Characteristics For Life By: Ally Black
Dec 24, 2015
Characteristics For Life
By: Ally Black
Attitude-Approaching everyday with enthusiasm, confidence and a positive outlook
Mattie Stepanek
• Mattie Stepanek• Has a illness
called dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy
Cinderella Man • Cinderella Man• Family stayed strong
even through hardships
Perseverance-refusing to give up in the face of adversity no matter how difficult the task
Booker T. Washington • He was a slave until he
was 9 years old • Then he taught an all
black school• Then he was
recommended to be the principal at Tuskegee University
Rudy • He wanted to play
football at Notre Dame• He was small• He didn’t have good
grades• But he got in and he
played for Notre Dame Football
Empathy-trying to understand another person’s experience; to put yourself in their shoes
Helen Keller • She was normal till she
was 18 months old• She had a fever and
that took away he eyesight and hearing
and her speech
The Blind Side • He was homeless • His mother is on drugs
Responsibility- keeping promises, making obligations, and being accounted for your actions
Cal Ripken JR.• He was the first player
no to miss a game over a time span of 16 years
• Him and his brother were the first brothers to play on the same team in the majors and be coached by
their dad
The Pursuit of Happyness
• He doesn’t get enough money to pay the bills
• His wife leaves him
Tolerance- understand and embrace people from different backgrounds
Arthur Ashe • He was a little colored
kid and was sad he couldn’t play tennis against the white men that were usually the best.
Remember the Titans • The school gets a new
colored coach • The players wont play
for him• So he keeps the old
coach on staff