Shirley had just graduated from SPPS elementary school and Elizabeth was onto eighth grade. Elizabeth had just dropped a handful of cherries into a basket then turned and said to her sister, “You known, I think what I want to do next year is go to the motherhouse to high school and go to the convent.” The Provincial House of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ was just twenty miles south of the Kolmer farm. Shirley replied after throwing a handful of cherry fruit into the basket, “Oh, I’m going to do that this fall.” Elizabeth replied, “Have you told Mom and Dad?”…
Ms. Kelly taught me how to read when I was four years old, and she bought me new books all the time ever since I knew her. Ms. Jordan seemed to be angry all of the time for no apparent reason. I had no hopes of being her target, so I tucked myself in the corner of the window seat and began to…
Moving from North America to Africa, Jacqueline Novogratz explores the struggles of African women living in poverty. In her book, The Blue Sweater, Novogratz narrates her mission to provide women with the opportunity to better themselves. While reading Novogratz’s gripping highs and lows on the beginning of her path to success, several points of her mission caught my attention. The first being the tagline of her autobiography, the second being the system of lending that the women figured out amongst themselves, and the final being the fact that gender inequalities exist across many different cultures.…
“Hello,em this is mrs. Wolf Kidist science teacher. I’m calling from Valleywood. And today the whole 8th grade students had to go to Meadowlawn elementary school to read for the students there. And Kidist told a student she was going to kill them.”…
It was Ashley’s first day working at The Silver Diner. She was feeling like she was going to throw up anytime soon because she was so nervous. Ashley had an odd personality. She has been known at other jobs for being late to work, disorganized, and very clumsy. She was so short that people sometimes didn’t see her and would trip over her.…
What do you think why many traditional charity projects usually become unsuccessful? In The Blue Sweater, the author, Jacqueline Novogratz, had a chance to work with a project that failed because of several reasons. However, the two main reasons why traditional charity projects often fail are a lack of an efficient financial plan and a lack of professional experience and political connections of management team. To begin with, traditional charity projects fail because of a lack of an efficient financial plan. Most traditional charities do not have efficient budgeting and accounting control.…
In chapter13 of The Blue Sweater, this was written by Jacqueline Novogratz, the one thing that caught mine attention was the founding of the acumen fund. Novogratz mentions, the acumen was founded on April 2001. Novogratz and her team members employed three legal expects which included Dan Toole their first COO, David Buxbaum their investment banker, and Nadege Joseph who became Novogratz’s assistant. Acumen fund was organized to eliminate the traditional aids giving by donors and grantee relationship. Acumen’s donors are called investors that encourage them to reflect on themselves as financing in the change of poverty.…
In chapters 7 and 8 of The Blue Sweater, this was written by Jacqueline Novogratz, the one thing that captivated me was when Novogratz climbed Mount Nyiragongo. Novogratz mentions that before she left Africa, she went for an adventure on the tallest mountain which lay between in the Goma, a city in Rwanda, and Zaire. Novogratz and her Canadian friend (Charles) and their tour guide climbed Mount Nyiragongo. The mountain was one of central Africa’ tallest mountain, it shared border with Rwanda and Zaire. While they climbing and hardly surviving the grueling trails of the mount, only to realize that Novogratz had come to Africa similarly unprepared, without a road map, tools, sufficient gear, or protective layering.…
“Eleven” is a short story by Sandra Cisneros about a young girl named Rachel. On her eleventh birthday, Her teacher, Mrs. Price, holds up a horrible red sweater and demands to know who owns it. Sylvia Saldivar said the sweater is Rachel’s, and Mrs. Price just drops it on Rachel’s desk. Rachel wants to throw the sweater away. Rachel thinks today is terrible birthday.…
Shining Library Book Me and classmates were told that we had to do something nice for the school. It wasn’t just our grade, it was the whole middle school who had to something. There were tons of jobs to be done just inside the building. When it was nice out, some of the 8th graders would go out and do the things outside, while the rest of us stayed inside. My job was organizing the bookshelf in the library.…
As a human being, every person faces some difficulties in his or her life; however, some challenges are forgettable but some are not. The obstacles that someone faces while standing to help others are unforgettable. In The Blue Sweater, Jacqueline Novogratz recounts her childhood memory, she remembers her first grade teacher, Sister Mary Theophane, who once advised her, “’Regardless of what you become’, she said, ‘remember always that to whom much is given, much is expected. God gave you many gifts and it is important that you use them for others as best you can”’ (4).…
After my mom passed away three years ago because of a car crash my dad and I decided to move to San Mateo, California. Everything was new to my father and I, but we had to find a way to move on, moving from Michigan to California was a huge difference. In San Mateo the beach is right across our house; everyday is as bright and sunny as the last, in Michigan everyday was like winter. Well, in just one week I’ll be starting school at San Mateo Mountain High School.…
It was Mindy’s Freshman year of high, the beginning of a new start. Her plan was to be active in everything that caught her interest. While sitting in 3rd Period, English I, Minda sat by a girl named Kelsey. Kelsey was a sophomore in English I recovering a few credits from her freshman year. She told Mindy that she should try out.…
As a result of trying to fit in, Charles made a girl bleed by hitting her with a see-saw, threw chalk, and kicked his teacher’s friend. Therefore, he made poor decisions while attempting to fit in. To fix this problem, he became the teacher’s helper for two weeks. After those weeks, Laurie’s mother attended a PTA meeting to meet Charles’ mother.…
My family and our really close friends, the Krafts, were going to Anna Maria Island with us. We go there for spring break every year. It wasn’t just spring break that week, it was also the week of my birthday, April 4th. Near the end of the school day I was beyond happy, I couldn't wait to head to Anna Maria Island. My last class of the day had finally ended, I got on the bus and rode home.…