When Given the Chance between being right and being kind, choose Kind.
This is the September precept from Mr. Browne, August Pullman's English teacher, in the Wonder novel study. Students put their writing side by side with the So parents responses to make better sense of the meaning of this precept and whether they agree with the precept. The conversation became quite philosophical. Here are some highlights:
"If you are on a bike and somebody tells you, you are going to fast, they are being right. But, then you fall off your bike and the person who told you that you were going to fast checks on you then their being kind. It's good to be both." Quinny
"It really kind of depends on what right means...like how you would define right because right could mean being truthful or it could mean being kind and lying. Then I would go with right because it's always good to tell the truth...sometimes being kind is right." Bridget
"It doesn't matter if your right or wrong. If your right just keep it to yourself. You could warn them, but if - like Quinny says - if they get hurt when they are biking too fast and they get hurt, you don't just say 'I told you so'. You say "Oh!' and you help them." Sebi
"Sometimes you might want to be right, like say in Ga Ga ball, when what they (the other person) is saying is upsetting to other people. Like say for example in Ga Ga ball when people don't get out, it may be upsetting to them when people say that they are out, but I know it's upsetting to a lot of people if [the person] still doesn't get out. In that case, I would be right, because even if I am not exactly being right to the person, I am still being kind to other people." Parker
Quite the philosophical discussion.
"It really kind of depends on what right means...like how you would define right because right could mean being truthful or it could mean being kind and lying. Then I would go with right because it's always good to tell the truth...sometimes being kind is right." Bridget
"It doesn't matter if your right or wrong. If your right just keep it to yourself. You could warn them, but if - like Quinny says - if they get hurt when they are biking too fast and they get hurt, you don't just say 'I told you so'. You say "Oh!' and you help them." Sebi
"Sometimes you might want to be right, like say in Ga Ga ball, when what they (the other person) is saying is upsetting to other people. Like say for example in Ga Ga ball when people don't get out, it may be upsetting to them when people say that they are out, but I know it's upsetting to a lot of people if [the person] still doesn't get out. In that case, I would be right, because even if I am not exactly being right to the person, I am still being kind to other people." Parker
Quite the philosophical discussion.
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