COURAGE

          I am going to talk about something important today. Something that people don't understand how BIG it really is. This word is something that people don't have sometimes that can't move on. This word is so BIG that if kids don't see there peers hurt inside or that they can't fit in. This word I am talking about is what? It is "courage" courage is something that people need more of.A lot of people need to be able to talk to others more and tell them what they are really feeling or even thinking. I think that people at our school need to learn that people that aren't popular or can't afford things that others can. To tell you the truth I think that the preps at our school don't understand that some of our kids at school only come to school for there future when they wake up in the morning the last thing they want to do is to go to school but they have to for there future or to keep there life moving. Yes courage will help these people and maybe if they had a little more hope your probably thinking but just think they need our help. I am just saying help people even if it is just giving a pair of gloves and maybe showing some love to them to make them feel comfortable at our school make them want to actually come to school everyday. Make them get up and can't wait to be there 1st hour and be mad because they have to go home and not see the wonderful friends for a whole other day. That is what I have got to say about courage.

Rankings

     Rankings is the only thing that matter they say. The ranking is somebodies opinion they haven't seen them ever compete but they estimate. I don't go by the rankings wrestling is heart technique, you have to know what a\your doing. Last year I was not ranked I wrestled a kid that was ranked 2 and a kid ranked 3. When I wrestle these matches I think to myself and see hey I have got nothing to lose I go out there and do my best if I lose no big deal they are known more than I am. I went out there and I did what I had to do I wrestled my heart out and  I could'nt believe I actually did it. I wrestled my best I believed I could do it and I did it I won the match. This happend 2 times 2 different kids and I worked both kids. That is why I don't believe in the rankings I hate people that live off them and people that say this kid is going to kill this kid and this kid and that kid. I wish people could just wait and see and not predict but you know it's the know this. I am happy to say this and hope people actually quit predicting.

Leadership

      Leadership is a term. It's a term that we as wrestlers need if you don't show leadership on the mat it would be a disaster. It really shows when you are on a team that has leaders, leaders that know what there doing, leaders that follow what you do if your cutg weight they help you threw it. If you lose a match they talk you threw it and tell you what you did wrong and need help on. I think that our team has pretty good leadership there are teams out  there that they can't even stand there own team. I know that I don't like all my teammates but I still respect them and help them. I would wrather be on a horrible team that has good leader ship wrather than wrestling on a good team with bad leadership. This is personally my opinion I am sure a lot of other people disagree with me on all the things I have said but when you have people on the side of the mat that try to nake you win they actually care about us making moves improving position. That is a little thing I have to say about leadership because I was at a tournament this weekend that really didn't have a lot. Once there star wrestler loses they give up.

Giving

          When I think of giving I think about not just me but other people that doesn't have what we have or that doesn't get the chance we do. When at a store don't just think of your self for once think of someone else get them a cheap pair of gloves or even a food drive. Think to yourself if that was me wouldn't I want somebody to send me food or something to stay warm with. You can even think about how misserable there life is. How much better they will appreciate life and others. I think that I don't give enough I need to start doing this more as well. I mine as well tell people this while I am thinking it so people are able to actually go and think about what is going on in other countries or maybe even in this country and think of ways we can help them by just sending them a pair of bloves a hat food anything. If you want to help people in someway find a donation of some sort and I encourage you to do this. Think about all the food people ate this week during thanksgiving. Now think about families that can't aford much maybe they didn't eat anything maybe they went through somebodies garbage. Those people would give there lives for there kids to have a better life I bet money on it because I know my parents would want me to have a better life. I am not saying they want to get rid of them I am saying let the family stay together by helping donations.

HOPE

          I think that hope is a very big word it is something a lot of people don't have and people probably don't believe in. Hope is a big part in my life. Hope is believing in yourself. It is doing something that you may not win but you have hope in yourself hoping you will win or hoping something amazing will happen. I have a lot of hope especially in sports I know I wouldn't be as big in it or as good if i didn't have hope. In wrestling I have hope that god will be with me and help me as I am wrestling. Wrestling is a big part in my life and I know that I wouldn't be able to do as good with out the lord and my fans I got to say the fans are crazy help you don;t want to make an error so you do something that will work. I know hope and hope knows me we both know that we need each other and with out hope I honestly don't think I wouild be as happy as I am. That's what I think about hope.

Adaptation

        When I think of adaptation I think of somebody adapting to something like if you bought a new home and you would adapt to the new home you would start to get comfortable. Well I use this as an example because I have moved a couple times now since my parents got a divorse last year and it is pretty hard to adapt to knew things like that. I lived in the country since I was 2 and it was the same house. Then when they get a divorse we move into to town. Both parents!!!!! So it was very hard to adapt not just adapt to a new home but to live in town as well. NO....... NO....... NO......... is what I was thinking in my head at that time. I was hoping they would work it out so I would NOT have to move but you know what they say. "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON". But anyways the thing I am saying is that it could happen to anyone to adapt knew things and even animals when there not with there mom and dad, etc. things like that.

HUMANITY

    I think humanity has its good things and bad things. The good things are we have a good education, we have ways to get places quicker, we have things to be involved in, etc. Sone of the bad things are not everyone gets along, our environment is fithy and people ruin there lives bye getting into bad things. I think that some people don't understand what they are here for; and most do. Humanity is something that I don't really get I just know that this is the way we are and I am planning on learning more about it as I go through my education.

Hunting

           Hunting is something I really love I am hoping to go a lot this year. hunting really relaxes me kinda it really takes all the things I always think about and just blows away as I am thinking about I hope I see something. And even better I hope I get something I know even if I don't get anything I would wrather be doing that than anything else. One of the reasons I want to get my driver's license so bad is because I really want to hunt a lot more now and hope I get really good. Hunting is probably my favorite thing  spare time to do on myhe thing that sucks is that it is pretty expensive to do and they only have a certain time you can hunt. The thing I want to do after high school is go to luther to wrestle and hopefully find some hunting land to buy close to luther so we can build a house or little cabin to live in and hunt and wrestle my 2 favorite things to do. I am planning on doing this but I don't what college I am going to go to forsure. I guess I will see and so will everyone else and I will let everybody know how it's going

BEAUTY

          Beauty is something that I don't really care about I mean if it is a girl we are talking about it is different. Don't get me wrong I want my girl to be looking good. If it is me though I don't really do a lot just shower up get nice clothes on and go. Sometimes if it is really special I will spray something girls like..I really don't care what people think of me but I know girls care what people think of them. Well it is actually pretty obvious on how long they spend on there hair or should I wear this today or know maybe that. I get up at 7 get ready eat maybe do a little homework then go to school. I do know that girls probably get up at 6 and take a shower 30 minutes, then do there hair hour then clothes 15 minutes. At this time it is 7:45 and they eat something healthy quick then they get backpack or froget it then go to school. Almost late for class and that is how it goes everyday just to look good but for boys you can get it all done in 15 minutes and some even less. That is what I got on this subject!!!1

LIFE

          Life is something a lot of people don't get. In life you don't focus on the future all the time you want to focus on that moment right now. In life we think about what were going to do towmorrow well I have plans with blah blah blah. Try not amking plans it is interesting just to see what your doing. The reason I am saying this is because I have had a lot of times when I have had huge plans with a friend or family member and it ends up not happening. I am just saying I have had a lot of dumb stuff happen but you know how it is. Friends ditching you, family canceling plans, etc. it's that kinda thing. We are not here just to make plans with friends every weekend or even everyday. Try going home and spending time with your family after school or leave a saturday or sunday open and just help around the house or do something with your parents. I just started to realize once I am gone to college and don't get to see them as much anymore. Just try it sometime and if you don't like it them don't do it.

Freedom

        Freedom is a thing that we have been in the United States. We are very lucky to have it, other countries don't have much freedom. I think that freedom is good really good but think that there should be a little less like at school when kids don't even try. I know that we are a lucky country to have it and I know that it's a good thing and we are very lucky to have it. Kids always say if they get into trouble it's a free country that is the bad part about it. I know we have laws but because of laws when people go to court they can win and lose even if they did something wrong. When I am at school or in public I try to respect things and other people. I don't laugh at people who aren't the sae as us like a lot of kids do. They just sit and laugh right at there face which I do not like at all.

WRESTLING

          Wrestling is one of the biggest things in my life. Ya God, Family, and things like that are more important but wrestling beats a lot of things. I would rather go practice new moves then ride bike around the lake, I would rather wrestle on the summer then play anyother sport. I do play baseball but wrestling is always first in those situations. The reason I like wrestling so much is because I have been in it for 10 years now and have always tried my best through out the years. Wrestling beats all the other sports i play because it is a harder sport to be good at and need to practice to be the best. I have also been in wrestling longer than any other sport. The only other sport I played during wrestling was soccer and I no longer play. I really wish I would have sruck with it but you all know how it is. This is why wrestling is so important to me and if you become my coach for something and i quit it isn't bevause I hate you or I don't like the sport it is because i don't want to get hurt for wrestling. Wrestling is the only sport I have a future with.

FALL WEEKENDS

          In the fall it seems calm. The wind is probably blowing and it could be loud outside but calm enough for when you are just outside, and its fall it just seems calm, and relaxing. On the weekends I just go out to the country were it normally isn't to loud and I am with my family. We have the best times together on the fall weekends. Some things we do are rake the leaves and let the younger kids jump into them, we also bring them out and play a little family football after vikings games on sunday's even if they do lose. Fall weekends are what i enjoy not to hot but not to cold. Perfect weather to have a little family get together on sunday's. Weekends with family is a good thing to do because when you are not in high school anymore and you miss your family in college you have memories. Memories are when you just sit and think about what you and your family, friends used to do with you and when you had fun. This is what I like about Fall weekends.

SILENCE

      Silence is what i am going to talk about. Silence is nice, no dogs barking, no parents barking in you rface either ha. I like silence because its helps me think and consentrate better on one thing. I am sure a lot of other people like silence as well. When your in class taaking a test you don't want the whole class jumping around screeming. When your golfing you want it quiet especially when your teeing off. When you are sitting in a deer stand waiting for a deer you want to be quiet or else you probably won't get anything. Silence is a nice thing when you have it.

SIBLINGS

Have you ever wondered of not having  siblings if you have them or having siblings if you don't. Well I have siblings "my twin Dakota and my sister Hannah", With out my brother I couldn't live me and him aren't only brothers we are like best friends as well. I do like my sister to but we don't have as good as a relationship. I was just thinking what if i didn't have either of them, yes no fights, or nothing to share, but i would always get lonely because I wouldn't have a brother to go outside with and play catch or to wrestle or any of that. sweet stuff to have a sibling to do it all with. I am just saying folks think about not having a sibling or having one.


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Family

      I am going to talk about family, a lot of people dont really have a good family. If you have a good family take advantage of it and spend time with them. I have a good family and I try my best to spend time with them. What makes my family good? My family is good because we all spend time together, we talk about things that are going on. When I get home from school they always ask how my day was and I ask them how theres was. Sometimes after the vikings games we go ouside and play a little football game. Thats what I think is a family and I just feel bad for a lot of the kids that don't have that and they go out and do drugs and get drunk because it makes them feel better. So I just think that if you want a good family just spend time with them sit and talk for a little bit. I am jusast proud of having a good family and I hope a lot of you also have good family's and if you dont try to talk to your parents find something in comman. That's all I am asking you to do.

Friendship

     I think that friendship is important so i am going to say a few things about it. I am going to talk about something that is very important to me and probably a lot of other people as well. When you go to school you want to sit bye somebody who actually likes you and talks to you. When you got to a football game don't you want somebody to ask you to sit bye them, I know I do. I am talking about friends and with out friends, I don't know about you but I would hate high school.
       Although you might not be popular or rich it doesnt mean nobody will like you there will always be something I like to call "a group". You don't have to try to be somebody else to have friends just be yourself and you will have real friends, friends you have something in common with, friends that will "ALWAYS" be there for you. So what i am trying to say is friendship doesn't have to be as complicated if you just be yourself.

Summer, and sports

Garrett Wangsness

         
        I am Garrett Wangsness and my subject is going to be on this summer. I am going to tell you about the main things I did this summer. The first thing I will be talking about is my job, because that was the main thing I did this summer. The second thing I will be talking about is going to be about sports, and finally the third thing is going to be vacations.

        The first thing I will be talking about is work. The first thing I knew I was going to be doing this summer is working. This summer I got a job working with my dad, he is a contractor so I did all kinds of different jobs. The first job we did was building a garage so I did do a lot of different things on this job, we poored cement, put up walls, etc. Most of the jobs we did though was shingling, this whole summer we probably did around 10 to 12 roofs. I did do a lot of other jobs to though, like we did kitchens, bathrooms, garages, etc. Ya this whole summer we stayed really busy the only breaks we got were vacations and weekends of course ha. I got a job because I wanted to make some money to buy a nice truck. This is probably the main thing I did over the whole summer.

        The second thing I will be talking about is my summer vacations. I know that this summer wasn't my favorite summer of all of them but I do know this summer's vacations were the best. The first vacation I went on was to wisconsin dells. I went there with my dad and his girlfriend it was a lot of fun, we went to the wilderness resort. The wilderness has three different indoor water parks and 2 outdoor. They also have my favorite laser tag!!!! This wasn't even close to the funnest vacation over the summer. The second vacation I went on was to yogi bear camp ground. It is located in between austin and rochester. I know it isnt far away but it was very fun and I count it as a vacation. At this camp ground they have a pool, water slids, a big bouncing pillow, and golf carts you can go on. This was one of my favorite vacations. I went there with my mom and her boyfriend and some of there friends. I count this as a vacation because I enjoyed being away from work and just relaxing for a few days. It was a lot of fun and hope we keep doing it iver the years. The third vacation i went on was my personal favorite. I went to Utah and Colorado with my dad and his girlfriend. We went to Utah for my great Grandma's 80th birthday party and we went to colorado to see my dads girlfriends brother and his girlfriend. I loved hiking and swimming and everything about the big vacation. The drive was honestly not that bad I enjoyed talking to the driver while everyone else was sleeping ha. This was just a little bit about my summer vacations and what I did, and my sports I have done over the years.      

        The third thing I will be talking about is sports. Sports are a big thing in my life because I have been in them since I was a little tike. The first sport I was in was wrestling. I found wrestling from some friends at school and I joined wrestling in 1st grade. I know that wrestling could bring me far, maybe a scholarship or even a coaching job. The only thing about wrestling I dont like is that there is nothing farther than college like all the other sports like football, and baseball!! Even though I play football and baseball I know im not going to go anywere with these two sports. I guess I am alright at football and baseball but I just feel there is more heart in wrestling. I was on varsity my freshman year and hopefully through my high school career. I have won NYWA state 2 times in 4th grade and 8th grade, in 7th grade I was runner up. Long story short I got ripped off because the ref called a take down for my competiter when everyone knew it wasn't a take dowm. I know this because my competiter's coaches came up to me and told me that it wasnt a take down. As you can tell wrestling is a really competitive sport for me and hope to go far.