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American Hero - Coach Carter

It should help also not be set up to fail. With so many schools like Richmond today where only 50 percent of kids graduate these kids are almost destined to fail from the first time they step into a school building. And the blame for that falls with the administration for not holding themselves up to a higher standard (Babour). .
             Think about this even having a major motion picture done on basketball on this school basketball lost funding in this area (Babour). There needs to be some education reform in order for these kids to have a better life. This movie's ideals on student athletes help to show that student athletes are still student and that they need to know that they are in school to get an education. I like to think that these points contrast other movies such as "Friday Night Lights,"" where the kids on the team are solely committed to their sport and show no interest in going to college unless it is to play. The only future they believe in is in pro sports - they have no other plans. .
             The real Ken Carter said that about sixty five percent of intercity student-athlete believe that they will go to play professional sports. Carter believed that they were idiots and should have a backup plan. It is true that around half of Richmond's athletes never graduated from high school. Coach Carter helps to show that you can not enforce that mindset into young men, these kids need a education. The real team that Carter coached were all reported to be or having graduating college in 2005 some of them were actually applying to medical schools to become doctors (Babour.). These kids learned their lesson on how important education can be and where a good education can get you in life.
             Coach Carter helps to poke at the aspect of crime. Crime is rampant in Richmond and it is very likely that people go to jail at some point of their lives.; it is stated that in this are 33% of African American males between certain ages are arrested and are currently in jail.


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