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    Coach Carter "You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph." As seen in this quote, the movie Coach Carter truly depicts the values of Christian beliefs. Moreover, it shows how hard work and dedication can make one become whom God wants him or her to be. This quote and the movie show how people come together to form a strong and faithful society. Throughout the movie, the cardinal virtue of justice, the theological virtue of love an act of Christian

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    Coach Carter is based on a true story about a Basketball coach trying to turn a team of hood boys with minor chances of getting a bright future into a team of young respectful gentlemen with great success both on and off the court. 

Coach Carter's main purpose is not making the players become a successful basketball team. Instead, his focus is based on securing them a successful life. He wants them to have a standing chance at getting into college and encourages them into wanting more. This is seen

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    While I was watching Coach Carter and reading Freedom Writers, I thought about how I relate with the characters or the story. In Coach Carter, the basketball team started from the bottom, they didn’t win any games, and they just messed around during practice hours. The team was stereotyped into the category of those who don't graduate or go off the college, they just won’t succeed. As the film progresses and coach Carter becomes the new coach, the team begins to realize that they are in fact capable

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    Everyday life situations involving stages in how you learn are riveting. In the film “Coach Carter” there are many different ways to interpret learning styles. Using Coach Carter’s tactics there is a manner to analyze those styles of learning. As character development occurs throughout the film, a basketball player named Kenyon is a great example of a learning style involving operant conditioning. This style of learning is based off of a behavior that is reinforced that implies, positive reinforcement

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    The Reasons I like the film Coach Carter it start with you seeing the state of the basketball team and why they want Ken carter to coach there. Movies that are about sport have always been my favorite type of genre and underdog stories. This film has two of my favorite actors Samuel L. Jackson and Rick Gonzalez that play their role in the movie extremely well. I like what the Ken Carter is trying to do to give back to the best way he can by trying to effect a special group of kids so they don’t end

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    One Person Triumphs, We All Triumph Essay

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    IGN Entertainment called it, “Inspirational, Gripping, and Entertaining.” The Movie Guide summarized it as “an entertaining, morality lesson.” Six years later, Coach Carter still captivates the minds of audiences as the frontrunner of underdog movies and joining the top tier of movies. Winning 3 awards and receiving 10 nominations for best director, lead actor, and best female breakthrough performance, was an incredible tale that touched the audience’s emotions and evoked the feeling of the victims

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    Inner Journey Assessment William F Buckley quoted “If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey most of us would never start at all”. This quote relates to journeys, specifically to inner journeys with the intention that many journeys are difficult and if individuals knew how difficult the journey was going to be, then most of us would not even commence the journey. A journey is simply a movement from one place to another. Physical journeys are gateways to inner journeys, which

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    Coach Ken Carter truthfully exclaimed, "You get to become a winner. Because if there’s one thing I know, it is this: The losing stops now. Starting today, you will play like winners, act like winners, and most importantly, you will be winners. If you listen and learn, you’ll win basketball games." Ken Carter accepted the tedious job of being the boys' basketball coach of the Richmond Oilers. He had hopes for the team and courageously acted to carry out his wishes. Throughout the movie, Ken Carter

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    In the book Jasmine Jones show Coach Carter’s inner greatest and his natural born leadership. Coach Carter was more than a high school coach. He was a mentor, a friend, and a father figure to many of these kids on his team. This book will take you down an emotionally ride with a group of trouble teens with a losing streak that goes back years. Coach Carter will set rules and guidelines that will cause controversy from the school district, the kids, and their parents. This book is great for motivation

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    in positive coaching delivery, they have to be taken into the context of the coach 's true experiences, values, opinions and beliefs. It is imperative to appreciate that the coach has a strong influence over the athletes he or she coaches . It makes sense, therefore, to formulate a philosophy based on the coach 's aims, beliefs and personality. The objective of educating the athletes about how and why you coach and what you are trying to achieve develops trust and above all hopefully results

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