Mrs. Jones: A Positive Role Model

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” If you want to change the world, you cannot just talk about change. You must do it. Just talking about change will only end in disappointment. Mrs. Jones changed this young boy by being a good person - she was a positive role model and taught him many valuable lessons. She did the right thing by taking time out of her day to help him be a better person. Most people classify “good people” as those who put their own safety on the line for others. By taking in this “criminal” boy Roger, Mrs. Jones did just that. She did not know what Roger would do. He could have knocked her unconscious and stolen everything in her house, but she took a chance and brought him to her home anyway. She risked her own safety to change this boys’ life. All because she saw something of herself in him. She said so herself: “I was young once and

Jones taught this young boy how to be educated by things he did in his past. She taught him how to learn from his mistakes, rather than repeat them. By talking him through his mistakes instead of senselessly yelling at him, he learned why his actions were wrong. She did the right thing by taking her time to talk to him and make him understand why his actions were wrong. That experience changed his point of view on life and made him a better person. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones changed a young, wayward boys’ life by making the right decision and being a good person. She did changed Roger by being a positive role model and teaching him many valuable lessons. Mrs. Jones took him in and treated him like a son instead of throwing him to the police without a second thought. What would you do in this situation? Would you do what Mrs. Jones did? Or would you throw the young “criminal” to the police and be done with him? Do you waste time talking about change or do you actually make change happen? Hopefully, now you will consider doing the