Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Growing up (Page 16): Act of chivalry





Summary of news:
A visitor to Singapore, Mr Choi Dae Ho, a 22-year-old South Korean undergraduate, made the news when a picture of his kind act towards an old woman was posted online. 

He was returning to his hostel when he saw a barefoot old woman board a bus. Out of compassion for her, he took his own slippers off and placed them on the old woman’s feet. She was moved to tears by his act of kindness. 

When asked, Mr Choi said that he has a “deep affection and respect for grandmothers” as he was raised by his grandmother. In addition to that, he also commented that what he did was just a small gesture and he would regret it had he not done what he did.
 
Mr Choi empathize with the old lady and made the decision to do what he did.  
 
Discussion points:
 What do you think of what Mr Choi did and why?
 Which of our school values did Mr Choi demonstrate?
 How can we also demonstrate this value to the people around us?

38 comments:

Joanna said...

I think that Mr Choi is a very caring and kind-hearted man, because he did not mind walking barefooted and gave his slippers to the old woman.

The school value that Choi demonstrated is compassionate.

We cab offer our help to them when they need help.

Ella Fam said...

i think Mr Choi is a very kind man as he took his own slippers off and gave them to the bare-footed old woman.the value is compassion.when we see someone in need,help them.

Deanna said...

1)I think that Mr Choi is caring and kind person as he is willing to walk barefooted and give his shoe to the old woman.
2)The school values is compassion.
3)We can help our grandmother to take somethings if they need help.

Shamine said...

1)I think what Mr Choi did is very kind.He gave up his slippers for the old woman and did not care even if he had to go barefooted.
2)Compassion.
3)We should help other people even if we do not know them.

Aaishwarya Rai said...

-MR Choi is very kind and caring,he did it as he was very close to his grandmother.
-Compassion
-We should care for people around us

upasana kunwar said...

-Mr Choi is caring and kind as he gave his slippers to the old woman. -Compassion -Play our part

Pramila Sunuwar said...

1:He did to help the old lady.
2:Compassion.
3:Help those who needs your help.

Avier said...

-I think that Mr Choi is a kind and caring person as he gave his shoe to his grandma.
-I think he demostrated our school value-compassionate.
-We should help one another.

Lisa Tan said...

1) I think that Mr Choi is a very caring person as he is willing to give his own slippers to the old woman.

2) He demonstrated the school value- compassionate.

3) We can help one another Eg. Give up our seat to those who need it more.

Shayaree said...

I think that what the man did was very thoughtful.Even though he was from a modern city,he helped the old lady.He is very compassionate.We can follow the example like his by donating money and many other things.

Thinzar said...

1.it was very kind and caring of him to do that
2.Compassion
3.we should help others who is in need

lim yin qi said...

1)The old women look like his grandmother. 2)Compassion 3)By giving our seats if we see someone who needs it more than us.

Jervis said...

1. I think that Mr Choi is a kind-hearted and helpful person, he gave the slippers to the old woman.
2. He demonstrated the school value- Compassionate
3. We can help and care about those who are in need even though we don't know them.

Hafeel said...

This is a heartwarming story which inspired all the students which have read this article.He showed compassion and sympathy towards the old lady.This also inspires us to help someone in need

Mr Choi demonstrated compassion.

We can help the old,young people in need by doing small things to help.

YAWEI said...

1.)I think Mr Choi is kind and helpful because he is willing to overshadowed his own needs,which led him to selflessly give up his own slippers.
2.)Compassionate
3.)Help one another.

Hrishika said...

1]I think Mr choi is caring and a kind person .

2]Mr choi demonstrated respect,compassion from our school values.

3]we can demonstrate this value by doing the same way for our grandma or in the mrt give up your seat to the people in need.

Charlize said...

1.I think that Mr Choi is a very kind person,because he do not mind being barefooted and gave his shoes to the old lady.
2.Mr Choi demonstrated the compassionate value.
3.We can help others when they are in need.

Claire said...

1)I think Mr Choi has a very big heart, because he can actually give his slippers to an old woman ,most people would not do that.
2)Compassion
3)We can give up our seat to someone who needs it more in the bus or mrt.

Michelle Lin said...

1) Mr Choi is very kind and caring as he did not hesitate
to give his own pure of slipper to the old woman.

2) Mr Choi demonstrated compassion towards the old woman.

3) We can do very simple thing such as giving our feet to the people who need it more than us.

Chelza Lee(17) said...

Name:Chelza Lee
Class:P6 Faith
Ans:I thought what he did was a really selfless action.We need shoes to wear when we walk and walking without shoes may cause us to get hurt.Giving up his slippers for someone means he had to walk all the way without slippers and the floor was hot.
He demonstrates one of the 3Cs,compassion.
We can start out by showing people care.Giving is also how we can show compassion to others.

Anisha said...

1. i think he was a kind and faithful person.
2. compassion
3.we have to be caring towards others even though we don't know them.

Koh Jiahui said...

1. I think that Mr Choi is very compassionate . He would rather walk bare footed then letting the old grandmother walking bare footed.
2. Mr Choi demonstrated 1 of our school value that is Compassion.
3. We can give our seats in the bus to the people in need.

sabrinaah said...

1. it was an act which is seen very rare. no one would want to walk barefoot.

2.campassion


3.by showing care

Zainab said...

1.I think Mr Choi is a kind and caring person as he gave his shoe to the grandma.

2.Mr Choi demonstrated our school values by being compassionate.

3.We can demonstrate this value by helping the people around us.

Charmin Lee said...

-It is a kind act that,but also he was a visitor to Singapore which is also not a Singaporean helped the old lady without a gesture of gratitude towards Mr Choi.
-Compassion
-By helping people that are too old,and have no limbs to work propely.But people that are poor and are beggars that have limbs are still able to work.
We could go to the Old Folks Home and help the old people.Donate money to the old people that have been abandoned by their children.

Ianne said...

1) I think it is a very good deed because many people nowadays only think about themselves and sometimes forget that some people are less fortunate. It is a wake up call for all Singaporeans.

2)Compassion

3)We can demonstrate this value by assisting elders in public transports or when crossing the street.

Christine Chia said...

Compassion.

JIng Wen said...

1. What Mr Choi did was kind. He did not regret giving his pair of slippers to the old woman

2. Compassion

3. we could give away things that we think others who need it more.

Megan said...

-I think Mr Choi is very kind.Not a lot of people are as kind hearted as he is they would not care if the old women was barefooted or not.

-He demonstrated compassion.

-We can help those who need help.

Jinie said...

I think Mr Choi is doing the right thing because he sacrifice his foot for the old lady.
Compassion
We can help those who need people help and we are up to it.

Han Lin said...

I think MR CHOI did was right and he had sacrifice his slippers to the barefooted old lady.
He had shown us what is compassion
We could give things to the needy who need more than us. We can also help the blind people guide them through their way for example helping them to cross the road.

Izzan Kwa, 5fa said...

I think what Mr Choi did makes him very noble because he gave his slippers to the old lady and he doesn't care if he will get cut by bits of broken glass on the road/pavement or not. Mr Choi shown us compassion. We can help by giving donation if we see some handicapped people singing/performing by the roadside.

I.thahaseen said...

1. I think Mr Choi is very kind and caring person.
2. The school value is compassion.
3. We can help each other by caring.

Melissa (P5 Faith) said...

1. I think what Mr Choi did was very caring and selfless because he gave up his slippers to an old lady.
2.Mr Choi demonstrated compassion.
3.Giving up sits to the people in need.


Homing(5 faith) said...

1.I think Mr Choi a kind person .
2. He demonstrated compassion.
3.We can give away things that others need more.

Lakshanya (11) said...

Lakshanya P5 Faith

1)Mr Choi did a very compassionate and kind deed.
2)Mr Choi showed compassion to the old lady.
3)We can help an old lady carry her heavy groceries for her

Li Wei 5 Fa said...

1)He did a selflessness and kind act
2)He showed Compassion
3)Giving seats to people in need

Ei Chit Pai said...

Chit Pai(P4 Humility) said...


1.He is very kind.Because help a
old lady he don't know.
2.Compassion
3.See around us and help those help need help