Self Confidence In The Film Front Of The Class

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Self confidence, or lack of it, takes role in everybody’s life daily. When you have a disability, such as tourettes, it is very important to have self confidence to be able to overcome everybody’s thoughts and/or reactions. The ways self confidence is shown by Brad Cohen, the way it fits into my life, and its relevance in any disabled lives are all important to take mind to. In the movie Front of the Class, the main character, Brad Cohen, has tourettes, which causes him to have spurs of noises and twitches. Akin to a sneeze, you are not able to help these actions and have to live with them all throughout your life. Brad showed that he has much confidence in himself by going to over twenty interviews to be a teacher. Obviously, it would be very hard to be rejected that many times, and it would make you feel like you’re doing something wrong. But Brad pushed through despite the amount of times he was turned down. Also, he shows self confidence by being upfront about his tourettes syndrome. Instead of leaving people with unanswered question, he had people ask all question initially and explain. Although he may not have a “normal” life, he tries his hardest to live one. As Brad grew up, he was very embarrassed by his disability, for people were not educated enough about tourettes to understand. However while growing up, Brad gained …show more content…

Good examples of me being confident, is I am not afraid to share my opinion, and, if asked, I will openly talk about my accomplishments. Throughout obstacles, confidence in myself kept my head held up because I was able to think about all the good things I have done. Also, it’s good to know that I will always have myself through anything that goes on in life. Yet despite saying that, a goal for myself is to be able to understand myself more clear. When your best friend is yourself, I feel like life would be a lot easier, so I would like to live like

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