Learn to TEACH English with TECHNOLOGY. Free course for American TESOL students.


TESOL certification course online recognized by TESL Canada & ACTDEC UK.

Visit Driven Coffee Fundraising for unique school fundraising ideas.





Texas ISD School Guide
Texas ISD School Guide







Short Stories for Teachers

The Remarkable Love And Respect Of Wife And First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
By:Raleigh DeGeer Amyx

In the 1947 Miss Porter's school yearbook, one young Jacqueline Lee Bouvier stated that one of her ambitions was "not to be a housewife". Although she maintained a determined intellect and a fierce independence in pursuing personal interests and nurturing her own talents throughout life, her marriage to John Kennedy and subsequent life as a wife and homemaker definitively shaped the rest of her life, and the public's perception of first ladies ever since. Although noted in some works as a study in contradictions--craving solitude but seeking out security in marriage, a social snob at times but a lover and protector of art and all things beautiful--Jackie has overall been referred to as The Kennedy Blessing, and rightly so. Together, this remarkable couple portrayed a certain innocence and optimism that anything is possible at a time when American desperately needed it.

One of her first accomplishments as a First Lady was the 1962 exhibit at the National Gallery, where she arranged to have the Mona Lisa displayed for the first time outside of Europe. Other accomplishments include having four children, having bearing through the loss of two of them, who died upon or after birth due to complications. Editing, among others, the books of Michael Jackson and Carly Simon. Running a campaign in the 1970's to save the famous Grand Central Station. Putting unprecedented energy and creativity into the arts and entertainment within and among the White House, notably the dinner held on May 11, 1962, on which then French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux was treated elegantly as a head of state.

One lesser known accomplishment of immeasurable worth as a wife, artist, and First Lady was a certain oil painting she rendered. Sometime between 1961 and 1963, Jacqueline observed a large oil painting at the White House as it appeared approximately in 1805. Using her artistic skills, she took watercolors and brush to easel to make a beautiful 5 X 7 replica of the painting. Personalizing the picture frame, she intended the piece as a gift for her beloved husband. While her usual signature was "J.B.K.", this particular piece was signed "J to J", clearly an expression of her characteristic endearment for her husband.

On September 12, 1953, Jackie's life changed forever when she married the indelible John F. Kennedy. Since then she has become a symbol and reminder that success is not about where you come from, but what you make of it with the gifts, skills, and situations you find within and among yourself at any point in life.






Go to another board -