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Friday, October 28, 2011

Coach Carter - Leadership

Leadership is influence . 


What I have learnt for the first day of my youth leadership programme.
Although it started at 4pm , ended at 9pm+ , damn tired when I reached home.
It was a fun programme, I can improve my english in that AVA room with some australian ascent people in there. :) , I like.
"Leadership is influence" is what they taught me today.
Follow by "What are your personal values ?" How to know whether which values are your personal.
Everyone have different value within themselves .
We did cancelling of 15 out of 30 values that we think we think it is not that important , left 15, cancel the other 8 , and lastly 2. Left 5 values, which is our own personal values.
I learn many many lessons is just one session. Nice work ! :D

We ended off today's session with one movie .

Coach Carter 

Is a basketball movie, it does not only talked about basketballs , but this movie taught us , me how strong education is. 
Without education , only basketballs, we ended up in prison. 
With education and basketball , we will be in college. 
Lazy to typed out the plot, so this is the plot. 
Ken Carter takes the job as coach of the Richmond Oilers basketball team at his old school Richmond High School, having been on the team himself and earned unbeaten records. Taking over from Coach White, Carter learns the team members are rude and disrespectful. He gives the team individual contracts, instructing them to attend all of their classes and maintain a grade average of 2.3 (although the local average grade students are meant to maintain is 2.0). Carter also asks the school staff for progress reports on the players' attendance. However, three players including Timo Cruz refuse to follow the contract and quits the team. Nonetheless, Carter coaches the team well and allow them to win their first victory whilst playing properly. Carter's son Damien joins the team, after quitting the private school St. Francis to play for his father.
Teammate Kenyon Stone struggles to come to terms with his girlfriend Kyra being pregnant and eventually splits up with her, unsure if he could juggle basketball, college and being a parent. Their relationship is explored over the course of the film. Cruz attempts to rejoin the basketball team after watching them at their last game, but Carter refuses to let him back in. Cruz has to do 1000 suicides and 2500 pushups to earn Carter's approval, aided by his teammates, eventually succeeding and is allowed back on the team. Carter continues to educate the teammates, teaching them respect for other players. The team eventually won a holiday season basketball tournament, and are invited to a suburb mansion by a fan to party. Carter finds out, crashing the party with the mansion's owners. The enraged Carter returns to his office and finds the progress reports reveal the teammates have been skipping classes.
Carter initiates a lockdown on the gym, forbidding the team from playing until they improve their grades, angering the locals and is verbally and physically abused by numerous people. Cruz quits the team again, hanging out with his drug-dealing cousin Remmy, only to witness his cousin get gunned down and dies. Cruz goes to Carter in tears and is allowed back on the team. The school board eventually confronts Carter, who justifies his actions, explaining he wants to give his team the opportunity and option for further education so they do not resort to crime. The board, save Principal Garrison and the chairwoman, vote to end the lockout, much to Carter's regret.
Carter quits his job, but finds the team studying in the gym, unwilling to play basketball. Cruz reveals to Carter his deepest fear, which Carter asked for repeatedly in the film, is being unable to fulfill his true potential, by quoting Marianne Williamson. Eventually the team improve their grade and are allowed to play basketball again. Kenyon reunites with Kyra, learning she had an abortion. The team play in the high school playoffs, learning their first opponent is St. Francis. The team ultimately loses, but are proud with what they have achieved. The ending reveals six of the players including Damien, Cruz and Kenyon all went to college."
Found in HERE  


Overall , how much I like this show , can be show in the ratings I give for this movie.

Rating : 9.5/10 stars :) 


Is a nice movie, dont miss it. You will learn alot from it.
Lastly , I just reached home from school , damn tired. Miss Mel alot.
But I can bear it until late november. I know I. Abbie Loke Yeng Yin can do it. :D
So , I end my post with one video.





Bye guys :)