I really enjoyed this assignment. I thought it was interesting to go back and watch "Pay it Forward" from a teacher's perspective, when I always watched it from a student perspective. I know this is a fictional movie and it is not realistic or appropriate to be completely honest to be quite as involved with student's lives as Mr. Simonet was with Trevor. It did teach me a lesson anyhow. It taught me that if teachers are involved in student's lives and push them, then the student may reach potential they never knew they had.
One thing I struggled with for this assignment was the length. I found it very difficult to write four pages about the topic, without going off and writing a summary of the movie. I felt I added some information that may not have been necessary, as well as repeating information. I will try the strategies discussed in class today to lengthen it without adding fillers for the final draft.
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