As usual, I volunteered to go first for the America in the Movies project in AP Comp. I chose to use the movie Coach Carter in describing how it relates to America.
I used three scenes. One where the basketball team wins on a buzzer beater, one where they lose on a buzzer, and the last scene I used was of a player giving a long speech to his coach. The connections I used were pretty simple. For the first scene, I said that anyone can make it America, which is why they call it the Land of Opportunity.
For the second scene, I said that even though anyone can make it, everyone fails at some point in their life and hard work will eventually pay off. The third scene I said that the words the player used to give the speech basically described America.
I got an A- on it. Yeah. That's right.
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Nice presentation, Justin-- I enjoyed it. I came across an article about the ways in which sports films help define American character. You might find it interesting:
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