Michael Jordan

In this video Michael Jordan talks about his failures. He states the number of shots he missed, and he talks about all the times he was chosen to take the game-winning shot and missed. I think this commercial takes place as Michael is walking out after a game, and it seems like he just lost. The setting allows the viewers to see that everyone, even Michael Jordan, goes through low points in life.

The whole point of this video is to show that everyone has failures in their life. And the way you become successful has to do with how you deal with those failures. Do you keep trying like Michael Jordan? Or do you give up every time something doesn't go your way? Michael may have missed many shots and lost games, but if would have given up those failures, then he wouldn't be the legend we know today.

Marita's Bagain

Marita is a young girl from the Bronx who was lucky enough to be chosen to attend KIPP Academy. KIPP Academy is a school created for under-privileged children in order to give them a chance at a great education. This school is known for turning normal kids into great math students, and a lot of them go on to some very elite colleges and universities. However, this success doesn't come without a cost. These young students (around 12 years old in Marita's case) have to be in school from 7:25AM to 5:00PM, and if they choose to do extracurricular activities, they could be at school until 7:00PM. Marita gets home from school and usually will do homework for 3 or 4 hours, working up until 9:00 or 10:00PM.

So it's obvious that Marita did make a bargain. She gave up her old friends, her old school, and her whole life in exchange for a rigorous schedule that will give her a chance to get into a good college and eventually have a great career.

The Ideal Student

When I think of the ideal student, I think of someone who is smart, but doesn't completely rely on their abilities. I think of someone who may get frustrated from time to time, but won't stop working until they understand the concept or figure out the problem. Many people quit when the information gets a little too difficult to grasp, or ask others for the answer as soon as they realize they got the wrong one. If this situation arose for the ideal student, they would not stop after a few minutes of contemplating the problem, or after one wrong answer. The ideal student would think about this problem for a significant amount of time, get many different answers, and would only stop when they knew they did everything possible in order to find a solution.