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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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    Chris Wiesinger 12-2-13 Pay It Forward Paper Dear Future EDU-100 Student‚ I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that this class is going to be a waste of time‚ I know this because I was an EDU-100 student last semester. I also thought that it was a waste of time but the class has actually showed me some great habits for studying and managing time that I will use for the rest of my life. I am an eighteen year old who works at Menards and also has to find time with my friends

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    Pay It Forward -A Movie Reflection Professor Eugene Simonet placed a big challenge on his Social Studies students: Think of an idea to change our world-and put it into action. Majority of the students responded negatively to the challenge‚ finding it weird and hard‚ except Trevor McKinney. He had a very permeable mind and he was ready to listen to anyone. With a longing for someone to guide him‚ a father-like figure‚ he responded to his professor’s challenge with positivity and eagerness

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    Pay It Forward (film) Pay It Forward is a 2000 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It was directed byMimi Leder and written by Leslie Dixon. It stars Haley Joel Osment as a boy who launches a good-will movement‚ Helen Hunt as his single mother‚ and Kevin Spacey as his social-studies teacher. Plot When eleven and a half year old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) begins seventh grade in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin

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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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    Introduction For this book report I chose to read the novel "Pay It Forward" by Catherine Ryan Hyde. I have heard a lot about this book after it first came out‚ and when the movie that was based upon this back came out I decided to read it. The book is fictional‚ however it deals with the grim every day reality of the current North American life. The story happens in a typical rural American town‚ at our time. The main characters are: Trevor‚ a young boy‚ his mother Arlene and his handicap teacher

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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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    students to "backflip" the world into something better. He does not expect much -- maybe a clean-up of some graffiti. But Trevor decides to do three important favors for people who need them. Then‚ instead of allowing them to pay it back‚ he will ask each of them to "pay it forward‚" doing three favors for other people‚ and asking them to do the same. One of Trevor’s favors is to bring his mom Arlene and Eugene together‚ though it turns out that it is not just to make them happier. Arlene and Eugene

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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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