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These thoughts were taken from
the PAX TV forum. (Originally posted in 2002.)
If you want to change anything on your own posts or add new thoughts,
e-mail me here: misshoney_bee@hotmail.com
Philanthropy was one
of my "top" favorites.
What do you think were Nick's motivating reasons to learn how to read?
"Pretty Kitty."
Why was the topic Philanthropy such a good assignment for the kids given
by Franz?
Why was the Franz's choice of Nick & Dan the best Philanthropy
selection of all?
What was your favorite scene?
I loved the ending; seeing Jo's joy on her face, seeing that Penny
survived. I think it's actually when Nick & Jo truly bonded. It was
wonderful to see her enthusiasm, by throwing her arms around Nick. Plus,
Franz & the kids looking on.
~Margot~
"Philanthropy"
is one of my "top" favorites, too! My favorite scene is
probably when Nick is learning to read (the "Pretty Kitty"
incident). =) I'm not sure what Nick's motivations were for learning to
read....He probably thought Jo would think more highly of him, at least
that was his initial reasoning, I think.
I think the topc of Philanthropy was a good assignment because sometimes
the kids were not the most considerate or generous towards each other.
Nick and Dan were the most truly generous by taking time to help Jo's
horse, Penny, without telling anyone to try to get rewards. They cared
about Jo and wanted to keep her from knowing because she might get her
hopes up and then the horse might die. (I don't think they should have
lied about it, even though they were trying to be kind.)
I liked the ending, too. It was a special episode for me because I love
reading, and so all the talk of books and reading was neat. There were
also a couple of funny scenes when the kids were trying to be nice so
they could win the contest.
- Melissa (aka: Honey Bee)
the pretty kitty
incident was so funny !!!!!!!!
I think Nick wanted to learn how to read for Jo in the first place but
then I think what he told to Dan about that, about his being able to
read the medicine books and all, sounded good, and true.
I liked the scene when Dan's trying to show Nick it's hard and not
really important to learn how to read because for me it was showing him
how Nick was important for him, that he needn't change, that he didn't
care about his ability to read as long as Nick cared for them.And of
course the ending.
- jo scully
Very good thoughts, Honey & Jo!!! Thank you!
~Margot~
Hi you all,
WOw, have I ever been out of it!! I think this is the first time I've
checked the forum in about a week. I'm hoping to have time to catch up
on the posts after this week. I have my track regional on Thursday, and
then i'm done with track this year, and I also have my A.P. Psychology
test on thursday, so I just have to make it until that day and then all
will be right witht he world. LOL
and just b/c I'm in a lazy mood right now, rather than answering
Margot's excellent Philanthropy questions, I decided to copy and past my
post that I left on the forum on Jan. 9, 1999 at 11:34:10 AM. See, I can
find stuff in my archives, occasionaly ;-)
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First of all, I can't agree more with what Nick said about Jo always
wanting to prove that she's right. Jo seems like the type of person who
needs to be very strong for everybody and hates to be wrong. I thought
that she was very unfair to Nick in the process. Did she think that she
could get him to read by accusing him of giving up? If he hadn't done
the lessons later on when he said he would, then it's time to make that
accusation. She tried to prove that he was wrong. Did it get her
anywhere?
I also thought that this was not just for Nick, but also for herself.
She wanted to see Nick learn how to read. I believe that she put herself
on a higher level than him due to the fact that he wasn't educated. She
wanted to see him brought up to that higher level of being educated.
Secondly, I also gave the "other kind Dan" a lot of credit in
episode. He was helping Jo out. He missed school for her. I put my
education very high on my priority list. However, I believe that in this
case it was worth it to miss school. Would Nick have been able to read
the doctor's text on how to drain the lungs if Dan wasn't with him. Dan
had saved her horse's life, and all she could do was yell at him for
missing school. I can only imagine how tempting it would have been to
tell her off, but he didn't. Also, although the "other kind
Dan" missed school, he was the only one who actually completed the
given assignment.
The same is true of Nick. He did tell her off, but wouldn't you have
just wanted to slit her throat and say that you don't have time because
you're caring for her horse that she's had such an emotional attachment
to since she was 12. This is just the thinking of my 14 year old self. I
will maybe mature from this wanting to tell people off when I'm doing
something for them and they get upset with me, but this is how I feel
now.
Last, I'm very glad that I did not have to do that assignment.
Personally, when I do something to help someone out, I do not like to go
and tell the whole world about it. At my school, we do something called
"Cadillac lunch with Dr. Rad." Dr. Rad(wanski) is our
principal, and he is really into old fashioned cars. We have a program
where if you do something to help someone out, you can fill out a form
explaining your action, and then your name may be selected to go out to
lunch with Dr. Rad in his 1959 Cadillac. I know that I would be eligible
for this, but I'd just feel very uncomfortable "bragging"
about what I did. Some would argue you're getting the credit you
deserve, but I don't want credit! The self-satisfaction that I get is
all that I need. The Plumfield school kids were being asked to do this
very thing that I hate to do.
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I noticed that my writing style has changed a lot since I wrote this, or
at least I hope it has!! I don't know what i was calling Dan the other
kind Dan in that post.
TTYL,
Dan
Hiya Dan!
I have an "Our Acts of Kindness" bulletin board in my
classroom. I tell my third graders they can write up a post-it note to
stick there if they (1) do an act of kindness, (2) receive an act of
kindness from someone else, or (3) witness an act of kindness.
Here is my observation after doing this for several years: The meanest
class I ever had wrote up the most acts of kindness - they wrote up
anything they could remotely consider. The best (and kindest) class
wrote up the fewest - they were kind by nature and did not bother to
write up many of the kind things they did.
Like you, Dan!
Hey Dan,
Good job on your contribution to
"Philanthropy" as usual.
~Margot~ |
