Justice finally triumphs in this story.
It seems that the story you are referring to is "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas. This story is about how Martha was denied a scholarship that she rightly deserved. The whole plot focuses on the difference between right and wrong.
- The protagonist Martha was a bright student who got good grades. But despite her brilliance in academics, her family status makes her inferior in the eyes of her teachers who were to confer the "scholarship jacket" to someone deserving.
- Compared to the poor Martha, her classmate Joann is rich and her father is not only a Board member but also owns the only store in their town. This makes it easier for them to confer the scholarship to Joann.
- As a deterrent, Martha was informed that to get the scholarship, she has to pay the "fifteen dollars" fee. If not, it will be given to the next in line, who happens to be Joann.
- When Martha asked her Grandpa for the money, he told her that if she's paying that amount, then it's not a scholarship and that it's buying the scholarship.
- This made Martha realize the significance of the jacket and decided not to pay the amount, which the Principal finally decided to give to her, "as an exception".
The whole story focuses on right vs. wrong, and how Martha finally got her justice. She may be poor but the whole aspect of getting the jacket was what matters. And in the end, she got her rightly deserved jacket.
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