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In the movie "Dangerous Minds," Michelle Pfeiffer teaches her students that they always have a choice; they can choose to succeed or fail, choose to live or choose to die. In the film "The Shawshank Redemption," Tim Robbins tells Morgan Freeman at Shawshank Prison about his dream to give charter cruises off the Pacific Coast once he gets released from prison, having served two consecutive life sentences for murder. Freeman's character cautions him to not dream so much, yet Robbins' response is "You either get busy livin,' or you get busy dyin.'" Even in prison, a person has a choice. Choose one of the following topics and conduct research as it relates to at least one of the entries from <i>The FWD</i> and explain how making choices and decision making skills relate to one's ability to change. What abilities, personality traits, etc. improve one's ability to make the right choice and what abilities, personality traits, etc. detract from one's ability to make the right decision and change one's life? <b>Topics:</b> Alcoholism/Alcoholics Anonymous Drug Rehabilitation Centers (e.g., Betty Ford Clinic) PINS Battered Women's Shelters Outward Bound The Self-Help Phenomenon

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