This is a movie review about the movie “Hoofmeisie”. In this review, I will critically discuss: Leadership styles and changes, Teambuilding activities and Ethical dilemmas that occur throughout the movie.
HOOFMEISIE is a hilarious and honest family comedy about four primary school girls who, under their dominating mothers, go to extremes to be elected as the head girl of their primary school.
Nadia van Heerden is a loving and motivated orphan with an ambitious dream to become the head girl of her school. Her hard work, however, is sabotaged time and again by the tomboy Hetwieg, the sly Susan and Nadia's best friend, Melissa, all of whom are also competing for the title. The opening scene begins at the award ceremony where in Nadia’s dream, Nadia is selected as Hoofmeisie, this scene starts in harmony, but soon turns out to be a catastrophic when comments are passed down to Nadia and the mothers of the children begin to bicker. When Nadia awakens from her dream, she acknowledges herself as Hoofmeisie, sparking a great dislike from her grandmother who has lost hope because of the constraints that have knocked her down.
Nadia’s passion of becoming Hoofmeisie is soon brought to the fore when she is told that dreams do not come true. The second scene opens with one of Nadia’s strongest competition, Susaan Vivier, a devilish and problematic child whose mother is so obsessed with Susaan becoming Hoofmeisie, that she compiles a devious plan to oust out the competition so that her daughter could have the competitive advantage and become Hoofmeisie. During this scene, Susaan’s mother has compiled a list of wh...
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...see Nadia become head girl and she kept on acknowledging it from the beginning, however because Melissa’s mother wanted the opposite it made it seem as though Melissa was shallow. Melissa is however honest and shows sincerity and integrity in all her actions, however she doesn’t constitute deceptive behaviour.
Imaginative. Make timely and appropriate changes in your thinking, plans, and methods. Show creativity by thinking of new and better goals, ideas, and solutions to problems. This leadership style best describes Susan but in a negative manner because all of her plans are constituted by a sinister mindset. Her solution to a problem is to get rid of it. She is not competent and does not base her actions on morals and basic principles she just wants to win hoofmeisie at whatever cost and with a mother that is willing to help her she might just achieve that goal
I watched the movie Animal House; it gave me an interesting perspective on academic life in the 1960’s. The movie follows two friends Lawrence "Larry" Kroger and Kent Dorfman, as they try to gain acceptance from a fraternity at Faber College in 1962. The movie starts off with Larry and Kent going to a social event at one of the better fraternities on campus the Omegas. The Omegas are the snooty, uptight, rich fraternity. Larry and Kent are not like them and find themselves uncomfortable but try their best to fit in. They are made fun of and they leave disappointed without a bid. They head over the Delta Tau Chi House where Kent’s brother used to be a member making Kent a legacy. There they meet John "Bluto" Blutarsky, who seems to be a little crazy. Delta Tau Chi offers the boys a bid because they need the due money. We next are introduced to the main protagonist Dean Vernon Wormer. The dean dislikes the Delta’s and there party attitude. The Delta house is already on probation so the dean puts them on double secret probation. He enlists the president of t...
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The sequence opens with various shots of the Red Army pioneers marching along the road. We gradually move to the back of the parade until we see Mitia, in disguise, marching with them. However, the camera only stays with him for a brief instant. It tilts down to reveal a young boy who is probably the same age as Nadia, and right after that we cut to a shot of her, at the gate, saluting the pioneers. That single cut reveals the entire essence of Nadia's character. She has one desire: to be a pioneer. She has been raised in a family that cultivates the memory of an idealistic communist regime, in which unity and devotion prevail. Nadia embodies the memories and desires of her people: memories of a past utopia, and desires to keep that utopia alive.
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink is a proverb I have heard since I was young. Leadership is the skill of influencing people to accomplish goals (Huber, 2014). In today’s world with policy and technological changes the leaders must use their leadership skills to not only get the horse to the water, have him drink, but also do it with a smile an invite others to join him. Leaders use a variety of styles to accomplish their goals. I will discuss the leadership style that I utilize most often, how my style relates to leadership theories and the work type environment it is most useful in.
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A leader that retain most of the authority for themselves and make most decision individually. According to, Washington Post Rhee had a bold, confrontational style that turned off many. She use words in her statements ”crappy” and “criminal” to describe the school system and district’s math score. In other words, Rhee leadership style is autocratic leadership.
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