Court Case Study: New Basketball Coach Carter

FILM STUDY – COACH CARTER

By: Yvonne Nnadi
For: Mr. Lio
April 2nd, 2013.

1. As the new basketball coach at Richmond High, Carter has just four rules on his players’ contract. What are they? [4]
a) Maintain a 2.3 grade point average (C+).
b) Attend all classes and sit in the front row.
c) Wear jackets and ties on game days.
d) Complete 10 hours of community service. 2. Damien makes the decision to transfer schools so that he can play for his father. He also proposes a contract stricter than that offered to the other players. Why do you think it is so important he play on his father’s team? What would you do if you were Coach Carter’s son? Why is that? [5]
Damien quits playing at St. Francis because he is so adamant to play for his
He coached them on life and in turn, impacted and changed their lives forever. One of the people whose lives tuned around because of the Coach’s influence was Kenyon Stone. Coach Carter believed in him by telling him that he had a very good chance of getting into a good university with a basketball scholarship. This got him thinking about his future - his pregnant girlfriend’s too and how having that baby was going to weed all chances of her going to college and having a better life for herself. Kenyon took responsibility by thinking about what he really wanted for his life. He learned that even though it is hard to come to terms with certain issues, you do it so that you do not end up in regret. Before, Kenyon only lived by the day; a reckless life of staying at his girlfriend’s house until the evenings and then going back home or staying late at parties. He realized that Kyra (his girlfriend) had a cousin whom, at the age of nineteen already had two kids and meagre jobs. He did not want a job of getting just by on little paycheck after paycheck on unstable jobs. He saw a bright future for himself and he took that calling, all because of Coach Carter believing in him and telling him that college was for everybody. Coach Carter also drilled into him that about fifty percent of black people get shot or arrested between the ages of nineteen and twenty-four. He said that at least one person on the team
School sports and extra-curricular activities support the academic duty of schools. It means that sports and extra-curricular activities are not a distraction, but rather, a further extension of the educational system. Students who participate in either sports or extra-curricular activities are in no better words, representing a community. When you play for your high school, you are representing the community in which you live, as well as representing your team and yourself. Activity programs are essentially educational because they provide valuable lessons beneficial for everyday life. Through participation in activity programs, students learn sportsmanship, teamwork, winning and losing, rewarding yourself, importance of hard work, self-discipline and skills development. These high school programs teach valuable lessons which cannot be taught in a classroom using textbooks. I believe that lack of participation in high school activities is in conjunction with a greater likelihood of involving yourself in felonious actions. In conclusion, being exposed to high school sports or extra-curricular activities will help you develop yourself as an athlete and leader and expose you to various roles that will allow you to succeed further in college and thereafter, life. And remember, an idle mind allows more opportunity for thoughts of sins to reside