A women who showed true leadership : Miss Veronica Corningstone - Channel 4 News

During my Senior year in college at East Carolina University

I was taking a Management class where we had an assignment to write a 2 page paper about a person, real or fictional, who showed true leadership and managerial skills.

I chose Veronica Corningstone of the Channel 4 News Team from the movie Anchorman.

After writing about 3 sentances I asked my friend Casey, "Hmm how the fuck am I going to turn this 3 sentance masterpiece into a 2 page paper."

(Mind you I was drunk while writing this magnificant piece)

This is how my paper went:

"Veronica Corningstone: Channel 4 News Team

In the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, there is one main female character who plays an important role throughout the movie. Her name is Veronica Corningstone. This movie takes place in an era where females were not acceptable to be on the news as an anchor, but Veronica had a very different idea. Her goal in this movie is to become the first successful female anchor for the most popular news team in the country. All her fellow co-workers do not accept her goal that she is striving for and they make fun of her for it, but she does not give up.

One day, the head Anchorman, Ron Burgundy was missing from the studio, due to his dog getting punted off the San Diego bridge by a disgruntled motorcyclist, and the news team was about to go LIVE on the air. Veronica stepped up to the challenge and took it upon herself to fill in for Ron Burgundy and read the news for the Channel 4 News Team. After finishing reading the news, the ratings on the news team had gone up because everybody enjoyed watching her read the news as the first female anchor to be live on the air. By Veronica taking the lead, she inspired many women to step up to the plate and strive to achieve their goals in a world run by the male race. She gave women the confidence to stand up for themselves and become more successful and get the respect they deserve.

I believe Veronica showed leadership and managerial roles in this movie by taking it upon herself to help the team when they were in need, even though it was not what she was comfortable doing. She helped the news team and the female race as a whole by leading the tredn to stand up for what you believe in and not give up on your goals if you truly want them to happen. You stay classy... PLANET EARTH. The End."

I know, you must be thinking, 'how could you turn in such a travesty for a college grade?'

Well, I was drunk and felt this paper was A+ material.

To my complete and utter surprise, when my teacher handed back our papers, I received an 86% on this masterpiece.

Bite me college. This is the way to cheat the system and graduate with a 3.4 GPA.

I win.