Greg mortenson came up in this story as an average american. He seemed to be an adventorous kind of person to climb K2. Once he was exhausted and stumbled upon the village he seemed to have never seen kindness. The family that helped him seemed to have changed something in him something in his very core. That moment when he said he was going to build the school, I felt as if he changed like I said before his core was changed. When he returned I was happy and when he started bulding I felt like he wasn't all there anymore. Like it was as if he had lost some motivation. When the others of the village started to join him I think he gained more motivation and seeing that the children was who he was helping he felt happy a sense of pride. This is different from the adventorous mountaineer, not the village helper. When he started embracing the culture, this is when I knew he changed and that he was a religous person. I enjoyed him changing and becoming a muslim person and embracing God. I love that he asked God to help him and protect him. Being a muslim boy I could tell the change from the average american man to the conversion to a good religous person. Greg started to be more religous and in that he would help more people. In that change I think thats how he built the so many schools and helped so many muslim girls. These girls who have been deprived of their education also motivated him to change.
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Three cups of tea: ‘US author fabricated charity work in
Pakistan’ Greg Mortenson’s account of building schools alleged to be inaccurate. By Agencies I read the following article and it stated that three cups of tea was made up. First lets start with the book. Three cups of tea was about a man named Greg Mortenson. Greg was said to have failed climbing K2 The world's second largest peak. Greg, exhausted stumbled into a village named Korphe. Where there a family showed him great kindness, and after learning that the village didn't have school Greg promised to come back and build one. It is said that Greg back to Korphe and built not one but one hundred and seventy schools. The story is supposed to be monumental and emotional, and with certain suprises with the talliban and being in their "backyard." Its called Three Cups of Tea becuase it is said that in the village of Korphe that one cup of tea means you are a stranger, the second, a friend, the third you are a family and we will die for our family. Now that you know what the book is supposed to be about let me tell what is the reall version. On CBN Sixty minutes was to be aired in 2011 how the story was a fake this is what was supposed to happen. A fellow companion on the climb with Greg told what really happened and that he went to Korphe a year later. The Central Asia Institute or CAI is supporting Mortenson and is said to have built one hundred seventy schools. When visited those schools didn't exist or were built by others. Another reason that the book has to be fake is that on sixty minutes website they had interviewed the so called Talliban fighters that Mortenson photographed. When interviewed the man said they protected Mortenson and said this was just another reason to sell his book. Steven Kroft the leader of the investigation also explored what other people had worried and in a letter he wrote that if Mortenson was audited by the IRS he would be charged for excess benefits from charity meaning he used the money from the charity for his own good. This being said he also questioned why only forty one percent of the money was going to support schools in Afghan and Pakistan. He also questoned whether CAI was using the money for Mortenson to charter jets to take Moertenson to speaking engagements and support selling his books. Mortenson complains and says its a shame to say that these schools are a sham. Even though that when visited some schools never existed or were made by some one else. The article says that solar panels drain the suns energy and right now it isn't much of a problem but if every house hold had one it would be a big problem. In the article WIT had said:" imagine a waterfall, dumping water. But you aren't catching the water in buckets, but rather sucking it in a vacuum cleaner. Eventually, you're going to suck in so much water that you drain the river above the waterfall completely." This means that with enough people the vacuuming we'll drain out our sun. Over time it would get colder and colder, and the sun would super nova a lot faster.
I think the company Halliburton was right to decline producing solar panels. This helps to stop their costumers buying solar panels which in term will help stop a drain on the sun's energy. They did also help their company by not being the company that helped burn out the sun. My opinion is that we have to reduce the amount of solar panels and nip this problem before it grows into something a lot harder to fix. All we have to do is make sure that people don't mass produce solar panels. One thing I do think though is that how Halliburton said is what good is an Earth with clean air and no Sun, well what good is an Earth with wasteland air and a Sun. We need to not depend to highly on fossil fuels for our energy because that contributes to global warming and pollution. And we needn't depend to highly on solar panels to fix a global warming problems because even though we think were doing good, we are now draining the sun. We need to find a way to cope with fossil fuels and solar panels we need an in-between, we have to do things like electric cars and clean energies, keeping the scale in between and not tipping it over each side. Each side meaning fossil fuels and solar panels. Article link 1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
John's first son was born 2) How do you feel about what you read today? I think it is cool because the first child wasnt born 3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? Marley now has a friend beyond John. 4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? I think it already happened to me when i got brothers 5) What questions do you have about what you read today Why marley was left with a baby sitter that was young. 6) What do you predict will happen next in this story? Marley will have destroyed the house 1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
I read about marley going to the beach 2) How do you feel about what you read today? I thought it was funny that marley pooped at the beach in the water. 3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? He pooped in the water at the beach 4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? I doubt that that would happen to me 5) What questions do you have about what you read today? Why there wasnt better control 6) What do you predict will happen next in this story? Marley will be in more control. 1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
The return of jenny from her trip and marley's fear of storms. 2) How do you feel about what you read today? I think that i should have realized marley would be afraid of one thing 3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? He tore up the garage in a fit of fear. 4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? I think if i was scared i would mess things up too until i was calmed 5) What questions do you have about what you read today? Why werent they told of marleys fear 6) What do you predict will happen next in this story? Marley will get in trouble for messing up the garage. 1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
John Grogan getting a new dog. He bought a lab. His wife Jenny wanted a dog so they can practice before they have children. When John picked up the dog, Jenny was on vacation. He put Marley in the garage, but when Marley started to whine, he let him come inside. 2) How do you feel about what you read today? I feel like i am just staring to learn about Marley and John so i don't feel much 3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? Marley was bought today and he, so far likes to be in company 4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? If i was left in the garage i would whine too. 5) What questions do you have about what you read today? How old marley was 6) What do you predict will happen next in this story? Jenny will get back and miss marley 1) Title, author, ISBN (this is the number listed near the barcode on the back of the book)
Marley and me, John Grogan, and 978-0-06-123822-2 2) Why did you choose this book? I watched the movie and i wanted to read the book. 3) What is the reading level of this book? (Look it up if you don't know it!) 1050 4) Give a brief summary about what this book is about (according to the sleeve or back cover). The book is about a guy named john grogan he got a dog and the dog was bad but he shared great moments with dog as he taught it to behave and there were crazy scenes. 5) Have you read other books similar to this one before? No i have not. 1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
I read the ending of the book and i was right on the ending. 2) How do you feel about what you read today? I feel like I've gone through a lot and I now love how the author added the survivor's thoughts. 3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? He talked about how he was lucky to survive and how he was sad for his friends aboard the sunken ship 4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? I think i would've said the same thing 5) What questions do you have about what you read today? None 6) What do you predict will happen next in this story? 1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
I read about the man who escaped thoughts 2) How do you feel about what you read today? I thought it was sad on how he said that he just wanted to ride the dream ship and cruise with his uncle. 3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? He talked about the terrified feeling of getting on the life boat. 4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? I think it would be hard to talk about what happened but at the same time it would be good to let out my feelings. 5) What questions do you have about what you read today? I wonder how they got contact of him 6) What do you predict will happen next in this story? The ending of the book i am pretty close and i think that they will have all the speakers talk together and they will honor the people and friends who died. |
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