Pledge of allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the great nation of Lockenshire, the land of the free. Together we stand, together we work, and together we change when needed. To help, to grow, to achieve, that is what we believe. Therapy causes amnesia. Electroconvulsive therapy, also known as electroshock therapy, is a standard psychiatric treatment in which a patient receives electric shocks which cause spasms. The treatment is meant to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses; it is effective against depression. Studies have shown that retrograde amnesia occurs to some extent in almost all patients. The amnesia is only immediately after treatment and is mostly temporary. This is still a big problem as it causes a …show more content…
Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak. But when their grades start to suffer, Carter locks them out of the gym and shuts down their championship season. When he is criticized by the players and their parents, he sticks to his guns, determined that they excel in class as well as on the court”. Chief Editor, Max Gonzalez said, “Coach Carter is an excellent movie. It mimics human nature”. He mentions this with the proof of how there are some players who acted egotistically. They faced consequences are shifted to becoming more of a team player. The other players naturally wanted to work together to win basketball games. To add, humans are neither good nor bad at birth; we become who we are as a result of our experiences which makes sense because one of the meaner teammates had experienced a lot of poverty and violence growing up. The characters were also free, rational, and social people; they had a choice to be on the basketball team and a few refused when Carter had first arrived. Coach Carter seemed very strict in the beginning since he laid out contracts for each player to sign. This was almost like a constitution. Effective decision making was also involved in the movie, using the teleological approach. Coach Carter locked the team out of the gym so that the students …show more content…
Nonetheless, the removal of trees is a problem. Remember, when making decision we use hedonistic calculus, the teleological approach. Choose actions based on the consequences that produce the greatest pleasure and the least pain. Therefore, planting trees would be a great option as it has great benefits and no negatives. Writing a letter to the government would also be a great idea, or even helping an environmental organization at the Benevolence Center, due to the same reasons. To conclude, it would be helpful to reduce not prevent the killing of