WIDE READING #4 TITLE: The Best of Me DIRECTOR: Michael Hoffman GENRE: Film “The Best of Me‚” directed by Michael Hoffman is a thought provoking‚ bittersweet movie about Dawson who returns to his hometown for the first time in twenty years to carry out the last wishes of his treasured friend and surrogate father Tuck who passed away. Dawson is surprised to find that Tuck has arranged for Dawson’s high school girlfriend Amanda‚ to join him in fulfilling these last wishes. In fact‚ it soon becomes
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Lean on Me In the film Lean on Me‚ Joe Clark‚ played by Morgan Freeman‚ took on the responsibility of being the principle for a troubled inner-city high school. The students at this high school were mainly minority children‚ faced by issues of poverty‚ drugs‚ and racism everyday. The state of New Jersey claimed that this school was heading nowhere but down and that the teachers were unable to teach the children the basic skills they needed to survive in the world. I feel the causes of the schools
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Supersize Me Supersize Me is the perfect movie to watch to understand the importance of diet and eating habits. It teaches us specifically about the dangers of fast food as well as what foods are better options! Supersize Me is a great teaching tool for all who watch. This documentary shows us the risks of eating fast food‚ specifically McDonald’s. Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s fast food for thirty days straight. He gained 25 pounds and also doubled his chances for heart disease‚ which
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TITLE: GLADIATOR PLOT: The story is about Maximus‚ one of the leading generals in the Roman army. He led the Romans to victory in a decisive battle with the Barbarians that ended a long war between them. This victory helped him gain trust and favour from the old Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ which is now old and near his end. Emperor Aurelius wishes to appoint Maximus as the temporary leader of Rome‚ even though he has a son‚ Commodus. Commodus‚ being told by his father that he would not be the appointed
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Venich Jammin Ramzel A. Parliamentary Practice and Procedures I2P/ A. B. Political Science Ms. Lopez Stand Paper 1) Abolition of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). A. Scope: The Sangguniang Kabataan is the council created for the representation of the youth sector in the public and civic affairs of the government. It serves the purpose of enhancing the social
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Professional Services • Vladimir Martinenko • Sign out › Magazine May 2011 Subscribe or activate your subscription to read the full article • Buy Reprint • Idea in Brief HBR.org > May 2011 HBR Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down? by W. Earl Sasser A rising-star executive calculates his response to a hypercritical superior. HBR’s fictionalized case studies present dilemmas faced by leaders in real companies and offer solutions from experts. This one is based on the
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Taking a Stand in the NFL People‚ as well as the NFL‚ believe in different objectives for culture and the roles they play in society. How a sport is played is one-way culture influences the game. Whereas‚ how society acts during the National Anthem is another. Whether one stands‚ sits‚ or kneels during the National Anthem is their own right- as exemplified with Collin Kaepernick who has knelt for the National Anthem these last couple of years. This results in NFL teams straying away from picking
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Review of Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July’s independent movie Me and You and Everyone We Know is very cute and a little bit bizarrely funny‚ which mainly observes of how modern people struggle to connect with each other in an isolating world. Through the usage of film techniques such color and the camera distances and angles‚ views get a better understanding of how the central character Christine‚ a lonely artist who operates a cab service for the elderly‚ falls in love and holds hands
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supposedly killing Mozart. His life is saved by his aids and he is sent to what looks like a mental hospital‚ where a priest is sent to council him. The whole story is told through the eyes of Salieri on his death bed‚ confessing to his priest. The whole movie takes place in Vienna‚ Austria. Besides the first few scenes where Mozart is seen as a child‚ the story begins in 1782 when Mozart is the age of 26; the story being told by Salieri takes place around 1825‚ near his death. Amadeus is primarily set in
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American Me American Me The film; American Me is an epic depiction of 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles‚ California. The movie focuses on the life of a 1950s teen named Montoya Santana‚ who forms a gang with his close friends. The gang is arrested for a break-in‚ and sentenced to time in juvenile hall. Santana finds trouble on his first night in juvenile hall and goes from juvenile hall to prison for 18 years. There he created and led a powerful gang that operated both inside
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