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    Pay It ForwardPay 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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    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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    the movie Pay it Forward there are many key points that can be touched on. In my eyes the movie was truly inspiring and it shows many examples of how one person can really change society for the better good no matter what their age. The whole concept of pay it forward is quit astonishing‚ it starts with one person trying to find 3 people in need. When you find one person you need a good unannounced deed that changes their lives for the good and when they ask why you did you just say pay to them just

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    PAY IT FORWARD 2 QUESTIONS PER PAGE ASSIGNMENT Questions: 11. Is it possible for one person to change the world? Why or why not? I think it is possible for someone to change the world‚ but not alone. In the film that we watched “Pay it Forward” Trevor changed the world‚ with his pay it forward idea. I also know that Hitler changed the world‚ obviously not the type of “world changing” you would think of but he did change the world. But they both did not do it alone‚ Hitler had people helping him

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    CD-12 Lei Zhang Pay it Forward I am greatly touched by what the movie shows to me and I also feel so sad for the boy’s pass away at the end. The teacher in this movie not only assign a homework for the students‚ but also give a chance to the students to think about who they are‚ how they indentify themselves and what they can do for the whole society. The teacher is an instructor and he instructs his students to begin

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    Pay It Forward University of Phoenix PSY/490 August 27‚ 2012 Radha Shankar Pay It Forward The ability to give of one’s self is within every individual; it is an endless waterfall of giving and receiving. When an individual does something nice or caring for another‚ the individual receiving the kindness generally feels the need to give back; it moves recipients to share and increase the act of kindness they have received. Unfortunately‚ in some instances‚ an act of kindness can turn

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    HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY LAUS DEO SEMPER OUR ENCOUNTER WITH A TOURGUIDE I. Profile of the tour guide………………………………………………1 II. The tour guide’s viewpoints…..………3 III. The tour guide’s personality…………………………5 IV. The tour guide’s role………………..8 V. The tour guide as our example………………….9 VI. The guiding moments of a tour guide………………………10 VII. Aspiring tour guides page……………..12 I. PROFILE OF THE TOUR GUIDE NAME | Estrella/ Jonathan

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