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ENG 100 Assignment #3: Film-Based Assignment Due: Draft #1 posted to blog by 11:59 pm on 3/23/2017 Living A Normal Life In the _sixth_sense_, screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan shares the story of Cole--Sear a boy who claims to “see dead people”. Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a child psychologist who begins speaking to the little boy about these apparent interactions with ghosts. Cole is fearful and scared about being able to see dead people that no one else is able to see but him. He hasn't told his mom about being able to see and communicate with dead people. He is afraid to tell her because she may think something is wrong with him or that she doesn't believe him. So he starts talking to Malcolm who is easy to talk to and tells him his problems. Malcom on the other hand has been shot and doesn't even know he's dead and is a ghost as well. Cole has benefitted more out of having a relationship with Malcolm because, Malcom helped Cole Overcome his fears, also Cole was about to socialize with his peers and Cole had a better relationship with his mother. First, Cole was afraid to tell his mom about seeing dead people and how he sees and talks to her mother everyday. He didn't want his mom to think he was crazy or fearful that she wouldn't believe him. So while in traffic with his mom Cole sees the person who has been killed in the accident ahead and is standing right next to his car door window. He tells his mom that he sees dead people and she gets a little shaky but believes him once he tells her about an event her mother and only her would know about. She then embraces her son and loves on him. He even tells her that the lady that was in the accident ahead of them is dead standing next to him at that very moment. With malcom being there for Cole encouraging him and giving him advice it bring him closer to his mother. She also realizes that the ghosts are the reason he had bruises on him. Second, Malcolm helps Cole overcome his disorder of being able to see the dead by telling him “ to listen to the ghosts because they want him to help them”. So he takes the psychologist's advice and listens to the ghosts. On one particular occasion a little girl had been poisoned by her mother. With the advice that Malcolm, Cole listening and not being afraid he uncovers the mystery of the girls death. She told him to play the vcr which had been previously recorded and it shows the mother making her child sick rather than helping her feel better. The entire family and friends of the family watched in awe. Having learned to deal with seeing and hearing the dead actually turned out to be a good thing for the nine year old with the help of Malcolm. Third, Cole is able to socialize in school and kids aren't picking on him for being weird and not really interacting with them. He hid this from his mother by having a kid come to his house every morning pretending to walk to school together. But truthfully they parted ways down the block. But having malcom to talk to and ease his mind and help Cole become active. Even fitting in with the other kids at school and getting the lead role in the schools play. That made Cole very happy to be able to enjoy being a kid that sees ghosts. The doctor made it easy for Cole to be himself around him because he could see ghosts too. Malcolm also gave him the confidence to listen to them and Cole turns out to be a big help to the ghosts. Malcolm did discover that he was dead when Cole told him to talk to his wife while she was sleeping. But Cole benefited most from gaining this relationship with Malcolm. He got helped him get over his fears and made it easy for him to socialize in school because he was no longer afraid of the ghosts anymore with the help of Malcolm.
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Film Based Project Assignment Sheet
Film Review
In the 1999 movie The Sixth Sense, this is a drama/thriller movie lasting for one hundred and ten minutes. Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) and his wife Anna (Olivia Williams) comes home one night and there house is broken into by a patient who named Vincent Gray (Donnie Wahlberg) who is schizophrenic and blames the doctor for not helping him then shoots him in the stomach. A year later Dr.Malcolm the psychologist starts seeing a nine year old little boy named Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment). Cole had been hallucinating all of his life saying “ I see dead people”. The boy was diagnosed with schizophrenia and a mood disorder. For ōosome time nobody wanted to work with the little boy. At first the doctor is skeptical about the little boy seeing dead people and all. But then believes him when heard a ghost in a previous recording he had with Vincent. But Cole reminds the doctor of the previous patient that he was seeing and they have some similarities but wasn't able to help the other Vincent, so he was eager to work with Cole since he wasn't able to help the other patient. The doctor in the gripping end realizes he had been killed when his patient Vincent shot him and then killing himself. He had been a ghost the whole time. I had seen this movie when it first came out years and years ago, and haven't seen it since. When I found out in class that we would be watching this film for our project I wasn't too happy. I used to like scary/thriller movies, but since i've grown up i'm petrified. I cant stand watching them and definitely can't be alone. But this was a good movie, had a crazy twist towards the end. Daddy Day Carehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317303/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Daddy Day Care is about two fathers that are friends who lost their jobs working at a large food company developing products. Charlie (Eddie Murphy) and Phil (Jeff Garlin) became stay at home dads until they find a job while their wives go to work. Charlie's and his wife Kim (Regina King) had a hard time finding daycare for their son Ben . One day Kim comes home from work and can barely move because of her husband's ideas. Charlie wasn't so thrilled about being a stay at home dad at first but it turns out, he actually enjoyed spending time with his son. So he came up with an idea that he and his friend Phil can profit from and continue spending time with the kids. The bright idea was that they should run a daycare. They begin getting attention from passing out flyers all over in their city. In the beginning it seemed as if no one wanted to leave their children with them because they were men but after one woman stood up for them telling the other parents about being bias and how men and women can do the same thing. Business starting booming and they had to hire another worker because of the ratio of children. So they hired Marvin (Steve Zahn) to become a part of the team. He was so silly and such a an airhead, but he was good with the kids. Chapman Academy got a hold of their competition and didn't like it not one bit. So the director did everything she could do to try to stop the daycare from being successful. Chapman Academy was a very expensive private school that was very popular in the town. So they went back and forth with trying to outdo the other giving each other a run for your money. Daddy Daycare wind up being a success and putting Chapman Academy out of business. Writing topics
Academic Mindset Writing Process Reflection
Academic Mindset Argument
I believe I was taught to have a growth mindset. My mother always instilled in me that you're only as great as you say you are. She also taught me to believe in myself. So at a young age I always knew in the back of my mind that with hard work and dedication I can be as successful at whatever I wanted to become. In life we expect things to be so easy or just given to us. Maybe even assuming because you may not have seen results right away that you can't do it. So for example when we were five or six years old that's the average age you start reading or in Kindergarten. It took practice, over and over. It wasn't easy at first, but after a while of practicing and working hard eventually you seen results but that was only after putting in time you got some results. A year later you gradually progressed and so forth. But in reality you have the ability to becoming successful as you choose to be. It takes time in being successful. Nothing happens overnight. I would say making time will impact your success. Starting with setting a time to work on the things you want. As for me I am working towards my degree in nursing. My struggle is math. Here at Delaware County Community College they have tutors in the learning commons to help students in any subject. Even though math is a struggle, I believe in myself that I will get it. I also work and have children, so it's my job to take the necessary steps to find time to study. I try to come on my days off from work while my children are in school, after getting an assignment that I need help with. I have been signing up and going to tutoring, over this past year I have seen progress. The more I work at it, it's becoming more understanding. I am becoming more successful. In the video The Power of Believing You Can Improve (Carol Dweck, TED Talk) Carol Dweck mentions the word “yet”. The synonyms for yet are: so far, thus far, as yet, up till/to now, until now. “ But if you get the grade not yet you understand that your on a learning curve” Carol Dweck. That goes hand in hand with having a growth mindset, you aren't where you want to be yet!Giving you hope that you have what it takes to grow. Also giving you the thoughts that you can improve and become better. ‘They understood that their abilities could be developed” Carol Dweck. The more you do something over and over again, you become better at it. Having this growth mindset depends on you. I always say I was taught to have a growth mindset. My mom told me when I was a child, that I would be successful. Its funny because I always wanted to be a nurse as a child and my mom pushed me to believe in myself even if i wasn't successful at the first try but to never give up. I kept that hope and here I am, going after my dreams making them reality. You have to be willing to put in the effort to be successful. The amount of effort you put in will amount in the kind of results you get. In class we made a list of things of how we spend our time and when we got our work assignments when would we start them and having a week to complete it. Prior to taking this particular class I always procrastinated with most of my assignments. Mainly because it was boring and I couldn't focus, but for the most part i didn't plan out or have a schedule. I usually did them the night before. So now I write out what my plans are for the week, including work, cooking, outings with the kids, studying/homework and me time. Since I have started doing this I have been more successful, I believe because i'm doing it in a timely matter verses always rushing to get it done. I also set out time to do my work, which makes a big difference in how im learning. We can all improve through effort. Growth mindsets is of all cultures, no one is excluded! We all have what it takes to expand our learning, some just need that extra push. In the reading Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research , Carol Dweck Says (Carol Dweck) Carol becomes obsessed with education and parents boosting motivation for children to do well with academically. When the work becomes challenging, the kids then making themselves believe that they can't do the work when the work becomes tough. You can develop a growth mindset by practicing and willing to take time out and study at the areas you are trying to be successful. Whereas having a fixed mindset you believe that you are born with being smart or having been born with talents that you can't practice or become great with like with a growth mindset. As for me on the other hand I strongly believe I have a growth mindset as a student here at Delaware County Community College. I absolutely believe that with practice you can be good at anything. Whatever you put your mind to you can be very successful. The thing with being successful is everybody wants it but doesn't want to go through the obstacles it takes to succeed. It doesn't just happen overnight, you have to be willing to make time and stay committed to get results. Only a few will be very great at something they once struggled with after a little time of practicing. Others have to put in work. For example I wasn't always as good with mathas I am now. When I first started here at DCCC I knew that I would have to take math classes and I knew that I wasn't all that great. But i was only as great as I wanted to be. I didn't have a reason to study math but it's a requirement here and now i had a reason. It took a lot of studying, practicing, long nights, help from tutors before I actually seen results. The more I put in work the better my results became.
Family is Everything To Me…..
A loud bell ringing throughout the class signaling the end of the day. Jumping up to head for the door. Meeting up with my brother with excitement of what today held. Hearing him hit the keypad to unlock the the car doors. Jumping in the passenger side and pulling out a birthday card and handing it over to my brother before he speeds off. After scuffling through his cd case he finally inserts “DMX” searching for his song “I'm slipping i'm falling and can't get up “ blasts through the speakers and were heading towards the highway 95 north here we come. Pulling up to the house I dread getting out of the warm car. Walking from the car to the house seems like forever nose all red and fingers are freezing. Opening the door it feels like i got attacked by the heat. I walk through the living room heading for my room upstairs. Passing my mom's room I can hear her on the phone. I think to myself she must be on the phone with aunt Sheila, because she's talking about my grandfather. I go in her room for just a minute and she's explaining to her that we were going out tonight and she wants to switch days. I go in my room and try to figure out what i'm wearing tonight then i head for the shower. After getting dressed I ask my mom who's supposed to come to dinner tonight and she explains pop pop is coming and some other family members. I was just trying to figure out if my cousin Qt was coming that's all. That meant i would be laughing all night. She had to break the news to my brother that we had to bring pop pop since it was her day. They finish getting ready for dinner tonight and we head for the door. The atmosphere seemed a little funny in the car on our way to dinner, like something was gonna happen. Walking into Red Lobsters with my mom, brother and grandfather hoping the wait isn't too long. Here comes my aunts and a few cousins and they have my brothers best friend with them. Everything seemed to be going well so far. A little after we put in a head count to the hostess. My aunts start passing my brother his birthday cards and gifts. Hes getting excited about the things he received. I'm just happy because my favorite cousin is here and we always find something to get into no matter where we were.We were always find something funny and giggling I told her that my mom was a little upset that we had to bring pop pop.. As soon as we got seated we can already tell what kind of mood pop pop is in because he started getting fidgety. Next hes saying hes ready to go, my brother says pop pop we just got here. My mom calms him down reminding him that we are here for Jamiel's birthday and he needs to chill out. Which it seems like she had to do every five minutes. Next the waiter is back to bring our biscuits and take our order. After we order here goes pop pop saying he's ready to leave for the five hundredth time. My brother starts getting upset saying we always find a way to ruin his birthday. My mom tries to calm pop pop down. While all of that's going on me and my cousin are laughing hysterically. Pop pop starts going off saying he's been here before and he's ready to leave. The waiting bring our food just in time. Saved by the bell is what we were all thinking. As we eat our food and trying to make the best of tonight, pop pops at it again. We all try to calm my mom down because now she's feeling horrible thinking she ruined her son's birthday and it's nothing that she can do to help her father, wishing she hadn't brought him with us knowing how impatient he gets. My aunts console my mom letting her know that it's not her fault. Once we're done eating pop pop gets up and state he's leaving. There's a wall behind us and he insists that that's the way he came in and he's leaving leaving. Me and my cousin are just sitting back watching all of this take place. We bust out laughing uncontrollably. I can tell that we were aggravating my family but we didn't truly understand what dementia was. So we proceed to singing happy birthday and bagged our stuff to go. On the way home my mom explained to us what she knew about dementia and how severe it is about memory loss. Apologizing to my brother and how she'll make it up to him. We finally reached our home and were all relieved that tonight was coming to an end. Always remembering it's a celebration everytime we link up and just thankful for the times we are able to spend with family. I remember this day in particular because I was running late to work. I had to be there at seven am and didn't wake up until a little after seven. I had been pressing the snooze button on and off for I guess an hour. I even silenced my mother's wake up call at five thirty. So I cut off the alarm and now my head's in a daze! I had never been to work late before. First thing I do is call my job and ask for the supervisor (Peggy). Ugh I didn't really care for her but I had no choice I had to let her know that I would be there but I'd be late. She didn't give me a hard way to go which i knew she wouldn't since i'm always there before her. So i proceed to waking up my girls ( Taylor and Jade). Jade usually gives me a hard way to go in the morning. She's not really a morning person but today she was up and at it. I hear the door bell ringing, now im thinking whats going on. I woke up late and now someone is at my front door so early in the morning what could be wrong. I open the door, it's my mom. She said she have been trying to reach me on the phone but didn't get me and she usually takes the kids to school on mornings I have to be at work. So she started to panic but was very relieved once she saw my face. I greeted her with a huge hug and kiss and so did the little ones. She came right upstairs and jumped right in to help get the kids ready while i got myself together. My mom is truly a lifesaver. She has been retired for five years now, so she makes it her business to help me whenever I need her to since me and the kids dad split a few years back. What a lifesaver she has been on this beautiful sunny summer morning! Since the kids were out on Summer vacation they go to camp but she decided to keep them home with her and engage in some fun activities. We say our goodbyes and the children were off with Mom and I was on my way to work. That day work flew by so quickly and before you knew it my would have been eight hour shift if i wasn't late was over. So the first thing i do when i get into my car is cut that air conditioner on because the heat in the middle of july is tretrous. Before I can finish dialing the number, my phone rings and it's my mom calling and she tells me about a carnival that's not too far from our house. So i'm thinking to myself “ i'm not even home yet and i've already gotten plans”. Instead my response is “ sure mom, anything for the girls”. By the time I reached my mother's house after showering and changing into my sundress for the day, they are anxiously waiting on the front patio for me. I don't even have a chance to get out of the car, they all come running with big smiles to let me know that i'm driving and Gmom will be out in a minute. As we are getting closer to the carnival we see a huge crowd making there way to the festivities, the men on the side of the street selling teddy bears, light up sticks, everything we seen while finding a parking spot the kids wanted and Gmom promised to get them. The only thing on their mind was which ride were they getting on first. After riding most of the ride accompanied by Gmom because Jade is four and she needs a parent to ride with her, we on to eat some fun treats. Ice cream for me, the kids had cotton candy and snow cones and mom enjoyed her favorite funnel cake. The smiles on all of our faces were priceless. Just living for the moment. As we drove home me from the carnival I told her how work was today and how much I appreciate having her in our lives. She told me she wouldnt have it any other way, I was her only daughter and shed spoile me til her last day here on earth. Was it reality or just a dream. Waking up in big sweats has become apart of how my mornings went after losing my mother eight years ago. She never had the chance to meet Jade my youngest daughter. Taylor on the other hand was one when she passed away. Memories from way back then turns into me daydreaming and having visions that I had her help being a single mom and that me and the girls could giver her a huge hug and a million kisses. |
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