It was Friday night, and Travis couldn’t wait to head out with his friends. Walking home, he and his buddies made plans for that night. They would go to laser tag, eat pizza, and play arcade games until their parents said they had to be home! An hour later, the boys were piling into the mini-van, clutching their hard earned chore money, ready to rock the night! As the boys poked fun at each other at a stop light, Travis noticed a family sitting on the sidewalk, bundled in rags, and huddled together for warmth. Concerned, the boys asked his mom if they could stop and get the family some dinner. They pooled their money together to buy a few meals at McDonald’s. The family was so grateful for the kind gesture. They told the boys about the local soup kitchen being low on volunteers, so there wasn’t enough food to go around anymore. The boys looked at each other and knew what they need to do. “Mom? Can we head to the soup kitchen instead of the arcade tonight? Someone needs our time and money more than we need to play video games tonight.” Without asking another question, mom clutched her chest, turning the van toward their new destination. what is the theme?

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explanation:

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).