It's not bad to be nice

Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 12:20 a.m. MDT
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I am 31 years old, and, yes, I watch "American Idol." I'm a high school teacher and I need to stay in touch, or maybe I just really like the show.

I am concerned about the amount of press and Web discussion being dedicated to disparaging David Archuleta, his "niceness is all an act," etc. To be honest, I think he's a great kid. I don't know him personally, but having taught teenagers for a number of years here in Utah, it has been my pleasure to teach hundreds of really nice teenagers just like him.

It's sad that we live in a world where people are so quick to assume the worst about others rather than the best. I love what Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch says in his "Last Lecture": "If you wait long enough, people will surprise and impress you." I'd hate to think that it's now "bad" to be nice.

Felicity Murphy
Sandy

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Media today is so different most of them now are mind manipulator...

Sam Lim | May 9, 2008 at 9:56 p.m.

so if someone is going to be a phony...isn't it still better...

how about this | May 9, 2008 at 2:26 p.m.

Its only bad to be nice if the niceness is skin deep. I've known...

Perhaps this is why | May 9, 2008 at 9:39 a.m.