Paying it Forward

Blog Post for February 27: After watching the first half of Pay it Forward, you are already introduced the concept of “paying it forward”. What do you think of this concept? Do you think it works? Discuss a time where you feel like you “paid it forward”. How did it make you feel?

Remember, no short answers, please write at least 250 words. This is on your blog and it will really look better to take the time to expound like so many of you are already doing.

What Makes a Good Parent?

This is to be posted on your blog no later than Sunday night at 10:00 p.m. Write at least 2-3 paragraphs, and no less than 250 words.

Blog Entry: Read Epstein’s list on page 49 in his article, “What Makes a Good Parent?”, and identify how each parent from The Glass Castle individually rates on this list. Pick at least two of their strongest points and at least two of their weakest points and explain why you assessed them the way you did. Be specific and defend your assessments and don’t forget to assess the parents individually because they were two different parents with their own methods of parenting. 

Journal Question

On one hand Jeannette Walls describes the squalor she and her family lived in: hunger, poverty, garbage, lack of basic necessities. On the other, she describes the rich intellectual world her parents imparted: discussions of geology, math, literature, art. In light of the fact that three out of the four Walls children became successful, productive members of society, what do you think is more important to children’s development: comfortable living conditions or an enriching intellectual environment?

In my opinion I think that a combination of comfortable living conditions, enriching intellectual environment, and other factors are important for children's development. Comfortable Living Conditions are important because they provide the child to grow in healthy conditions. Enriching Intellectual environment is also important because it provides the child with the knowledge to think by themselves. 

Journal Question

Throughout the book we hear Rose Mary’s complaint: “I’m a grown woman now, why can’t I do what I want to do?”(74). At what point can adults do whatever they want, if at all?

I think that all adults can do whatever they want until it affects someone else they care about. That is what separate one from being childish and being an adult. You see that when kids want something they will do a lot of things and will not care if they get effect people around them like their parents or their friends. Adults have already passed through being childish and have to consider other people’s views and feelings.