Pay It Forward Reflection

Pay-it-forwardism is an amazing movement, but there are many flaws to the movement. When watching the movie one flaw that I saw in “pay-it-forwardism” is how Trevor brought a homeless man into his home. Trevor provides the homeless man with food, shower, and somewhere to sleep, but Trevor does not know that the homeless man is a drug addict. Bringing a drug addict into his house put himself and his mother life into danger and at serious risk because drug-addicts tend to steal and physically hurt others who have more than them. Luckily the homeless man did not hurt Trevor or his mother, but this is still a major flaw, in ‘pay-it- forwardism”. Trevor was willing to risk his life by bringing a stranger into his home. Trevor idea to bring home

1. When Trevor first presents his “Pay It Forward” plan—as a way to change the world for the better—many dismiss it. What does their rejection say about Trevor’s plan and what does it say about those who dismissed it? :

Ever wondered why we act the way we do and how we become who we are? Well it all dates back to when we were just infants. As we grow older we constantly learn from what we see and feel. As babies, we connect with our caregivers in a way we sense what they sense that can shape us as we develop.

Politically, socially, environmentally or one person at a time, how will you give back to society? Day in and day out many citizens change the world, or they do just the opposite and make the world a worse place than when they woke up. The article I chose to review is, “Community Service” written by Robert Coles. The article tells a story of college students who make a difference in the world through peer tutoring, an act of community service, and have such an impact that they act as role models for Coles and he begins to do the same. Briefly in the beginning of the article, Coles states that, “students are likely to express their lofty political and social impulses and practical desires to change the world through community service, even if in limited or modest ways.”(Robert Coles, pg.93) We must make an ultimate decision about the world we live in, will we choose to make a difference in the lives of fellow citizens or discriminate and punish not only them but ourselves by not sharing the knowledge we have been taught.

I wasn’t aware of the importance of doing good for others, until recently that I witnessed it with my own eyes. It all started when was at Chicago, a random man helped out a homeless man and bought him some food. I noticed as I was in line that the cashier then gave the helping man a free choice to pick something he wanted due to the action he did. After that day I began to make an attempt at helping out more and being a better person in general.

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Influence is powerful in determining one’s future. Actions behaviors and opinions are all connected to impact of others and the way they shape our views on the world as well as ourselves. Self-Image is dependent on the acceptance of others, thus always changing since one’s morals and ethics do not stay the same as time goes on. Influence of others play a role on how one tends to view themselves and people around them, by either being forced to conform to a country’s lifestyle, completing constant tasks to keep up with society’s demands, or being able to be content with oneself rather than being blinded of the onslaught of constant expectations.

Pay it Forward is a movie that deals with many controversial topics such as addiction and poverty in a way that explains how we are able to help solve them. The movie starts out with Eugene Simonet assigning his junior high history class an extra credit opportunity. For the extra credit assignment, they must come up with a way to change the world and to put it into action. Most of the children don’t take the assignment seriously, believing that it is impossible. However, Trevor McKinney takes it upon himself to change the world with a plan he calls “Pay It Forward”. His plan goes on to help many people in the United States, including Jerry, a homeless man whom he helps get off drugs, his mother, Arlene, who is an alcoholic, and Mr. Simonet who has issues with his past. Long after the assignment, Trevor believes that his plan for “Pay It Forward” has failed because he could not get enough people to participate. However, a news reporter from Los Angeles tracks the movement to Trevor, who is in Las Vegas.

Trevor has changed the world in this book with just simple acts, and it's clear just how powerful one person, no matter the age, can be. That is how the Pay it forward book and it's movement really are, along with how someone can make it happen. Trevor has shown the power of one, how he has affected a whole generation of people, and how he stands against the society of me me me. The question now is how can someone in the generation change it in real life, rather than just a

It may not seem like one is making a big difference, but even the smallest acts of kindness can brighten someone’s day. In Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge how Fezziwig, Scrooge’s old employer, was so kind to his employees. To this act of kindness Scrooge states,”The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.” When Scrooge sees how generous his employer was and what a positive impact he made on others by being generous and giving, it leads Scrooge to change his ways and become a nicer person that has a beneficial impact on others. As Morrie said in the article,“Tuesdays With Morrie: The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money”, “Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” Moreover, caring for others and spreading kindness not only to oneself but also others, whether it be by donating to charity or just plainly going around and doing a good deed for others, is the key to happiness. No matter what it may be, even the smallest movement of giving can make a big difference in someone’s life. Just by putting a smile on someone’s face, a positive impact on the world has been made. Devoting yourself to something and being a better person will help bring accomplishment and joy to life and make a long lasting impact on those around you. This act of being kind and generous to others will have an everlasting positive impact on not only the receiver, but also the

Most people believe that one person cannot make a difference, stories like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut shows that one person can make a difference. As the actions of one person can influence everyone around them. Every day here on Earth there is always going to be someone making a difference by themselves.

The concept of “paying it forward” has been popularized in the news and social media. For one waitress, paying it forward has turned her entire life around. These two people experienced an unlikely chain of events that would change their lives forever.

In the book Pay it Forward, Trevor changed the world for the better, to be a happy, caring, thoughtful world. Trevor showed the power of on more than anyone else for many reasons but mostly because of the reasons above, he changed people's lives, cared about people and stood up against society. After reading this book it makes you wonder what the world would be like if people actively payed it forward and maybe just by doing a few random acts of kindness yourself, you could contribute to the change of the

Summary: Pay It Forward, written by Catherine Hyde, is about a boy named Trevor who was tasked by his teacher create a plan that would better the world. Trevor then devised the “Pay It Forward” program, a branching system of good deeds under the notion that instead of paying back a favor, a person would instead do favors of high importance for three other people. Although his first favor attempt with a homeless man appeared to have failed, Trevor’s second favor for his teacher began a chain of events that lead to the sparing of one’s man life. Soon Trevor’s idea become a national event that promotes altruistic acts, even resulting with his first act of kindness to pay his favor forward. Trevor’s last favor, though having unforeseen sequences,

During a few of our classes we have learned about globalization, and a little bit more about the world we are currently in. This lesson entirely introduced me to the new problems that we are faced with today in current society. This lesson has impacted me a lot. I also learned how much donations and little actions can benefit everyone in every way. When we were putting away jackets I thought a while after about all the people who’d have something to wear this winter. The part was that they didn’t have to donate at all, but people continued to do so. It was the same with the food hamper, although we did not get many donations this year, people still had the thought to bring things in. No one was obligated to bring anything in at all, but merely encouraged. These small actions are going to be able to make others lives better.