Facing The Giants Discussion Questions

In order to live up to the reputation of the town and peers, the Permian Panthers and the coaches set goals so that they will have a winning season. The goal that is set is to win the state championship and nothing, including injury will change that goal. This occurs when Boobie Miles, the star running back, chooses to play in spite of a torn ALC, rather than yielding to the unimaginable pain that he is in. The team imposed a structure, which establishes the goals and values of the team, therefore reinforcing the team’s solidarity to winning the championship not only for them but for the town.

Remember the Titans was made to show you what it was like to be white and be black in an integrated school for the first time. There were many hardships but the power of having equality, common goals and supportive authority gave the players and coaches the push they needed to become the team they were. Racial harmony is not as easy as a Disney made movie makes it seem but showing the growing populace even today that it is possible gives what we are fighting for even today more

Just like him, I did not have much of a relationship with God when I was younger. It took a miracle to make me see that God was really there. He had the miracle of surviving the war, while I had the miracle of my younger brother surviving when all odds were against him. Before my brother went into the hospital, I did not think much of God. I had learned about him in school and was taught how he died so we could live, but my life never seemed very impacted by him in any way. He was someone I knew about, not someone I specifically believe in. However, once my brother got sick that all

Taylor being young and inexperienced with raising a baby, gets a job so she can provide for the both of them. Taylor also shows she’s a great mother because she understands what Turtle

The patient tells me that she is unsure when her last menstrual cycle was. Her periods are very irregular and she had not been keeping track of it. She and her husband have been attempting pregnancy for the last year and a half and she tells me that as of Thursday, August 27th, she and her husband had gone through the procedures for adoption. She said that she knows she ovulated on August 18th. She was using an ovulation kit. She took a home pregnancy test on the 28th, which was positive, repeated with a different brand of test on the 29th and that was also positive. She has a regular gynecologist with York Gynecology, Robert Cervenka, MD, that she uses regularly, and she already has an appointment with him

Taylor decides that she is going to graduate high school and then she will go find herself. Taylor ends up taking a road trip that changes her life forever. While stopped at a bar Taylor goes back to her car and receives a baby. This is somewhat ironic because Taylor left her town to leave behind the young women who had children and not become one, but she ends up being a young mom.

    Alice and Taylor have a tight-knit and close relationship, one that is supportive at its nature. Alice has supported Taylor is so many ways throughout her lifetime. On page 2, we are told that When Taylor was a young child, she would catch small fish, and Alice would act like it was huge, and cook them up for dinner. This is a great example of how they support each other. Without anyone else, Alice is boosting Taylor's self-confidence, and supporting her, arguably better than traditional families, like all mothers should. They function like most families, even though all they have is each other. On page 5, Alice consoles Taylor on techniques for getting the job at the hospital. This

The Permian High School football team and the superstars of the team give the struggling community something to believe

It was 7:00 in the morning when we arrived at the Johnston City High School. Once everyone arrived at the high school, we got on the bus and headed off to Benton. As we stepped foot on the bus, we all sat there quietly, nervous about the results of this game. This was the game that determined whether or not we went on to state. Coach Simon and Coach Shane gave us one of their what we like to call "before the game warm-up talks". We were all nervous of course, but we were all determined to win this game. We had been looking forwards to winning regionals and going to state the whole season and that day was the day that we gave us the opportunity to go to state. After the thirty minute bus ride, we finally got to Benton and once we got there,

After several weeks of my Grandmother passing, I came to realize she wasn’t coming back. The feeling of shock had left and now I felt intense amount of emotional suffering. The continuous feeling of pain and unanswered questions lingered about in my mind. I began to wonder how it could have happened and what people could have done differently. At this time, my whole family was grieving over the loss as well.

We kick off the regular season with a resilient opposite, after a long hard fought game we lose again and fall to 1-9 and our doubt begins to set in for our team. Our Crusaders team really needs something to get us going and we get just what we needed, our starting third baseball Tyler Worrell back for his senior year. That was the perfect answer for our struggling Crusaders team. Now the game is on, we start rolling and ripping opposites to shredders by winning the next 19 out of 20 games. After winning our 19th game we start turning our heads for the state playoffs.

We drove home from Memphis and began to plan a trip to New York. Kevin and I had no money. The entire year had been a terrible financial drain with no end in sight. I simply prayed and gave it to God. I was in so much pain and unable to do anything about the situation except trust God. I consumed my time listening to praise music. The music eased my physical pain and increased my spiritual strength.

From the beginning of the season, we knew our goal — winning the Battle in Rocky Top national championship football game in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We had won both years prior and we desperately wanted to be the first team to

The Delaware State University staff announced the beginning of the award ceremony. The room fell silent as they unveiled the trophies, our entire team hoped for the best. Mouths were gaped wide open at the sight of them. Everyone in the room could feel the tension rising. Name after name, trophy after trophy was handed out to the awarded teams and after each one, our hope diminished, slowly, agonizingly, like something we thought was so close yet every moment that passed it felt farther and farther away. The number of trophies were slimming as we got closer and closer to the end we were grabbing at whatever hope we could.

Through the love for my son, I developed the ability to remain positive even during the most difficult times in life.