Hey Everyone,
I know its been a while since I posted but I have been crazy busy. Anyway in school we just finished reading the Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, but it was like the young readers edition or something because one of the English teachers thought that it went more in order then the adult edition. Yeah, I'm not really sure why but I do know that this book was an amazing story and I am not a fan of non-fiction writing. I usually think that non-fiction books are very boring but that was not the case in this book because I found this book to be very inspirational. Throughout the book Greg tells the story of how he begins building schools in Pakistan, how he starts Pennies for Peace, the CAI and it also discusses his adventures as he travels back and forth between America and Pakistan. I think what touched me most was the lengths Greg went to help build schools in Pakistan. For example, he sold everything he owned and lived in his car when he first came back from Korphe and was raising money to build a school there. And then after he is married and has kids of his own, he stills sends a a lot of time visiting schools and places around Pakistan. Which in opinion is very courageous & brave and although I don't think that there are many people who would go that far, there are a lot who would donate money even if all they could give was $5. And after reading this book I think anyone would be inspired to do something like giving money or school supplies. If you haven't read this book I highly recommend reading it, because it will open your eyes to a whole other part of the world where kids especially girls don't get to go to school even though they WANT to. Also I just found out today that he wrote a second book called Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I know its been a while since I posted but I have been crazy busy. Anyway in school we just finished reading the Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, but it was like the young readers edition or something because one of the English teachers thought that it went more in order then the adult edition. Yeah, I'm not really sure why but I do know that this book was an amazing story and I am not a fan of non-fiction writing. I usually think that non-fiction books are very boring but that was not the case in this book because I found this book to be very inspirational. Throughout the book Greg tells the story of how he begins building schools in Pakistan, how he starts Pennies for Peace, the CAI and it also discusses his adventures as he travels back and forth between America and Pakistan. I think what touched me most was the lengths Greg went to help build schools in Pakistan. For example, he sold everything he owned and lived in his car when he first came back from Korphe and was raising money to build a school there. And then after he is married and has kids of his own, he stills sends a a lot of time visiting schools and places around Pakistan. Which in opinion is very courageous & brave and although I don't think that there are many people who would go that far, there are a lot who would donate money even if all they could give was $5. And after reading this book I think anyone would be inspired to do something like giving money or school supplies. If you haven't read this book I highly recommend reading it, because it will open your eyes to a whole other part of the world where kids especially girls don't get to go to school even though they WANT to. Also I just found out today that he wrote a second book called Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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-Jaclyn
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