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Homer Hickam And The Rocket Boys
In the movie, Homer Hickam and his Rocket boys’ worked together to achieve great things.They all used the habit #6, Synergize to do this. For example,Homer worked with “Miss Riley” to get a better understanding of rocket science and the math that is put into it. Miss Riley helped the boys get into the science fair as well, so the boys dedicated a rocket to her. If it weren’t for Miss Riley the boys probably wouldn’t have gotten so far with the rocket science as to winning the science fair. The people of Coalwood all worked together as a team to get Homer the medals and trophies at the National Science fair. When Homer was at the science fair someone stole his parts overnight. Homer then called the people of Coalwood and asked for a new
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