Coach Carter Character Analysis

Motivation is key Going to a school that has metal detectors and security guards right at the front entrance may not be what we would imagine for a high school, but that is a normal day at Richmond High School. This high school is located in a very poor area where no one expects greatness from any of the students. Until one day when a new coach takes over for the boys’ basketball team, the Oilers. Coach Ken Carter is very serious about this new job and he takes on the responsibility of this team with only four wins on their previous season. He holds the boys to a very high standard: they have to sign a contract that states that they will get above a 2.3 GPA, they will get progress reports from their teachers, and they must respect the coach …show more content…
Many of the boys think that he is taking this to seriously, along with the teachers and parents, and some quit. When the first progress report came out, Coach Carter was so disappointed in his players that he put a lock on the gym doors and he made the team meet him in the library to study and get better grades. The parents did not approve of what Coach Carter was doing, so they took it to the school board. Before the school board voted, Coach Carter stated that he would resign as the coach if they voted the lockout to be over with before they boys got better grades. They voted against him, but when he went to resign, his team was sitting in school desks ready to study. He then stayed as the head coach and lead them to the playoffs. The things that Coach Ken Carter did for his team in the movie Coach Carter really showed that he cared and had a positive attitude about the students’ education and them continuing their education after high school, even if they didn’t have the support they needed from teachers and parents which is very relevant in today’s …show more content…
Coach Carter gets the student athletes on the right path and believes in his players. He makes them not only trust him, but their team members as well. This makes them more confident in themselves, as well as their teammates. The boys believed in each other and themselves, which made them a better basketball team as well as students. They started getting better grades and make it to the playoffs which hasn’t happened since Coach Carter was in high school playing for the Oilers. All of the seniors graduated high school and went off to college and even graduated with a degree. Coach Carter did send out a positive message showing us how education is important along with a good motivator. It showed us how the real world education works by not caring how the students are being taught, if they are being distracted, or if they have a good support system or not. It seems like the teachers could care less if they went on to college and that is not something that should be happening. Teachers should support the students and their dreams so that they can believe in themselves and go farther in life, and maybe even on to college. They should not be bringing them down, they should be pushing the students to be their best so they can have greater opportunities in life. The real world education system is sadly following this path. The teachers are starting to care less and less about