My class and I are reading a book called Wonder. It’s about this kid named August whose face doesn’t exactly look the same as ours. He was home-schooled for the beginning days of his life and now he has to go to school. He has his English teacher named Mr. Browne and Mr Browne gives precepts. August’s class has to write about what this precept means. So does our class.

The precept is: “When given the choice from being right and being kind, CHOOSE KIND.” This precept means you have to be kind. I have an example: Let’s say you do good in a test. You see your friend over there and he didn’t do that great. Instead of telling them what they got wrong, you could say “Good job!” Here is another example, this time in the story: Julian asked August if he had been in a fire. That could of hurt August’s feelings. That definitely would of hurt mine. He should of said, um, nothing. He should of treated August like he would of treated himself. Being kind will help others and help you as well. In a way, being right is good. You could be doing the “right” thing. In another way, you might be arrogant, rude, or you might be bragging. You could be bossy. Sometimes, being right is only about what you think. You can be right without anyone being in the problem. When you’re kind, you’re helping someone out. You have to think about others before yourself. This is what I think this precept means.