The person I look up to

One of the people I look up to would be Walter Payton. Walter was a great football player as that is shown by the many records he holds. He was a good football player because of his strength, agility, and determination. The traits also helped him be great off the field too. Walter founded foundations and charities such as the WCPF and the Walter Payton cancer fund. Walter has many records in the NFL from his astonishing football career. Walter was a great football player in college when he went to Jackson State University. He was a great football player and could have gotten a scholarship to a big southeastern college but being that he was an African-American, they wouldn’t offer him a scholarship. Later in time his amazing college career would have him inducted into the college football hall of fame and also the black college football hall of fame. Walter was drafted #4 pick overall in the 1975 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. In his first season in the NFL, he did not have very many rushing yards or touchdowns, but determined to do better Walter rushed for over 1,000 yards in the 1976 season with also 17 touchdowns. As the years went by, he kept on improving his football game to the point of him breaking many NFL records. Walter played with the bears his whole career, until his 1987 retirement. His determination throughout his career caused him to win awards like playing in the pro bowl and being inducted into the hall of fame. After his career his charities and foundations still help everyone today even after his death in 1999. I look up to Walter Payton because he is a good role model on the field and off, he inspires me through his football ability and his charities and foundations that he has made.

Book Report: Part 2

I just finished the book Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien. I still think the book was a good book. I already told you about what happens in the beginning of the book. After she meets the man that came to her house and they start farming, things start to go downhill. Ann is sleeping one night and the man comes over her breathing heavily and when something bad is about to happen, she jumps, hits him and runs. Ann lives in the hills in her village for a while until she feels safe. The man comes looking for her several times and brings Ann’s dog with him. Ann’s dog ends up dying in the end. While Ann is living in the hills, she starts to run out of food so she goes to get more at the store. When she gets there, she realizes that the man is locking the door on the store so she can’t get in and will have to come to him for food. Ann figures this out and goes back to the house, and when she is close to the house, the man shoots her in the leg. Ann wobbles away back to the caves, and rests her leg for a while. Through her time in the cave, Ann thinks up a plan to steal the man’s anti-radioactive suit and cart to go find another place to go or live. Ann eventually steals the man’s materials and leaves him a note saying meet me at the big rock. He comes there and she tells him she is leaving and Ann leaves to find another house, valley, or other people. I would still recommend this book to people who like mysteries, survival, and suspenseful books. This book would probably get an 8 ½ to a 9 overall because it was a very good book and it kept me interested.

Book Report: Part 1

I am reading the book Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien. The book is about a girl named Ann Burden who is sixteen years old and lives by herself on her parents farm. She is living there by herself because her family is taken from her by the nuclear war that everyone else has perished because of. She thinks no one is out there until a strange man in a green suit appears and gets sick after drinking water from a radioactive river. Ann isn’t sure whether to go help him because she doesn’t know if he is mean, nice, or dangerous.

She eventually goes and helps him and they become friends. Ann and the man start growing things after they fix the farm’s tractor. I have only gotten that far in the book. I think the book is really interesting so far and it keeps you really intrigued throughout the book. I like how the book keeps you reading and it is supenseful from the beginning. If I had to rate the book, I would probably rate it a nine out of ten, because the book is interesting but may get a little bit boring if you don’t like suspense or survival. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense, survival, or mystery generes. I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone who doesn’t like supense, survival, or mystery books because that is what the book is like. It keeps supense, while it tells a story of survival that is mysterious.

Book Report: Part 2

I have just finished the book Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude. The book had actually kept me into it and had me interested throughout the end of the book. I think that I would still have stuck with my old statement and would have still agreed with Joe’s decisions through the end of the book. I would still think that I would have done the same things as Joe because he has made very well decisions and I would probably make the same ones.

At the end of the book, I gave the book 9 out of 10 because the book had gotten even more interesting towards the end when he is at the camp. It had actually gotten better since he was just living normal everyday normal life during the middle of the book which was about my last entry.

I would still probably have still learned the same thing being that patience is the way to go most of the time because it just makes life easier and through the book from the middle to the end, you will see that Joe finally starts to learn patience which makes things easier for him.

Overall, the book was a good book, and I thought it portrayed how much Japanese Americans had went through during WWII and how if you had a radio, pocketknife, or a telegraph you would have it confiscated because they thought those items would be used to help the Japanese attack us again. The book was good, and David Patneaude did a good job of writing the book Thin Wood Walls.

Book Report: Part 1

While reading the book Thin Wood Walls, I like it. The book so far has been pretty captivating and interesting. The main character is named Joseph Hanada. Joe is boy at the age of about 13 years old and is dealing with the stereotypical time dealing with Pearl Harbor. Joe has had to make a lot of tough choices so far in the book, ranging from just the simple right or wrong ordeal or something a lot more significant that could affect him for a while. I agree with Joe’s decisions so far, like when he has almost gone into fights with non-Japanese people during the time following Pearl Harbor. I probably would have done and chose the same decision because everyone already has bad feelings toward American Japanese people and it would not be smart to go and pick a fight, which would make people madder at you.

I have learned in the book so far that sometimes you have to have patience and not just jump into things even though you may want to or it may have or does seems like the right thing to do, and most of the time things will have turned out for the better and everything would have been fine.

So far, I would probably rate the book a eight out of ten. I would give it an eight because the book has been pretty captivating and has kept me interested besides the point that sometimes I got bored because chapter after chapter were about the same thing. Otherwise, so far the book is going pretty good.

Memoir

Hawaii
Last year, I was thinking, and I brought up the idea to go to Hawaii. I told my parents about, and they said if I saved up $200+ dollars, then we could go. A few months later, I saved $200 and my parents said, “We’re going to Hawaii!” When we went to Hawaii, the flight took 9 long, boring hours. When we got there, it was such a long wait, but it was worth it, because we got to go stay in a 5-Star hotel. The trip was awesome we went everywhere. The third or fourth day, we went to Pearl Harbor. It was one of those places that you have to be there to know what it is actually like. It was awesome, there were artifacts and a whole bunch of cool things and we actually got to meet some survivors of the attack, also we got to go see the USS Missouri and Ford Island. Next after Pearl Harbor we went to the Aloha Stadium (the pro bowl is held there). At Aloha stadium, we went on the outside and went to the flea market; there were a lot of cool things, ranging from homemade things to shells collected on the beach. My family and I were about to go, and a guy saw me and asked if I wanted to go down to the field of Aloha Stadium and of course I said “yes”. The next day, we went to shark cage expedition, and it was in the morning with the cool breeze and the sea water stinging your skin like a thousand little pins. When we got to the spot, the sea was choppy, but not to choppy. When we got into the water, there were like 5 sharks, and as time progressed, around like 30 to 35 sharks came, it was so awesome!
If you ever get the chance to go to Hawaii, take the chance, because you won’t regret it.

About Me!!

Hi my name is Josh, my last blog I didn't really know what to do, but now I do. My name is Josh Gangl and I am 13 years old. My birthday is in May. I have one brother, and he is in his 2nd year of college at NDSU University. I have one dog and his name is skip. My favorite color is blue and i like sports, hanging out with my friends, watching movies, playing in the outdoors, hunting, and fishing.