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fandomhigh2018-11-30 03:00 am
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Pay It Forward: Making a Big Difference in Little Ways, Friday, Period 3
"We've been doing a lot of charity work lately," Hera said, "but this class is about helping in all kinds of ways, big and small, and that's not the only way there is to help. Today we'll be doing something smaller."
"Spreading nice thoughts," Kanan said, leaning back against the desk, arms crossed over his chest. "Good feelings. Slip a friendly note in a book in the library where somebody might find it. Put words of encouragement on a public 'fresher mirror with a sticky note. Smile at someone who needs a smile. Say 'hello' to someone who looks like they could use a friendly greeting."
"Never underestimate what just being nice can do," Hera continued. "You could really make someone's day. You could turn them around, and they could turn someone else around. Compliment something about a person. If you've got credits, pay for their coffee. Offer to help carry something. Heck, if you're the artistic type," she knew who she was looking at, "just paint 'YOU ARE GREAT AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU' in large letters on...something someone doesn't mind painted. Or paint it on paper and wrap that around a wall."
Kanan was giving Hera an amused glance. Oh no, she was encouraging that? He was going to have to show her his office door at some point.
Hera had already been warned she was creating - or at least encouraging - a monster, here. She was unrepentant.
"So," Kanan said, looking back at the class, "you're welcome to stick around here for the rest of the class period to brainstorm, or set out into the wild now to get a head start on today's assignment, but what we'd like for you to do is find some way to improve somebody's day. Call it homework. Make a week out of it."
"If you have any really great ideas, please share them, too," Hera said. "Working together is another way to make things better."
[OOC: Open!]
"Spreading nice thoughts," Kanan said, leaning back against the desk, arms crossed over his chest. "Good feelings. Slip a friendly note in a book in the library where somebody might find it. Put words of encouragement on a public 'fresher mirror with a sticky note. Smile at someone who needs a smile. Say 'hello' to someone who looks like they could use a friendly greeting."
"Never underestimate what just being nice can do," Hera continued. "You could really make someone's day. You could turn them around, and they could turn someone else around. Compliment something about a person. If you've got credits, pay for their coffee. Offer to help carry something. Heck, if you're the artistic type," she knew who she was looking at, "just paint 'YOU ARE GREAT AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU' in large letters on...something someone doesn't mind painted. Or paint it on paper and wrap that around a wall."
Kanan was giving Hera an amused glance. Oh no, she was encouraging that? He was going to have to show her his office door at some point.
Hera had already been warned she was creating - or at least encouraging - a monster, here. She was unrepentant.
"So," Kanan said, looking back at the class, "you're welcome to stick around here for the rest of the class period to brainstorm, or set out into the wild now to get a head start on today's assignment, but what we'd like for you to do is find some way to improve somebody's day. Call it homework. Make a week out of it."
"If you have any really great ideas, please share them, too," Hera said. "Working together is another way to make things better."
[OOC: Open!]
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