Trevor Mckinney's Pay It Forward: Movement
Pay It Forward
“Pay It Forward” is a movement started by a 7th grader named Trevor McKinney. This idea of him was formed in his Social Studies class when his teacher, Mr. Simonet gave an assignment- think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying favour not back, but forward. This means repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. His initial recipients are a drug addict, his badly scarred teacher, and a classmate who is constantly bullied at school. Trevor grew up in a broken family. He is troubled by his mother’s alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father. This has led him to this brilliant idea of his, paying forward the good deeds received to other people. What he thought had turned out to be a failure, was actually affecting the lives of a number of people unknown to him. Once he had started to help three people, these persons started spreading good deeds to three more persons. …show more content…
The movement had truly touched numerous lives including a Los Angeles journalist, Chris Chandler.
Curious and eager to know about it, he travelled all the way from L.A. to Las Vegas just to connect every detail he had acquired from those affected by the movement. When he had finally reached the person responsible for all these events, he was quite shocked to know that it was an idea of a 7th grader. With all due respect, he interviewed Trevor, asked him all about this “pay it forward” project. Once everything had been cleared, a sudden turn of events occurred. When Trevor was about to leave the school grounds, he managed to save the life of a bullied classmate. Unfortunately, he was not able to safe his own. Thousands had mourned for the death of a
hero.
After watching the movie, it occurred to me that, there is actually a way to change the world. Usually, once asked with the question, all I can think of was be a good citizen myself or keep the surroundings clean. It was challenging to know that a 7th grader had thought of something much better, given that I am a lot older than him and yet I was not able to think of such. “People make mistakes”. This was what Trevor had told his mom. At first, he thought his idea was a failure, but he was only human. He makes mistakes too. His assumption was undoubtedly wrong because his social studies project had led to social changes that spread from city-to-city. This proves that a child can actually change the world and make it a better place, or what he has termed it, “not a big shit hole”.
“Pay It Forward” is a movement started by a 7th grader named Trevor McKinney. This idea of him was formed in his Social Studies class when his teacher, Mr. Simonet gave an assignment- think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying favour not back, but forward. This means repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. His initial recipients are a drug addict, his badly scarred teacher, and a classmate who is constantly bullied at school. Trevor grew up in a broken family. He is troubled by his mother’s alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father. This has led him to this brilliant idea of his, paying forward the good deeds received to other people. What he thought had turned out to be a failure, was actually affecting the lives of a number of people unknown to him. Once he had started to help three people, these persons started spreading good deeds to three more persons. …show more content…
The movement had truly touched numerous lives including a Los Angeles journalist, Chris Chandler.
Curious and eager to know about it, he travelled all the way from L.A. to Las Vegas just to connect every detail he had acquired from those affected by the movement. When he had finally reached the person responsible for all these events, he was quite shocked to know that it was an idea of a 7th grader. With all due respect, he interviewed Trevor, asked him all about this “pay it forward” project. Once everything had been cleared, a sudden turn of events occurred. When Trevor was about to leave the school grounds, he managed to save the life of a bullied classmate. Unfortunately, he was not able to safe his own. Thousands had mourned for the death of a
hero.
After watching the movie, it occurred to me that, there is actually a way to change the world. Usually, once asked with the question, all I can think of was be a good citizen myself or keep the surroundings clean. It was challenging to know that a 7th grader had thought of something much better, given that I am a lot older than him and yet I was not able to think of such. “People make mistakes”. This was what Trevor had told his mom. At first, he thought his idea was a failure, but he was only human. He makes mistakes too. His assumption was undoubtedly wrong because his social studies project had led to social changes that spread from city-to-city. This proves that a child can actually change the world and make it a better place, or what he has termed it, “not a big shit hole”.