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Toy Story Essay

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What does a flamenco dancing astronaut, the claw, and a wise-cracking potato have in common? Toy Story, of course! The three Toy Story cinemas each have impactful lessons in them that are relatable to what we learn as leaders in Jr. Beta club. Each of the three movies have a significant lesson that you can assimilate into being a leader in Beta today and each of my three years of Beta have given me the same. You could say that our leadership skills were taken above and beyond!
Whenever I think of the first Toy Story movie, I think of the lesson of accepting change and being a more accepting person overall. Throughout the 81 minutes of this modern classic movie, you see how Woody’s life was flipped upside down after the character of Buzz Lightyear …show more content…

The second Toy Story movie, released in 1999, revealed the lesson of the importance of making new friends. Through the duration of this Disney sequel, you watch how Woody is taken on an adventure and meets three new friends: Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete. Out of these friends, Jessie and Bullseye were taken out of a bad situation and were put into a better place where they learned important lessons, like we do in Beta. Stinky Pete however, was unwilling to go and ended up in a worse situation than he was before. In my second year of being a member of Beta club, we were encouraged to go out, make new friends, and introduce more people to the life-changing club that we are a part of. We did this in our school through advertisement of our club and talking to new people. We also were encouraged to talk to students in other county’s during Kentucky State Beta Convention, to find new and more exciting ways to continue to improve our club and how to get new members in that process. When doing this, we made new friends and lead students in the club, however there were always those who just did not want to be a part of the club and were unwilling to change to make their life better in the future. This lesson taught me, along with the other Beta members, to think about other people, as we continue to grow in leadership every

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