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Toy Story Life Lessons

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What does a flamenco dancing astronaut, an awe-inspiring claw machine, and a wise-cracking potato have in common? “Toy Story”, of course! All three examples combined quite unique and disparate traits into what became colorful, humorous, and impactful scenes in the movie series. You might liken any of these to our Jr. Beta Club: we are unique and colorful, humorous (perhaps even in times when we shouldn’t be), but committed to making an impact in our school and community. We take our dissimilar traits and combine them into strengths. Even though “Toy Story” is, at its surface, just a children’s cartoon, each of the three films hold very powerful moral lessons that can be applied to leadership in our Jr. Beta Club. Above and beyond the colorful anecdotes and funny moments, the movies have powerful lessons that can assimilate into leadership quality in Beta today and …show more content…

Throughout the 81 minutes of this modern classic movie, you see how Woody’s life was flipped upside down after the character Buzz Lightyear was introduced. Woody was not welcoming to Buzz when he first entered the toy box. However, as the story moves on, Woody learned to accept the change that was happening and even embrace it as he was shaped to become a better person and developed a lifelong friend in the process. When we were inducted into the Jr. Beta Club, the world we knew was transformed immensely, and as time went on we evolved into better leaders and more accepting people overall. You might say that we were “Buzz Lightyears”, thrust into a new situation where not everyone was welcoming, but given time and the right attitude, we were able to navigate and make our place in Andy’s room. Even though that was only my first year of Beta, I feel like I learned the extremely important lesson of embracing change, and as my years continue I learn more and more each

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