Tanner Foust

Tanner Foust is a stunt car driver, Professional Drift Car Driver, Professional Rally Car Driver. I admire him as a Rally driver; he was the gold medalist of global RallyCross of the X Games LA in 2012 with his new Rockstar Ford Fiesta (Shown at the bottom). He is a part time TV show host.

I chose him as a living hero because I love Rally and cars. And I like him because he is world champion, and he has more than one job.

When I’m an adult, I would love to be exactly like him because I love cars in all the ways.

Alex H.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is one of the wealthiest people in the world. He was the CEO of Microsoft, but he stopped to help create the Bill & Melinda Foundation for the poor children in particular with all the money he earned. He helps the poor for vaccines and education in most countries for example India and most of Africa. I chose Bill for living hero because he very generous.

Alex H.

Jackie Chan

To me Jackie is a noble hero, but I prefer Bruce Lee. But since he is no longer alive, and I need to write on a living hero, I had no either choice than Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan kind of looks like a ninja monkey when he does all his fancy kicks & spins, unlike Bruce that  goes strong and stiff on his enemies but also has a handful of speed. They both have completely different styles and technique.

Jackie is not only an awesome martial artist, but he is also a very generous person he offered a check of a total of 4.14 million dollars to UNICEF and two other organizations for children.

Alex.H

Volunteering at a pre-school – Volunteer project                                                         6/12/2012-6/14/2012

To complete my volunteer hours for my black belt, I needed 6 more hours. So, I asked my sister’s school if I could help out for class. I was able to do this because I was out of school the week before. I spent three hours every morning for two days at the Cougar Mountain Montessori School.

What is funny is that I went to the same school when I was little, and the teachers I was helping out were my former teachers when I was 3 years old! They were so surprised to see me grown up (I am taller than them!). I helped the kids do their work, and the teachers with cleaning up.

At the end of the last day, all the kids wanted me to come back the next day. So I decided that I would come again for a third day, not for my volunteer hours but for fun.  They were so happy when I came in the room the next day, so was I.

Lesson learned: When work it doesn’t have to be so serious it can be fun too.

Alex H.

Lionel Messi

Lionel is the best soccer player on earth. I think he is a hero because he is talented and incredibly good at soccer, which is one of my favorite sports. He was an ordinary boy from Argentina, with a lot of health issues (growth hormone deficiency). The treatment for his illness was very expensive.

 Then he got recognized by FC Barcelona in Spain because of his excellent skills and technique. He moved to Spain, and he got treated with the club paying for all his medical expenses. When he started playing at Barcelona the club became famous thanks to Messi. Then he created a charity association for all the ill Argentinean children to get treated in Spain, like he was. He is also Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF the organization who helps children all over the world. Barcelona has UNICEF on their jersey as free publicity, not a sponsor,  because they want to raise awareness for the children.

 He inspired me that I maybe someday be the best soccer player on earth. I chose him for one of my living hero’s because he had a sickness and he still became the BEST soccer player in the universe. I admire him because he give back to the children.

                                                                                                                        Alex H.

Barack Obama

 I like President Obama because when he did a speech he was always talking about safety and equal rights and that is something I know that will help all over the world. And I love that. He is a father of two kids like any ordinary father. But he has an extraordinary job and life. He comes from a different family background than any other president. He is proof that anybody can become president of the United States if they want to. A couple months ago Obama was visiting Seattle so he drove by Bellevue and stopped at a school to say hi (I wish I was there).

Alex H.

At my school every year the fifth grade goes to France for a week or two. So we have to fundraise some money for the trip by selling pastries every friday from a french baker in Seattle (Le Panier) at the entrance of my school.

This year we have raised over $10,950 to help lower the cost so that every student can participate. I sold bread three times for my volunteer hours.

Alex H.

I saw what Cameron did with the origami and I thought," I did exactly the same thing last year"! Last year at Oshkosh (the clothing store) they had a a sort of fundraiser by making paper cranes. Every paper crane gave one clothing item from Oshkosh to a child in Japan after the Tsunami. So I proposed my class if they wanted to take part in this fundraiser, they accepted (we had just learned how to make paper cranes in art class). So we where making paper cranes for a whole month. We where always trying to find time to make cranes at lunch and even during class secretly! We made about 200 paper cranes!!! We lost the photo of our paper cranes but these are Eastgate elementary's paper cranes that were at the store.

Alex  H.