Movie Review: Remember the Titans

How they didn’t get along at all and I also mentioned about the camp they had to go on for the new football team of the integrating schools, at this camp it was mentioned that they confronted each other to sort out their differences. The last point was at the night football practice and how they finally go the team to work together and play as a

Sustained contact occurs in the film during the six-week football training camp, that both the white and black team-members attended. Before leaving for the camp, Coach Boone splits the team into two groups- offense and defense. He then pairs up people in each group- a white person with a black person. He then tells them, “Get comfortable too, because the person that I have you sitting next to is the same one you’ll be rooming with for the duration of this camp.” He does this in hope of the team members getting to know each other for who they are, not by the colour of their skin.

The Kids in the group were accepted to a white school about 60 years ago. Those kids were, Maurice Soles, Anna Theresser Caswell, Alfred Williams, “Poochie” Hayden, Regina Smith, Latham Gail Upton, JoAnne Boyce, Robert Thacker, Bobby Cain, Minnie Jones, and Alvah McSwain were all part of the Clinton 12. These 12 individuals changed the thought of themselves by going to 1 school. Bobby Cain, said in his in words, “The only thing I was thinking about was my saftey of entering the school”. I bet that was pretty scary for that whole group not just Bobby.

Uncle Willie was another character who had to deal with racism regularly considering he was a black man. He was a handicapped older man who worked in a store and due to an injury when he was very young was crippled. At one point when the Klu Klux Klan was supposed to come into town uncle Willie was up all night wining as if they were going to lynch him however they never came. If they did, however he surely would have been hung, but none the less it was a very long stressful night for him. Even white children would be very disrespectful to Uncle Willie and Marguerite’s

There was an event in To Kill a Mockingbird that showed discrimination for a breed of man. As depicted in the book, Tom Robinson was being accused of raping a young lady by the name of Mayella Ewell. Tom Robinson was a middle aged black man. Mayella Ewell is a white girl. This was very distraught because of the fact that this was the time that whites were superior over any other minority. Tom was being held in a cell waiting for the trial to commence. Atticus Finch, the lawyer of Tom Robinson, decided to take a trip to the jail in which he was being held in. As he arrived, a squadron of cars pulled up. A group of white men stepped out of the vehicles and walked up to the jail in a sort of formation. These men had showed up on this afternoon to lynch Tom Robinson. Luckily, Scout Finch started talking to one of the men, Mr. Cunningham. She said,” Tell him [Walter] hey for me, won’t you?”. His son’s name was Walter Cunningham. He ended up feeling bad for what he was going to do, and called the men back. They did not end up lynching Tom. This connects to what happened in

To better understand the theme of racism throughout the novel towards African American players and staff of Permian High, a school made up of almost ninety percent minorities, one must understand the background on how this book came about. The other two schools were Caucasian and almost entirely white schools. While at Harvard, Bissinger had an idea to write a book that was focused on the impact that high school football had on American culture

Many stereotypes come into play at this point in the movie. The coaches gather up all the players so they can go to training camp at Gettysburg College, while gathering the students on a bus, Boone makes the players sit next to each other. Neither one of the ethnic groups like this very much. Once they get to the camp, they get paired to room together. One of the

The purpose of this assignment was to observe and analyze the behaviors of UC Davis athletes on an NCAA Intercollegiate sports team. I was able to observe the athletes in their natural setting and observe their behaviors before, during and after the game. This assignment is important because we are observing athletes without interfering. This gives the researcher the ability to observe their natural behavior while playing the game. From this experience we are trying to learn the different behaviors that each player has, or if they have any similarities. We are also learning how players interact with their team, their coaches and the crowd.

There was a girl named Elizabeth Eckford and eight other African American teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas. Like all other schools across the country, was segregated. Only white students were allowed. Everything was segregated, when I say everything I mean pretty much everything . The white people didn’t really want anything to do with the black people.

One of the main advantages of playing sports is the experience gained from the interactions with people.

When the authorities tried to join African Americans and White schools, no one was happy. There was so much chaos, and so

“A loud and spirited crowd has the potential to alter the result of a game” (Benavidez). Almost every sport’s fan in the world would agree. A large crowd is one thing, but a large crowd who is passionately cheering on their team plays a crucial role in sporting events. When asked the question on how school spirit affects his team’s performance, Seth Mcgowen responded, “It increases the morale of the player. When we see there’s a big crowd there cheering us on, we feel like we have to do better so that we don’t let them down. If they’re shouting my name and cheering for me personally, it makes me step up my performance and do something great.” Key words in Mcgowen’s response are “cheering us on” (Benavidez). Mcgowen said an enormous crowd is not what encourages the team, but an enormous crowd that cheers does. Former Tupelo High School basketball coach Jerry Lee Clayton preached the importance of having school spirit and used to tell his players, “A school without spirit is nothing, but a school with spirit has the power to do miraculous things.” Athletes want school spirit from their town and school because they have the chance to feel an emotional connection with the fans. What team wants to compete for a school that does not support them, but all teams want to compete for a school that gives them full support. School spirit has the power to affect a team’s performance, and that is a benefit almost everyone can

For example, if students or a teacher wants to add a scenario to the game, both teams have to also strategies and execute plans to eliminate the other team. They would move as a group covering all ground as they approach to the other team. When they see the opposing team, they can work together, eliminating them from the game. In these scenarios, problems might increase in tension, and all this tension could bring out the best of the player or leadership. It also will give the player's self-confidence if their plan works or helps the

This allows them to see what other interests they have in common, and can also show them their differences in a positive way. All of these are team building exercises to make a team become one. Promoting teamwork will help teammates push each other to do their very best they can do in the sport and possibly even in life. When teamwork is created, the positive outcomes can be beneficial to the team and the coach. These outcomes can be winning the game, improving one's weaknesses, and their confidence in their

“Being in a team helps make friends and learn to trust people.” Kids get more social by having fun with a group doing activities such as ones to improve trust. By being a team, kids also learn effective ways of cooperation. For example, in basketball, and soccer you have to pass the ball to a teammate and realize that it's a whole team not just you which a lot of kids don't think about before joining a team. This shows that kids get more social by many effective ways in a team. “Being on a team helps kids from being in depression and makes kids more confident.” This happens when some kid is feeling sad because of something and the rest of the team cheers the kid up and helps from the kid going into depression. This shows that kids emotional feelings can be helped by a team. In Conclusion, Competitive sports let kids make more friends and help fight emotional