Top 8 Underdogs by Ashonte' Burchett-Welch https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd Made by: HEC Students en-us 2018-03-05 19:59:51 UTC 2024-05-19 06:47:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 5. Eminem name1d1 https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238331458 Eminem was just a kid living in a rough area of Detroit “8 mile” he moved from house to house on Welfare and had many broken homes. He was a shy kid, and he was in and out of tough schools and was bullied. He lived with his mom in a small trailer had a small job. He had a dream of escaping that life. Many people underestimated him because he was a white rapper. They would tell him you don't belong and you won't succeed.  
He started competing in 1 on 1 rap battles underground.  He had a street-smart talk and used that to find his voice. He knew what he had and he wanted to show the people that doubted him what he was capable of. Eminem knew what he had and used that against people. He was a fast thinker and used his clever rhythms and comebacks to win the “rap battle”. He used everything that people would say about him and turn it back on them. Eminem is now a well known American rapper that makes his own music. He is a good role model to some because of his backstory and the way he came up. He makes really good music and his music is also well known. He sold 80 million albums worldwide.   https://www.ticketmaster.com/Eminem-tickets/artist/722998


]]> 2018-03-05 20:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238331458 krfla59 https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238331779 2018-03-05 20:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238331779 2. Frida Kahlo anvad87 https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238332318 Frida wasn't supposed to win in the art industry. That is because when she was seventeen she got hit by a bus and barely survived the accident. Do to that she got paralyzed. The only thing she wanted to do the most was to be an artist. Her parents and other people had thought she wasn’t going to be able to be an artist anymore. They were pretty sure that she was going to have to retire being an artist early.
What was her strategy that she used to win? Frida was a genius. She overcame that she wasn't able to stand and do art. That did not stop her from being successful. They had a whole set up so she was able to draw whenever she wanted. She was able to win by making up her own idea and even promised a specific number of pieces of art before she died. If you think about it she had a growth mindset. After all of those things, she was able to succeed in being an artist.
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]]> 2018-03-05 20:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238332318 3. Michael Oher brga565 https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238333246 The reason why Michael Oher was an underdog is that he had very hard time in school. He repeated the 1st and 2nd-grade multiple times. He would struggle with school work and reading. He would get D’s or lower. Besides having difficulties at school he also had difficulties at home. His parents were never really around for him. His dad got murdered and his mother would take drugs. He had to raise himself. And his family did not have a lot of money. From him going through these challenges people saw him not graduating from school or get accepted to a college. He was going to be a dropout. Also, that the was just going to be with his “friends” since he was alone and had no place to actually live since he lived in a broken down home. The neighborhood that he lived in was not a good one.

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy have noticed Michael sleeping on the gym bleachers. Later at night they saw him walking and decided to welcome him into their home. Eventually, the Tuohy’s became his legal guardians. Tuohy’s helped him with his education. He got tutoring and he joined the football team. He started to do well in school and he was really great at football. He then began getting a lot of scholarships to many different colleges. He chose a college, “University of Mississippi” and he became an NFL football player.
https://www.biography.com/people/michael-oher-547478  ]]> 2018-03-05 20:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/238333246 1. Gandhi asbu98a https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/239355703 Gandhi stood up against the British Empire in a pacifist way. He did not like the way Indians were being treated by the British. Gandhi was a pacifist and more or less avoided hand to hand conflict. All of his protests were peaceful and eventually, he was able to “defeat” the British Empire. His life was filled with many struggles and he was constantly put in jail for what he believed in and most of his protest were “hunger strikes” where he starved for an extended time. During Gandhi’s time, he gained many supporters and he was known as “Mahatma” to all of them. He launched a Passive campaign and turned it into a massive organization that boycotted many British manufacturers. Gandhi gave up, imprisoned many times, and he even quit politics before he made an impact. Gandhi was shot to death on January 30, 1948.
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He wouldn't have had stories about him if he had never been saved by Athena (a Greek goddess) who gave him powers and he rose to the top and became popular and had stories told about him.  Now his story is known all around the globe 
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]]> 2018-03-07 19:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/239357670 8. Rocky krfla59 https://padlet.com/asbu98a/r177gym7bvqd/wish/239358057
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/what-is-the-best-sylvester-stallone-movie-of-all-time/news- story/d563daabe3f28411c64dcab24649c210Rocky should not have won that fight because he really wasn't ready to fight someone that was really big compared to him. For example in the fight rocky looked really messed up it proves that he was not prepared physically for that task.

At the end rocky won I think it was out of pure luck but at the same time, it took a lot of strength to knock someone bigger than you down. Yes, he was an underdog but he became that because he believed that he could win despite him being new to the whole fighting a big dude type of thing.

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The 3 friends were supposed to be underdogs because It’s the 3 of them against a guy with an assault rifle and pistol, a bullet would be faster and take more damage. Despite Spencer getting several injuries including having a slashed neck and thumb you would think he would have given up and fell to the ground against the gunman but didn’t.

The 3 friends were able to win against the gunman because 2 of the 3 of them had military training. Which may have given them an advantage and if it wasn't for that many people would have died on the train that day. Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, and Spencer Stone won many awards and honors.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/12/clint-eastwood-casts-real-life-paris-train-heroes-/

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When Ralph Lauren was in the 7th grade he was fascinated with clothes. When he was attending Dewitt Clinton high school he worked at a department stores saving his money to buy clothes. After graduating high school he worked as a salesman and study business at night. After a few months, he quit school and join the army then looked for a job in fashion.
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