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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

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Thank You Note

Dear Tavo,

I want to thank you for working me so hard in wrestling practice. It’s really helping me to get better. You’ve been kicking my butt all year and I finally won my final match. Hopefully next year I will be a lot better and start varsity. Good luck in high school wrestling! I’ll be at the matches to cheer you on!

Your friend,

Donald

Diary

Dear Diary,

Wrestling practice was really hard today. Coach is working us to the max. I’ve been wrestling Tavo everyday for about a month now. I feel I’m improving a lot. Our first wrestling match is this Tuesday; hopefully I will win so I can gain the respect I’ve been looking for from Tavo and the rest of the eighth graders. I’ve been seeing dad a lot more now too which is really helping m spirits. Hopefully I will see him at my match

Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

In this post I will be informing you on the themes in the book “Winning Season: Takedown”. I will also be giving you a brief summary of the book. The themes in this book are Determination and Fortitude. Determination is the quality of being determined to do or achieve something. The main character, Donald, is very determined to win his wrestling matches. After losing two matches he works his butt off in practice and asks the coach to put him up against Tavo. Tavo is an eighth grader and is one of the best wrestlers on the team. Donald is determined to win his matches. With determination he finally wins his last match. Fortitude is strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage. Donald has to overcome the adversity of being a seventh grader and a first year wrestler. He overcomes both of those when he wins his last match. This is a very good book. It’s all about how Donald overcomes is lack of experience for wrestling and wins his final wrestling match.

Sincerely,

Nick Fumara

Greatest Achievement

My greatest achievement was when I play my first gig with my band. I was super nervous about it all day, And I was even more nervous when It was about five minutes before we went on. My bandmates where there to get me pumped up and my dad talked to me and just told me to be calm. So as soon as we took the stage that's when I got the most nervous. I was actually so nervous that I dropped my drum sticks before we even played the first note. But as soon as we started to play I got over my nervousness because my adrenaline took over. We ended up playing a really good show. I'm nervous right now because in a month my band plays another gig at the newport music hall downtown on OSU campus. Wish me luck!