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Category Archives: Three Cups of Tea
With the Blink of an Eye
And with the blink of an eye, it all came to an end. That is the only way I can describe this semester. Time always flies by fast, but this semester it was just unbelievable. I feel like it was … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Change, Charity, Education, Golden Bull, Holland & Knight Foundation, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Partner organizations, Partner schools, Shipping, Social media, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, US Army, USF Bulls Market, USF Honors College, USF Housing and Residential Education
Tagged Afghanistan, Arántzazu Gárate, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, education, Facebook, Greg Mortenson, humanitarian, inspiration, Jordi Lucero, Liisa Temple, Mohammad A. Ismail, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, social media, Social network, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Student, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Shipping Goals
The semester is drawing to end, far too quickly for my liking. This week will be the last week for the class. And this past week started off grim with the crushing 60 Minutes report on Greg Mortenson. However I … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF Bulls Market, USF Honors College
Tagged 60 Minutes, Bulls Market, Greg Mortenson, Jordi Lucero, Mohammad A. Ismail, New Tampa Rotary Club, Rotary Club, Theta Chi, University of South Florida, USF
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The Fall of Mortenson
And so it happens, “Another hero bites the dust”, says MTV founder Tom Freston. This remark is in light of the recent scandal involving Greg Mortenson. Greg Mortenson is mountain climber, best-selling author, and philanthropist. His tales of bravery, courage, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea
Tagged Afghanistan, Arántzazu Gárate, CBS News, Central Asia Institute, charitable giving, charity, Chase Zimmerman, Donation, education, Greg Mortenson, Jon Krakauer, Julio Novo, Kati Fratesi, Korphe, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Sarai Quiel, Three Cups of Tea, Tom Freston, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, Zoe Stiling
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Motivation
There are times when you feel like you have no motivation to do anything anymore and that the work that you are doing is not benefiting anyone. Times such as these make you want to give up on the tasks … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Change, Charity, Church, Education, Golden Bull, Holland & Knight Foundation, Japan, Kaleisia Tea Lounge, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Partner organizations, Partner schools, Shipping, Social media, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, US Army, USF Bulls Market, USF Honors College, USF Housing and Residential Education
Tagged Afghanistan, Award, charitable giving, charity, children, education, Facebook, Golden Bull, Greg Mortenson, humanitarian, Justin Doromal, Liisa Temple, Mohammad A. Ismail, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Food for Thought
So I’m munching away on a delicious bagel from Einsten Bros Bagels with some interesting vegetable cream cheese pondering on what the subject of my blog should be. There was some rather devastating news this week about an investigation into … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Change, Charity, Church, Education, Shipping, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, Arántzazu Gárate, charity, children, congregation, Donation, education, Einstein Bros Bagels, Greg Mortenson, Justin Doromal, Kryssa Johnson, religion, school supplies, USF Honors College
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A Personal Critique on Mr. Mortenson
The following does not necessarily reflect the opinions and goals of my fellow classmates, my professor, and our course project. This past week, 60 Minutes ran an investigation on Greg Mortenson and his charity. The clip was introduced to us … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Charity, Education, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, Video
Tagged 60 Minutes, Afghanistan, Central Asia Institute, charitable giving, charity, children, education, Greg Mortenson, humanitarian, inspiration, Justin Doromal, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, School Supplies for Afghan Children, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
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Mortenson: A Man in the Media
Our class recently discovered news of Greg Mortenson: philanthropist, author, and speaker for the education of girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is now said to be founder and advocate of a twisted, swindled, and misguided charitable cause. CBS’s “60 … Continue reading
Greg Mortenson: A Simple Mistake or a Real Deception?
This past week my class was informed that Greg Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute was being investigated by CBS News “60 Minutes”. It was horrifying to find out that the television news program had uncovered evidence that some of … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Partner organizations, Shipping, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged 60 Minutes, Afghanistan, Arántzazu Gárate, CBS News, Central Asia Institute, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, Donations, education, Greg Mortenson, Jon Krakauer, Korphe, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, school supplies, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
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A Missed Opportunity
This week was a huge disappointment on my part for this project. Our class visited the MacDill Airforce base in Tampa and were able to explore it hand! They got to try on bomb squad suits, test flight simulators, check … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Change, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Kaleisia Tea Lounge, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Partner organizations, Partner schools, Shipping, Social media, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, US Army, USF Bulls Market, USF Honors College, USF Housing and Residential Education
Tagged Afghanistan, Central Asia Institute, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, education, Facebook, help, humanitarian, inspiration, Liisa Temple, MacDill Air Force Base, Mohammad A. Ismail, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, social media, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Mixed Views
For all those who have been following along with our project, we have some great news to share!!! This past Monday we reached and surpassed our goal of 120 boxes for the semester! Actually, we were able to collect a … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Change, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Japan, Partner organizations, Partner schools, Shipping, Social media, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, US Army, USF Bulls Market, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, charitable giving, charity, Demography of Afghanistan, Donation, Donations, education, Facebook, Freedom HIgh School, Greg Mortenson, inspiration, Jordi Lucero, Justin Doromal, Kacie Segovia, Mohammad A. Ismail, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, social media, Social network, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Student, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea, United States, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, YouTube
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