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athleticism‚ Cotton gets him admitted despite his abysmal academic record. At his new school‚ Michael is befriended by a boy named Sean Jr. "SJ" (Jae Head). SJ’s mother Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) is a strong-minded interior designer and the wife of wealthy businessman Sean Tuohy (Tim McGraw). After a late night Thanksgiving school play‚ Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road‚ shivering in the cold; when she learns he intends to spend the night huddled outside the school gym‚ she offers him a
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formed between Pierre’s and Maynard because an agreement was made that had an offer of a contract and an acceptance of the offer (Mallor‚ Barnes‚ Bowers‚& Langvardt‚ 2012). For a contract to be valid it must contain four parts. In this case the first part of the agreement was made between the two parties when Pierre’s offered Maynard a 1979 Mustang at the price of $4000‚ a $1000 discount‚ if he purchased the car that day. Secondly‚ the consideration was also made by Maynard because he agreed to purchase
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is called “The Blind Side? ( i.e. who has a blind side and why?) The term “Blind Side” refers to Michael Oher when he is playing football‚ his objective is to guard the quarterback’s blind side. Michael does not understand this at first‚ however‚ Leigh Anne tells him to imagine his team as his family. His instinct to protect his family’s blind side is why this movie is titled “The Blind Side”. The title of the film Is also related to Michael’s previous thoughts of being neglected‚ since nobody liked
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roads? And we will keep seeing it until people get the message “don’t drink and drive”. Brenton Chaplin and Leigh Charter were the best of mates and always had been. Leigh Charter was a regular at the Chaplin home and loved the Chaplin family. On the 3rd of January 2008‚ Brenton Chaplin‚ Leigh Charter and three other mates were at a BBQ when Brenton decided to visit a female friend. Leigh and the 3 other mates went along even though they were all intoxicated. Brenton drove‚ he took a 80km corner
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homeless‚ teenage African-American‚ Michael Oher had a good heart that Leigh Anne saw since the first day she met him. Leigh wanted to make a difference on Michael’s current situation and later found that she wanted to make long-term positive impact on Michael’s life! Leigh‚ her husband‚ and two kids welcomed Michael into their home and they each played a leadership and supportive role for Michael’s success. Leigh used
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friends with everybody.” These examples of Millicent’s thoughts describe her personality‚ intentions‚ and her hopefulness to create acceptance of individuality. Similarly‚ Rona Maynard includes the thoughts of her main character‚ Laura‚ criticizing the exclusive “popular” crowd at her school. To show Laura’s jealousy‚ Maynard writes‚ “She [Laura] thought of their identical brown loafers‚ their plastic purses‚ their hostile stares as they passed her in the corridors. She didn’t care. They were clods
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shun him except a boy named Sean Jr. “SJ” who befriended him. On their way home after a late night Thanksgiving school play‚ Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy‚ SJ’s parents‚ spotted Michael walking on the road‚ shivering in the cold. After learning that he has no place to stay‚ intends to spend the night outside the school gym‚ and is one of her daughter’s classmates‚ Leigh Anne eagerly offered him – wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter- to spend the night in their house. Michael has
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workers as these decisions may be life changing to service users‚ hence decisions taken have to be justified with valid reasons. Facts alone cannot determine decisions to be taken‚ hence ‘it would be impossible to make choices without values’(Beckett‚ Maynard 2005:7).Social workers need to have a strong value base when practising. It is ‚ however possible for personal values of a social worker to clash with those of her professional ones‚ and in this case problems may arise. Banks refers to this occurrence
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is quite a bit younger but tries to talk to Michael. After S.J.’s mom‚ Leigh Ann Tuohy‚ hears of Michael and finds out he doesn’t really have a place to call home‚ she invites him to stay with their family. Everyone in the family eventually gets attached to Michael and invites him to live with them. Leigh Ann gets into a few ethical dilemmas with many different people because of her choice to open her doors to this boy. Leigh Ann helps Michael achieve excellence in his grades‚ gets him into football
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