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Overcoming Adversity In The Movie Blindside

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The students had overcome adversity due to a city full of gang violence, drugs, racism, and homelessness. They were seen as failures. Every faculty thought that those students are going to drop out of high school. However, by senior year they had gained a quality education. The was these students overcame adversity reminded me of the movie “Blindside.” The main character in this movie was Michael Oher, who had to overcome many hardships in school and football. He was a homeless student like many of Mrs. Gruwell students. After being influenced by his newly adopted mother, he started to go to school and play football. When senior year approached, he had a high GPA to attend the university of Mississippi and play football. Both Mrs. Gruwell and
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