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Alexandria, Virginia, moreover, the community celebrated every game and victory as if it were a holiday. Remember the Titans is a story about the T.C. Williams High School football team after the federally mandated integration. The story is centered on Herman Boone, the African American football coach who is hired to replace the Titans Caucasian head coach Bill Yoast. Coach Yoast deliberated leaving after losing his position to Boone, however, the…

A football field may be an exciting place where touchdowns are scored and games are won and plays are made, however from the eyes of a football player the field goes much deeper than that. As a former football player I can tell you that on that field, we are not a team, we are a family. Some of us hate each other and some of us are best friends, but when the game stands tall we are brothers. The movie that most accurately displays this brotherly bond regarding football players is Remember the…

The following paper is an analysis and comparison of the group process. The paper will discuss similarities between the stages of the Garland, Jones, and Kolodny Model of group stages (Zastrow, 2015). The paper will also discuss and define recruitment, human behavior theories, family dynamics, group behavior, group dynamics, group process, problem solving, oppression, diversity, and values and ethics, as well as implications of generalist practice social work as they are used in the film,…

It’s incredible how sports can bring people together. It does not matter what race you are, how much money you make, or where you live; sports have an amazing way of showing how much respect players have for their teammates on and off the field. Walt Disney Pictures created an amazing film called “Remember the Titans” in 2000 that shows people how football created a bond between blacks and whites in a community where they were forced to merge together. The setting of the movie is in Alexandria,…

How Friends Became Rivals This is a story about Alvin and Jerrel. This is a story about how friends became rivals. When Jerrel and Alvin were in highschool they didn’t meet each other until they both tried out for quarterback for the football team. Jerrel had a rich dad and went to a lot of QB camps so he was one the best quarterbacks in the nation. Alvin on the other hand was poor, the only food he could get was the food at school and he didn’t know what he was doing when he was trying out for…

Remember the Titans A system is something that is hard to study. It is always changing and it’s a complex, intricate thing that is sometimes hard to understand and grasp. However, by using system theory, we’re able to examine a system and what makes it function. There is not just one thing that makes up a system. There are various other things involved that help get in running effectively. In systems theory we are studying all the parts and how they work together as a whole. In the movie…

We are Marshall(1970) is a story that narrates a tragedy in Huntington, West Virginia. Along with affecting the entire student body of Marshall University, it also affected the entire town of Huntington. Nate ruffin,the captain of the football team, shows great determination, leadership and loyalty. We first seen Nate showing determination, when he brought the entire town to gather around the building where the board members were deciding on either keeping or getting rid of the football program…

In the early 1970’s, the small football town of Alexandria, Virginia was struggling to overcome racial discrimination. Two schools were being forced to integrate black and white students along with Denzel Washington as the head coach of the football team. As the integration took place, the football team from the coaches down to members of the local community was in complete disarray. This is where the team building begins. Individuals began to form groups, where they had their own clicks,…

Mequlito Q. Ragin Management in Film (MGMT215-150A-15 10/13/2015 Watched Remember The Titans Remember The Titans is a movie based back in the 1970’s, during the time of heavy racism in a small town of Virginia. The Jim Crow laws were still a very big part of their everyday life. There are many complex feelings during this movie. For this discussion board we want to focus our attention on the unity the coach wanted to provide during the training camp. 1. “Doc”, the new head coach took his…

Actor Denzel Washington plays the new head coach, coach Boone in the movie. As the head coach, he helped shape the character of young athletes and unite a divided community. Strong leadership was a key factor in the team's success. Coach Boone pushed for the team to give it their all, and do as well as they possibly could. Even if they portray racism and selfishness, there is an underlying life lesson to be learned. There is a scene in this movie where Coach Boone takes the team on a long run in…