Blog Chapter 19 – A Village Called New York
- What is a Wahhabi Madrassa? How are they significant? (Explain their purpose and what they hope to achieve – use facts and figures to back up your statement)
- What is the signifcance of the chapter 19 title? Explain.
- Paraphrase Syed Abbas speech.
- What does Mortenson say the true core tenants of Islam are?
Blog Chapter 20 -Tea With The Taliban
- “Dr. Greg, Sahib, Madame Kathy, come,”….”a table is nearly available, and I fear….foreigners will simply grasp it.” Describe what is happening in this situation and what it means.
- Was Mortenson at risk having tea with the Taliban?
- Describe the happenings at the American Consulate in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- How does William Butler Yeat’s “The Second Coming” relate to Three Cups?
“Sit down. And shut your mouth,”Haji Ali said, “You’re making everyone crazy…”
“…We may be uneducated. But we are not stupid. We have lived and survived here for a long time.” “That day, Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I’ve ever learned in my life, Mortensen says …. ” (p150)
Mortenson’s experience with Haji Ali is in many ways an excellent summary of what it takes to be a good manager in any setting but especially in international business. Complete the following keeping this thought in mind.
1. What life lesson did Mortenson learn from this uneducated, illiterate man he describes as the “wisest man I’ve ever met?” Your answer must use supporting statements taken from the text to defend your statements.
2. Describe in detail a situation in your life where you have learned a valuable life lesson from another person, place or experience.
3. After you have posted your answers to questions 1 & 2, read through other students comments and choose one to post a response back. List the name of the student you chose and comment back on both their answer to number 1 and their life lesson in number 2. Your response should support, elaborate on, or contradict the statement again using citings from the text and personal experiences.
C7 – Hard Way Home
C8 – Beaten by the Braldu
C9 – The People Have Spoken
C10 – Building Bridges
1. Write a short summary of each chapter (no more than 35 words) that easily conveys the message/story of that particular chapter.
2. C7 – page 79 – What do you think Mortenson means when he says, “Not for the first time, Mortenson wondered if Pakistan wasn’t more of an idea than a country.” Use context from the chapter to support your opinion.
3. C8 – What kind of person do you think Changazi will turn out to be over the course of this book?
4. C8 – page 90 – “Mortenson pushed the kidney to one side of the bowl and ate only rice swimming in the greasy gravy, but no one seemed to notice.” Explain his action and its meaning.
5. C8 – page 97 – What does Haji Ali mean when he says “…Before the Ibex can climb K2 he must learn to cross the river…”
6. C10 – Why did Mortenson have McCown act like a big boss from America?
Shopping in the Rawalpindi Market
Answer each of the following with well thought out responses – do not comment on others responses until you have finished your posting.
Chapter 4 – Self Storage
This chapter begins with the following quote:
Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. -Shams-ud-din Muhammed Hafiz
Your first posting will be to answer the following questions:
- Why do you suppose the authors chose Self Storage as the title of this chapter? Write your response and give examples from the text to support your answer
- Re-read the quote shown above. What does the quote mean to you? Do you agree or disagree with this? Please support your opinion
- Read the last sentence of chapter 4 – how has the author used foreshadowing? Using contextual hints from this sentence, briefly explain what you think will happen next and why.
Chapter 5 – 580 Letters, One Check:
- Summarize the highs and lows Mortenson experienced in this chapter through brief examples.
- Explain who each of the following are and what role they played in this chapter: Tom Vaughan – Kishwar Syed – Westside Elementary School – Tom Brokaw – Jean Hoerni
- Describe Kishwar Syed (in regard to dress, personality, etc.)
- Describe Jean Hoerni (in regard to dress, personality, etc.)
Chapter 6 – Rawalpindi’s Rooftops at Dusk
- Discuss the art of doing business in Pakistan
- Compare and contrast 4 different business activities between Pakistan and the US
So – thoughts, ideas, vision and action welcome….OK Let’s Go!
We would like to know what you thought of exhibition night. What were you most proud of? What went well? what could we do better? What about the set-up? Is that night a good night?
Your opinion is valued – we would like to know how we can continue to showcase the “Best of the Best.” (That would be you all BTW)
On Thursday, November 17 from ~5:00 to 8:00 the Crater School of Business, Innovation and Science will be hosting parents, students and community members in our 3rd Annual Exhibition Showcase and we need your input to make it happen.
What can we do to make the night worthwhile?
Our goal is to make it more than one of those dorky back to school nights? Think in terms of how can we build on the momentum from exhibition night last year (which was pretty solid), and three consecutive excellent homecoming weeks?
How can we show that the BIS is the IS! (and that you truly are the bomb with all that you can and do —do.)? Last year CSB students showcased their portfolios – what should we demonstrate this year?
- First, you need to answer the following on the blog site before you add any other comments – What two things are you most proud of from what you have created this year?
Then address the following regarding making the actual night better.
- Is it serving food or having treats?
- Should we be giving out “SCHWAG” to attending students who bring their families and present? If so, what should we give out?
- What about offering up some sort of pay back to students for a job well done (BBQ cooked by the teachers – maybe a longer lunch after Thanksgiving break – ec)?
- Should we require students to be here?
- What should we present, from the overall standpoint from CSB (what should we emphasize as a class)
- Should we make exhibition posters?
- Should we invite community members in?
- What else???????
Comment, suggest, advise, describe
An incredibly busy week just passed and we are very interested in your thoughts, feelings, comments, observations and ideas going forward. From Spirit and Activity days to He-man and Powder Puff — Tshirts and TTowels to the Homecoming Game and Dance – what do you say? Always remember that almost anything is possible… Let’s look back and let’s get rolling forward.
Hello Boys and Girls of the BIS Community! Once again we turn to you to lead Crater onto an incredible, exciting and memorable homecoming.
We play GP – we want to “Cage the Cavemen” and “Unleash the Comet”
We are bringing back He-man and are interested in doing things like having a “White Out” – Terrible Towels – Spirit shirts – a fantastic float and tons of student participation.
What do you think? What should we do?
We need specifics – so, if you have an idea for the towel – let us know. Float… T shirt…He-man…PPuff…ideas my friends – IDEAS.
So in your post, make it known what you are talking about. For example :
FLOAT – I think it would be super awesome if our float was like a big giant mousetrap (you know, like the board game) only instead of dropping a cage on a mouse, we drop a cage on a caveman! We could make it so the cage drops on the caveman like a Rube Goldberg creation! Check out this video to see my train of thought – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
In that you have researched Wikileaks through the 5W and Debatable Issues assignment and taken our survey we feel it is important that you now are able to express yourself (electronically).
Rasmussenreports.com states that most voters believe public release of U.S. secret and confidential documents hurts national security, and they consider the leaking of such information to be an act of treason (51%). A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 72% of Likely Voters say that when media outlets release secret government documents, they are hurting national security rather than providing a public service. Only 14% believe the opposite is true and that the media is serving the public. Just as many (14%) are not sure (12.2.2010)
In looking at our data from the survey you can see we are a microcosm of society – whether we mirrored the nation remains to be seen. Today’s blog will be an outlet for you to (1) Voice your opinion (2) Comment and question others opinions . Please do so in an appropriate manner (spelling, comment first with expert backup, choose your words wisely, etc).
CSB, Three Cups of Tea | mike.rogan | 
May 3, 2012 9:38 am | 
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