Rocket+Boys

Question for Week of April 20: As you read this memoir, did you begin to feel as if you knew the people involved? Did you like them? Do you think you'd have been happy to live in Coalwood in the late 1950's? If you had, what position in it would you have wanted? Coal miner? Foreman? Teacher? Housewife? Preacher? Doctor? Rocket Boy or Girl? Football Star?   I think that I am beginning to predict what is going to happen, and what characters will do. I would not have liked to live in Coalwood in the late 1950's because there is not a lot of stuff you can do. The main part of the town is mining and football. You can either do either of those, or you can be a doctor a preacher or a teachert(unless you are a grl and then you could just be a wife).I would not like to mine coal because that can really damage your health. I would not like be a doctor because I would not like to do things like preform lung sergery or something. I would not like to teach because kids can be annoying, and it would have a lot of stress. If you play football, then when you win people will like you but when you lose, people will not like you(which is stressful also). Also football was suspended and everyone doesn't care a bout the foot ball boys anymore because they are too interested in the Rocket Boys. I also think that Coalwood is not that "democratic" because no one gets a say in anything that is going on(like the football ban). - Jazz

I agree with Jazz that I would not like to live in Cape Coalwood because I would have to deal with black dust everywhere and it would get pretty annoying. Also Cape Coalwood is not the type of place I want to live in. They dont have the activities I would like to go to. Because I do not like football, I do not want to be a docter (because blood stuff is desgusting) and I would not like to work in I mine (because it is deadly) And as Jazz said I do not to be a Teacher because I could get stressed from the kids. I also Do not want to be a preacher because Church can get a little boring sometimes (I mean I still care about god and Jesus but...). And I wouldn't want to be a Rocket Girl because I am not very interested in Rockets. When I read this book I feel like I am with the characters. Like I am this kid at thier school watching Homer and his freinds ( So.... Yes I know the charters.). -Olivia \ I think that Coalwood is very nice and notsgalia. I would have had mixed feelings about living there, though. I don't understand football at all, so I wouldn't cheer on them. As Olivia said, I would hate to live with black dust that gives disease and is dirty, and I would hate preaching all day. But Coalwood looks friendly and and happy, nice and relaxing. I forget when when and why the town, War, was deserted? Marrisa P.S (Updated 4/29/09) Jazz, you skimmer.Did you skip half the book? Ms. Riley is a girl who is a teacher. NOT A WIFE!!!!

**I agree mostly with jazz, olivia ,and marrisa. I would not like to be a miner because mining was really risky. Also you get paid little amounts. And I wouldn't want to be foreman and be responsible for a death in the mine and I wouldn't want to have to fire people. I also wouldn't want to be a house wife and I couldn't have been one. I don't think I would want to preach to people. I wouldn't want to be practicing all the time like a football star would. The only thing I would like to be is a rocket boy but I don't Think I would think I could do it therefore I wouldn't try. So I don't think I would fit in in coalwood. And like Jazz said there wasn't really much stuff to in the late 1950's. With all of this I don't think I would live happily in coalwood in the late 1950's. Also one last thing is I did start to relize really how bad sonny and quinten want to get a job at cape canaveral and how hard they will work to get a job there**. **William**