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Naive as it was , the thought led Pearson to consider
the power in random acts of kindness . She took the
subject back to her students, who ran with it . They
became , under Pearson ' s leadership , the Secret
Kindness Agents. They adopted secret agent names .
Each accepted a mission to do some good within the
school . They smiled at passers- by. They wrote
impromptu notes of appreciation. They invited
isolated students to sit with them for lunch ..."