Scholarship Jacket

The Scholarship Jacket by Martina Salinas is a story close to a poor girl who has to conquer difficult obstacles to fool herself a scholarship jacket. Martha, who had been given away by her parents to her grandparents worked wakeless through school earning straight As throughout eight years of her life. This jacket was important to her because she could never embark in any of the school activities due to the fact of not being able to afford it, so this was her only fortune to receive something that had meant a lot to her from the school. One day in May, Martha wandered from her history class to the school gym. She had forgotten that she left her trunks in her gym base which was back in class. As she walked back to class, she heard voices competition as she got closer and closer. The voices that were statement were her two teachers, Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Boone. At first she could not believe her ears that they were truly talking or so her, but it turned out to be a pretty conversation. The two teachers seemed to be fighting about who would receive the scholarship jacket. Mr. Schmidt, who was on Marthas side was arguing that Martha should receive the jacket over Joanne because her grades were much higher. As Mr.



Schmidt came bang out of the room, Martha quickly entered to pick up her gym bag and left without even talking to her teacher. That night, Martha was at home insistent in her pillow so that her grandparents would not hear her. The adjacent day, the principal of the school called Martha into his office so that he could hurt a talk with her. She knew right away that the talk would not be a pleasant one. The principal broke the bad news to her as he explained that there had been a wobble in the policy this year regarding the scholarship jacket, that it would not barren that year and the cost would be fifteen dollars. If she was unable to birth the fifteen dollars, the jacket would be given to the next psyche in line. Martha now had to go home and tell her grandfather about...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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