Ms. Trapani's Three Cups of Tea Blog

1. In Chapter 13 Haji Ali teaches Greg Mortenson a lesson about the Balti culture compared to American culture. What is the lesson?
1a. The lesson that Haji Ali taught him is "to share Three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught" him "that" he "had more to learn from the people" he works 'with than he could ever hop to teach them."

2. Please recall in your own words the idea of "Three Cups of Tea" and what it means to Balti people.
2a. To them, "the first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an Honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family, and for family," they "are prepared to do anything, even die."

3. Why does Greg consider Haji Ali the wisest man he ever knew? Describe the wisest person you know and why is he or she wise.
3a. Greg thinks Haji Ali is the wisest person ,even though he was illiterate ( being unable to read or write),  he ever knew because Haji Ali was willing to give up some of the towns most valuble items so they could a school.
3b. The wises person I have ever known is my little sister, Anastasia, she tries so many things and that is the best way to learn.

1. The lesson is that they have patint.

2.1 cup- stranger 2- guest 3- family

3. Greg says Haji Ali is wise because he will do any helpful thing for his people even die. The wisest I know is my Mom because she will do anything to help me or my sisters
 and keep me and my sisters safe.

1) They (the Balti) have patient, they have learned how to wait.

2) With one cup of tea you are a stranger,the 2nd cup an honored guest,the 3rd, family.

3) The wisest person I know is my dance teacher, Susan.She knows a lot about different things.Fift7 five

1. It means to have patience in what ever you do unlike America where everything is done quickly.

2. 1 cup of tea means you are a stranger, 2 cups of tea means you are a honored quest, and 3 cups of tea means you are family.

3. Even though Haji Ali can not read, he is willing to do anything for his people, even die for their sake.

1:To slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.

2:"With the first cup of tea you are a stranger.With the second,a friend.With the third,family."

3:Because of the sacrifices he would make for his people. My parents because they would do anything to save me.

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1 The Balti show Mortenson how to be patient or how to wait . 
2 one cup of tea you're stranger , two cups is an honored guest , and three cups of tea means you're family .
3 Greg thinks Haji is the wisest is because he gave Haji Mehdi the rams without a problem , the wisest person I know is my dad .

1.a  Ali teaches Greg that he has more to learn from people he works with than he could ever teach.
2.a It means to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.
3.a He is the wisest man because Ali was a illiterate man who hardly ever left his village. The wisest person I know is my mother because she chose to be a Christian and not be with the mean devil.  And she makes really good decisions!

1. You have to be patient.

2. It means if you just meet someone you have to slowly have to become friends. To the Balti people it means one cup of tea your a stranger, two cups of tea your a friend, and three your family.

3.  Greg thinks Haji is the wisest is because he gave Haji Mehdi the rams without a problem.

1.   the lesson was to slow down share three cups of tea and to make building relation ships as important as building projects.
2   the first time you share a cup of tea you are a stranger the 2 time you are an honored guest and the 3 time you are family.
3   because he is willing to do anything for the people there. The wisest person I my dad because he is willing to do anything for my family.

1.) He taught Greg that in America everything is rush, rush,rush.The Balti are patient.
2.) to the Balti, 1 cup of tea means guest, 2 means friend, and three means family.
3.) He thinks that because he gave up 12 of the most prize rams in Korphe and still thought everything would be okay. the wisest person i know is my grandma, because she is old and wise.

1:The Balti have patint and they know or have been taught how to wait.

2: The words "Three Cups of Tea" to the Balti is that the first cup of tea you are a stranger, the second time you are a honored guest, the third time you are family, and you have a become a member of their family.

3: Greg thinks Haji Ali is wisest man he ever knew because he gave 12 rams to a bad man named Haji Mehdi. The wisest person I know (or knew) is my (dead) grandpa, because he would always make wise decisions and he was truthful and trustworthy.


 

1. To be patient

2. With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second, you are a friend. With the 3rd cup you are family.

3. My dad because he is very smart

1.He learns to be patient instead of doing things quickly.
2. one cup of tea was a stranger, two cups of tea was a guest three cups of tea was part of a family.
3.Greg thinks Haji Ali is the wisest person he has ever met because he is smart and because he was going to die and he gave 1 million dollars,and he did every thing he could to help Greg. The wisest person i have ever met is my dad because he is very smart and clever.

teach him to be patient.
1 cup you are a stranger 2 cup you are a guest 3 cup you are family.


God he is the best

1.He learns how to make time for other things.
2.One cup was a stranger, to was a guest, and three was family.
3.He taught him almost everything he new about their culture.

1 The Balti people show Greg the patience within yourself.
2 the first cup of tea you are a foreign stranger, the second a guest, the third family.
3  Haji Ali is wise to Greg because he is the chief of Korphe and knows whats best for his people, my mom is wise to me because she passed college.

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2.first cup of tea means like friend. Second cup means close friend and third cup means family.
3.Mortenso thinks haji alji is the wisest man because he gives away and helps without a problem

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2.first cup of tea means like friend. Second cup means close friend and third cup means family.
3.Mortenso thinks haji alji is the wisest man because he gives away and helps without a problem

1.The lesson is that they are patient.                                             
2 The first cup of tea you are a  stranger, the second a guest, the third family that you would do anything for your family.3. Haji Ali is wise becuase he is the chief and taught Greg many things.   My grandfather is wise becuase he teaches people and learns from people.  And I think that he is an insperation to all people including me                                                                

1. He teaches him all the Americans do is rush but the Balti are a patient peoples.
2. The idea of three cups of tea is with the first cup you're a stranger, with the second cup you're a friend, and with the third cup you are family, if they are family you will do anything for them,even die. It means they love and value there family more than anything else even their own lives.
3.He considers him the wisest man because of the decisions he makes and how he looks at things. The wisest person I know is my granddad because he has more experience with the world than anyone I know.

 he teaaches him all the americans do is rush but you shouldnt rush you should be patient
 three cups of tea stands forwith the first cup you're a stranger, with the second cup you're a friend, and with the third cup you are family, if they are family you will do anything for them,even die. It means they love and value there family more than anything else even their own lives.
He considers him the wisest man because of the decisions he makes and how he looks at things.?

1He needs to be patient.
2 You want to be friends not enemies.
3 He thinks he is because he looks at things different than other people. The wisest person for me is my mom because she can handle any situation.