Shani Pierce
Eng 100 Assignment #3: Film Based Arguement Due: Draft #1 posted to blog by 3/23/17 Survivor In the film, Survivor, screenwriter Philip Shelby writers about Kate Abbott struggles with saving America from a terrorist attack. Abbott is a security service agent who learns of a plot where a sniper will shoot a gas bomb in Time Square in an attempt to kill innocent civilians. Thesis statement: How can Kate Abbott determine trustworthy? “Many people believe that you can tell if someone is lying by the direction of where their eyes go: up to the right for the truth, up to the left for a lie. http://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-Someone-Is-Trustworthy.Abbott went to ask Dr. Balan a few questions he would look away everytime. Abbott knew there was something going on at that moment. She did not know if she could trust what Dr. Balan was saying. Kate Abbott is a Diplomatic Security Service agent working for the American Embassy in London. Abbott started working for the government after her friends were killed in the 9/11 attack. Because of Abbott skills and knowledge, she learns of a plot where a sniper will shoot a gas bomb in Time Square in an attempt to kill innocent civilians. While Abbott investigated the visa applications her colleagues were killed while attending Bill who is the superior birthday party. Bill was late attending his birthday party he wanted to be sneaky and delete all of the visa applications after he approved all the applicants. He was being blackmailed and knew that if he didn’t accomplish his task they were going to kill his son. Now they had this guy called “Watchmaker” (Pierce Brosnan), who was one of the most wanted killers known. Abbott leading employee Sam Parker and Sally were the only two Abbott could trust anybody at this point. Abbott didn’t understand at first why this guy was trying to kill her. Sam and Sally were the only two that knew she was innocent and would do anything to help her. Abbott had to do some of her own research to find out why Watchmaker was after her. As Abbott wandered through London she was a target everywhere she went because Watchmaker was able to keep tabs on her where abouts by using a device that he created. Although Kate was being target and wanted by the police department, it did not stop her from trying to save the civilians in the United States. America have a tendency to trust the people that they think are their friends or have their best interest. Society have trusted to many of the wrong people. We trusted the different presidents who we thought were going to change the highs and the lows of America. We allowed man to tell us that if you choose me as a president I will make things better for America. People want you to trust them, but then they give you all the reasons not to by doing something wrong or untrustworthy. Trustworthy is to study their body language and how they present themselves. When Abbott interviewed Dr. Balan, do you think that she studied his body language or did she assume he was up to no good? I feel she was watching his body language. If you pay attention to how she looks at him as she asked him questions. Notice he tries not to give her complete eye contact. That moment she knew something was wrong. Even when she got home from work and she called her colleague Naomi, she knew something was not right with those visa application. After the explosion, Abbott attempts to find out the cause of the explosion, and found out that Bill was being blackmailed to let certain visa applicants through after his son was taken, and man behind the attack was the “Watchmaker.” Now at that moment Abbott did not know that Bill was untrustworthy, until he tried to kill her. It’s funny how you think you can trust someone until they betray your trust. Abbott had to go through some obstacles, and trusting people was one of them. Abbotts thoughts were fast thinking, courage, and most of all rescuing civilians from Time Square. In the midst of Abbott's struggles to get to the United States she had no choice but to trust Sally and Sam to help her, even though Sam got hurt in the process Abbott's goal is to stop the terrorist from attacking Time Square on New Year's Eve even if it means risking her own life. In Conclusion Abbott had to determine who she could trust, by investigating applicants. She was able to trust Sam most of all because he was one of the only ones beside Sally who knew she was good at her job, and that she was innocent. Nevertheless she persisted on stopping the terrorist from bombing Time Square, and she succeeded that task. I feel if your going to trust somebody you need to get to know them first. Abbott didn’t really know who she could trust at the beginning, but she was able to find out who was trustworthy, and who wasn’t. Abbott courageousness and dedication saved a lot of civilians lives. Prompt: 1. If you was agent Abbott who would you trust?
2. If you were playing the lead agent what would be your feelings and would you trust the fact that she is a potential suspect in murder. 3. If you were having a issue regarding your passport, how would you handle it. Purpose: This movie was made to show that sometimes the jobs we have can put us in harms way just doing the right things. Focus: To concentrate on the terrorism and the steps needed to prevent attacks in the U.S Style: Classic Hollywood Narrative Kate Abbott was put in line of fire when she is target for death and framed for crimes. The watchmaker Pierce Brosnan is brought in to take her out. Although he misses her several times, he tries to take out all her colleagues to get to her. With the British cops, and the watchmaker following her limits her assistance so only people she can trust is Sam and Sally. Kate Abbott wanted to figure out why the terrorist were trying to get to the United States. I thought this movie was very interesting and meaningful. I love all of the characters in the movie. The fire works in Dubai... that was you, wasn't it? Nash: [stabs him in the ear] You shouldn't have asked about that thing in Dubai. Interesting? Yes No | Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink
I actually didn’t work with anybody to compose my academic mindset project. I felt that my own ideas were a good approach because it was able to share with others. The most difficult part of my writing was trying to explain how a fixed mindset was my past and a growth mindset is what I working on to grow. I started writing the first day we discuss in class about. I mostly took notes first before I started writing my thoughts, and let me tell you, it is not easy! The good approach about it was it help me to understand more of where I was at at one point in time of my life and now I’m learning and growing. I wrote in my living room because I have this big window that I like to look out of when I’m writing, but I need a glass of wine too. I choose my topic because it gives me opportunity to express some things on my mind and helps me to become a better writer. Before I able to adapt to revise my writing I am open to constructive criticism.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2679552/ This movie was based on a international security intelligence agency, “ I.T.”, whose purpose was to serve as a protector to some of the world’s greatest defense. Pierce Broswan plays the character Matt Fletcher who was head of the I.T. Development Agency. He hired James Freche, who plays the character Ed Gaines. A computer hacker who turned CIA informant. Ed set the company's defense system against itself. This is a movie is a thriller and fast pace. This movie focus on the trust of humans who intrust humans that trust technology.
"Carol Dweck theorizes that parent's well- intentioned praise contributes to the formation of unproductive fixed mindset thoughts. http://www.salon.com/2015/08/16/the_education_fad_thats_hurting_our_kids_what_you_need_to_know_about_growth_mindset_theory_and_the_harmful_lessons_it_imparts/ "Alfie Khon argues. "All we have to do is get kids to adopt the right attitude, to think optimistically about their ability to handle whatever they've been given to do". Even if, quite frankly, it's not worth doing. I definitely agree with Alfie Kohn you have to achieve. I also feel there is nothing wrong with praising your child for doing well I think it helps encourage them to keep working hard. How is that being unproductive. Dr. Carol Dweck coined the terms fixed mindset and growth mindset to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and intelligence. Growth mindset has more of an impact on me now than my young adult and teenages years. I’m learning to understand and appreciate on how criticism has help me to grow and become a better thinker. I believe that I was given a second chance to grow and learn from my actions.
Before I became an adult, when I was a teenager I was surrounded by a fixed mindset culture. I knew that I was intelligent I just didn't always show it in my work. I wanted to be cute was part of intelligence at the time. I also thought being the class clown was part of being smart. You had to know how to make people laugh everybody can’t do that, but I was intelligent too. I did at times have a growth mindset. At times I would be interested in a topic that one of my teachers were talking about and the more interested it became the more I wanted to learn about it. Now, granted I didn't like constructive criticism then because I always had the attitude I know everything or if I didn't I’ll just get it from somebody I know knows the work. When often times I didn’t do good in school I would either get paddled or put on punishment until I pulled my grades up. I didn’t understand the reason behind being put on punishment for not having F on your report cards. No one never really stop to think was I really understanding the curriculum that was being taught. I was on a fixed mindset at that time because I really didn’t understand what was being taught so I just didn’t learn it. “Dweck believes too many students are hobbled by the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait. She says kids with what she calls “fixed mindsets” stop trying when confronted with challenge because they’ve convinced themselves that they’re not good at math or writing or whatever the subject is”. “She argues that adults can instead, help foster a “growth mindset”- the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work. I don’t think that it’s wrong to tell your they are smart. I look at that as being encouragement to keep pushing and work hard. What I don’t like is when your parents see that you're struggling with a subject and upset with you when your trying really hard, but you're just not grasping the concepts of what your learning. My parents had me tutor at Sylvan Learning Center when I was in highschool I guess they thought that would change my fixed mindset to a growth mindset, but it didn’t. Instead it work my nerves and caused me to have a attitude. It’s not that I didn’t want to learn I just made up in my mind what I wanted to learn. It hurted me in the long run because now I’m struggling more today as a college student and have to work extra harder to achieve. I’m at a part of my life now where as though fixed mindset can’t even be in my vocabulary. I ready for “growth mindset”. I’m eager to learn. I’m striving for greatness. My children are a reflection of me. So, when you see me at the age 37 with a backpack on my back walking through the halls of DCCC that’s a women with a growth mindset. I want to learn how to adapt more with the academic environment. I want growth mindset to be able to define me as a women, mother, as well as a college student. I never knew that learning was so important as much as I do now. I have a lot of friends that are on fixed mindset. Maybe, if they continue to see me grow they will change their mindset. I feel some people are so use to being let down and look at as a failures that they’ve gotten comfortable of the fact they can’t do no better than what their doing, so they stay at that fixed mindset. Again, you can change a fix to a growth if you work hard and stay focus. This work has value for me (Relevance/Purpose), because it gives me a opportunity to start my life in a new direction. It gives me a purpose to want more out of life then I did five years ago. Being at DCCC has started to help me create a better mindset for me when it comes to learning. I’m reading more. I’m able to ask questions without being afraid of being wrong. I’m opening up to listening more with a close mouth. I gotten a lot better with completing my homework assignments by making them more relevant to my life and not just letting them pass by or turned in late. My purpose at DCCC is to learn bottom line. I didn’t really give myself a chance in high school. I allowed everything that wasn’t important distract me from what was and that was my education. Now, that I have children I look at education differently. I’m more willing and wanting to learn. Failure is not in my vocabulary success is. So, my purpose in life is to do my very best and not just for me , but my beautiful children. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Noncognitive%20Report.pdf
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