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The Blind Side
Imagine how life would be, starting off with having nothing to having everything you could ever want in your lifetime. With the efforts to help a young hopeless man, Leigh Anne Tuohy has greatly influenced Micheal Ohers life in numerous ways. Not only has Leigh Anne changed Michaels life, but in turn changed her life as well. She sees that Michael has the potential to be the greatest he can be if she pushes him to his limits. She becomes a stronger woman emotionally because of her experiences with Michael. Her family learns to accept him into their life and later considered him as part of their family. He also effects his community in many different ways. His disengagement from society leads him to become the most talked about in his community and later throughout the United States. He became more engaged within school, and his decisions made him a more positive person. Leigh Annes decision of welcoming Michael into her and her families life has tremendously changed their lives forever.
Leigh Anne engages Michael in society. She knows that Michael is in desperate need of help. With open arms, she welcomes Michael into her home because she knows that he doesn't have anywhere to sleep at night. Even though Michaels academic records aren't the greatest, Leigh Anne does everything in her will to help Michael make his GPA higher so he will be able to join the football team. All of his teachers believe he is unteachable, except his science teacher. She believes that Michael learns in a different way and needs an extra boost of help to improve his grades. His teachers had no faith in him because his grades were a D and F on average, which led them to give up on him. Michael then realizes that he has the potential to do his best in school if he pushes himself by reading the material and studying hard. He had a hard time paying attention in class at first, but his science teacher and Leigh Anne motivated him to try his hardest. He strived to do his best

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