https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp Jackie Robinson & My Father en-us 2018-03-07 00:05:38 UTC 2025-10-09 14:18:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png achell63 https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948121 Do you have what it takes to be a great leader?

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"Effective leaders believe that individuals, organizations, and even nations possess undiscovered talents and resources."]]> 2018-03-07 00:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948121 achell63 https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948201 Great (or effective, depending on which hook you use) leaders are courageous and inspirational like Jackie Robinson and my father, Michael.]]> 2018-03-07 00:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948201 achell63 https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948256 First, Jackie Robinson was courageous and inspirational because he chose to combat racism.  Second, my father was courageous and inspirational because he chose to do everything he could to take care of his family.]]> 2018-03-07 00:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948256 achell63 https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948330 Therefore, even though Jackie Robinson and my father lived different lives, they are both courageous and inspirational leaders.]]> 2018-03-07 00:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238948330 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238961698 For example, Jackie was an African American man, born in 1919. He was an athlete for the University of California, and according to a biographical source, "In 1947, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers."]]> 2018-03-07 01:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238961698 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238965935 Although Jackie Robinson and my father are both courageous and inspirational leaders, they led contrasting lives and made different choices.]]> 2018-03-07 01:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238965935 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238972056 This evidence shows that Jackie  was a very talented athlete and baseball player. It also shows that he chose to overcome racism because African Americans were segregated from whites in sports, during the time he decided to join the _Dodgers' team.]]> 2018-03-07 02:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238972056 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238973378 On the other hand, my father is a white man, born in 1963. Also, he did not go to college and was not a famous baseball player. He worked long hours in New York City to support his family so that my mother could stay at home.]]> 2018-03-07 02:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238973378 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238973548 In other words, my father chose to sacrifice hours of his life to make sure his children always had a parent at home to take care of them. This also shows that my father chose to work hard in order to make money to provide his family with a house, food, clothing, and other basic needs.]]> 2018-03-07 02:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238973548 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238974064 2018-03-07 02:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238974064 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238974086 In order to accomplish this, he had to demonstrate a tremendous amount of courage by choosing to be silent. For example, In "The Noble Experiment," he says, "Could I turn the other cheek? I didn't know how I would do it. Yet I knew that I must." ]]> 2018-03-07 02:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238974086 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238974206 This evidence shows that Jackie chose not to retaliate against the racism he would experience on the baseball field. This is also courageous because it takes guts not to yell back when someone attacks your identity.]]> 2018-03-07 02:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/238974206 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243965138 As a whole, . . .]]> 2018-03-20 12:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243965138 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243965324

]]> 2018-03-20 12:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243965324 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243965942 However, my father showed courage by...]]> 2018-03-20 12:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243965942 achell https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243966307 This evidence supports the idea that...]]> 2018-03-20 12:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/achell/wpta1ew918zp/wish/243966307