Pay It Forward Debra Ball Psy/490 July 22‚ 2013 Stephanie Towns Pay It Forward An act of kindness can develop values for both the person receiving the aid and the person offering the support as well as community development. In this summary key points are discussed on altruism. The summary stems from an act of kindness‚ which was conducted by the author as a student of Capstone Course in Psychology/Psy 490. I presented money to a person who needed money for his or her
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Imagine a world where people would do big favors for people they didn’t even know. Catherine Ryan Hyde created this world in her novel Pay It Forward. The story is about a boy‚ Trevor‚ who decides to start a movement called “Pay It Forward” after being assigned to change the world as an extra-credit assignment in his social studies class. Trevor ends up creating a worldwide movement of people helping each other‚ and he dies because of the cause. Trevor shows the power of one because he helps a homeless
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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
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chose to write about was called "Pay It Forward". The movie was based on the concept of "The Simplest Idea Can Make the Biggest Difference". This is achieved by doing good things for other people with three steps. The first is‚ it has to be something that really helps people. The second is it has to be something they can not do by themselves. Third is if "I" do it for them‚ they do it for three other people. This is supposed help others by paying a good deed forward‚ without expecting anything in return
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PAY IT FORWARD What do you do when someone does you a favor? Instead of paying him back‚ Trevor McKinney tells you to pay it forward. Pay It Forward is about a 7th grader Trevor McKinney‚ the son of an alcoholic and single mother Arlene. Mr. Simonet is Trevor’s unconventional Social Studies teacher who gives his class an unexpected assignment at their first meeting. "Think of an idea to change the world and put it into action." Simonet wants his pupils not only to know current events but also
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Pay it forward Movie Review Lisa Holmes Life Span Psycology2012 Pay It Forward (2000) Kevin Spacey (Actor)‚ Haley Joel Osment (Actor)‚ Mimi Leder (Director) | Rated: PG-13 | Format: DVD This movie is great for several reasons. It is inspiring‚ entertaining and offers hope for mankind. The idea is to help three people in need and when they ask you what do you want in return‚ all you have to do is tell them that they will not want to do it. Of course‚ this is reverse psychology
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TITLE: “Pay It Forward” will have you giving money to those in need Trevor introducing his revolutionary idea to his classmates My class and I walked into the classroom and soon realized we would be watching a movie today. Since the teacher was suggesting it‚ most of expected the movie to be a cheesy drama that would teach us “an important life lesson”. The stuff that most teachers would have never been able to explain to us herself. After the initial round of eye-rolls‚ most of us were staring
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could not do on your own‚ and instead of paying it back‚ you paid it forward to three people. Imagine the next day‚ they each paid it forward to three more people. And imagine the day after‚ those 27 people each paid it forward to another three people. Then each day afterwards‚ everyone in turn paid it forward to three more people; in two weeks that comes to 4‚782‚969 people. This is the idea that gives the movie Pay It Forward such persuasive appeal. The specific persuasive purpose is to get people
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In the movie Pay It Forward‚ there are many great examples of good morals that we could and should use every day in our lives. More specifically‚ there are multiple themes of Catholic Social teaching displayed throughout the film. Though all of these are significant‚ the most prominent theme can be said to be the Call to Family‚ Community and Participation. When Mr. Simonet presents the class with a vague and open ended assignment of making the world a better place‚ Trevor‚ an attentive and inspired
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Pay It Forward ReNona Chinwendu PSY490 June 10‚ 2015 Dr. Bobby Moodley Pay It Forward The act of kindness this student performed was one she does often and without a second thought. Whenever she sees an elderly person in a grocery store that appears to be looking for something or cannot reach an item she assists in any capacity she can. Her father taught this to her as the golden rule‚ and it is a part of her personality makeup. Her actions could be considered altruism that is selfishness in reverse
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