https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg The Themes of Thank You Ma'am en-us 2021-09-21 03:27:05 UTC 2026-01-05 15:55:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1353950139/14755776be59ed50e8ff98f895acc843/Thank_You_Ma_am.jpg teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1756063881 Text Evidence: "The woman said, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Pause. Silence. “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable.” (36)
Theme (Message): treat others with the same compassion that you wish to be treated with]]> 2021-09-21 04:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1756063881 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758394576 Text Evidence: “If I turn you loose, will you run?” asked the woman. “Yes’m,” said the boy. “Then I won’t turn you loose,” said the woman. She did not release him. “I’m very sorry, lady, I’m sorry,” whispered the boy. “Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” “No’m,” said the boy. “Then it will get washed this evening,” said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her. He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans. The woman said, “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong." (11-19)
Theme (Message): without forgiveness there is no future

]]> 2021-09-21 21:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758394576 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758398905 Text Evidence: “The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him.” (41)
Theme (Message): compassion is not about solutions, it is about showing kindness in small ways]]> 2021-09-21 21:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758398905 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758404029 Text Evidence: “The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, m’am” to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say “Thank you” before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.” (45)
Theme (Message):  gratitude turns what little you have into enough; no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted]]> 2021-09-21 21:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758404029 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758413167 Text Evidence: Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” “No’m,” said the boy….He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.” (12-15)
Theme (Message):the struggle that you have today, gives you strength for tomorrow

]]> 2021-09-21 21:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758413167 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758419932 Text Evidence: "The woman said, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Pause. Silence. “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable.” (36)
Theme (Message): be the kind of person you wish you had to look up to when you were younger; be the change that you want to see in the world]]> 2021-09-21 21:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758419932 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758423667 Text Evidence: "Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now." (37)
Theme (Message): trust is earned, not given; trust is easy to lose and hard to regain ]]> 2021-09-21 21:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758423667 teresaadams2 https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758429215 Text Evidence: "When they were finished eating up she got up and said, “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s —because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet.” (43)
Theme (Message): charity is not just about making a donation, but it also about making a difference; true happiness comes from sharing your happiness with others]]> 2021-09-21 21:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/teresaadams2/mcrbii2yfntgpbg/wish/1758429215