showed the best leadership was when some black and white students got into a fight in the hallway at school, Gerry jumped in to help his teammates...
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