Coach Carter

low-income, hostile, violent neighborhood, Cruz has not been socialized to deal with issues with sophistication and maturity. Rather, in Cruz living conditions, it is far more beneficial to create a guise of strength and solve issues through force. Carter did not tolerate this hindrance to his objective nor was he fazed by Cruz’s foul behavior. This resulted in Cruz leaving the team and deserts his team members. At this point, Cruz has become alienated. Which has resulted in his drug…

Brown and Levinson created politeness theory, which is situated in the interpretivist paradigm (Goldsmith & Normand, 2015, p. 267). This theory is intended to explore the various ways language is used in certain social contexts, as well as how communication is affected by those word choices. The creators were curious why in some situations and relationships, people tend to be very blunt, while in others people tend to take a less direct approach. Politeness theory is based on Goffman’s concept…

spring day in 1888, the legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was born to a humble, Norwegian wagon builder (Oriard). The family immigrated to America five years later in search of greater economic opportunities (Carter). In high school, Knute briefly played football and ran track before dropping out (Carter). He worked as a postal clerk for a few years before finally taking an entrance exam for Notre Dame and enrolling in 1910 (Carter). While at Notre Dame Rockne tried out for the…

up as his face reddened. Coach, seeing the trouble, called a timeout, somehow calming Alex down. By halftime of the first game of the league’s season, Alex was back to his angry state, acting aggressively on court and fouling out. Brian, a slightly shorter but still hulking player, took over as center. During the 10 minute halftime break, Alex was…

Leadership is portrayed in The Hunger Games, Coach Carter, Remember The Titans and Avatar through different methods. But in all four films there are effective leaders that are able to overcome challenges and put themselves at risk to create change. True leaders don’t need to have a great technical or intellectual capacity, true leaders just need to have the right attitude and behaviour that relates to the people surrounding and following them. Leadership is not about being served by others but…

to support and sustain these relationships. Positive relationships are the key to successful sporting experiences. It can be argued that parents are the most important influence within an athlete’s sporting development (McCarthy, Jones, and Clark-Carter, 2008). Parental behaviours can have a direct impact on the child’s involvement and experience in sport; the effect can be…

When I first heard that we were going to be doing another speech I honestly was not happy about it at all because like many of you I was ready for school to be done for the summer. I began to think about it though and instantly I had three books that popped into my head and I thought that this assignment was not going to be hard. The three books that came to mind was: Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity written by Drew Brees, Friday Night Lights written by Buzz…

Assessing Today’s Youth Both, On and Off the Field As an educator and a coach, you have to develop multiple strategies in order to assess student and player development. It is vital not only for the student and players personal development but also for the teacher and coach to develop and improve on teaching and coaching processes to better help instruct more students in the future. What is the purpose of going to school and or playing sports if you cannot find out if you are being successful or…

baseball coach, my dad, we never lost. In my five years playing baseball under my dad's instruction we won the championship of our league all five years. It was great, in my hometown they allowed the high school baseball coach to run camps for…

About the Rules” by Stephen Carter Honesty comes from within. Many people throughout the world lack integrity. Even I have battled the evils of lying when I told my professor I was sick when I was not. For someone to have integrity, Carter suggests that people must go through these stages to achieve integrity: they must discern right from wrong, informed action, and verbalize one’s intent. First, to be a person with integrity, you must discern right from wrong. Carter emphasizes that integrity…