Local News | Kindness taught in Seattle school's online class | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Local News | Kindness taught in Seattle school's online class | Seattle Times Newspaper

Some people also question whether small kindnesses add up to much. Smallman says he tells students that they just don't know, that what might seem insignificant on the surface may actually have a large impact

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[laura_iskra]

lovliest answer ever!

[glass_moment]

This anecdote (although I'm familiar with a slightly different version) was forever ruined for me when it was the prompt on a college essay where you had to write about what it meant to you or something like that. Ick.

[slashfairy]

yeah, one of my pre-nursing profs did that to us, too. so i wrote about how when something really nice like that is used that way, it takes the fun out of it for a lot of people, but it doesn't destroy the power of the story.
she quit using it after that. lol. lord i was mean.

[foxrafer]

Lovely article and beautiful anecdote.