donald zinkoff

I'm reading the book Loser by Jerry Spinelli.  Donald Zincoff is a very interesting person.  he goes around think that everything is fun and cool.  He likes the rain storms for the sole purpose of the sound and smell of the rain hitting the ground.  He likes his teacher yelling at him because he is getting all the attention.  He also wants to be just like his dad and be a mailman.  He bugs his dad untill he finally says that he can take him to work.  his dad is lieing to him though.  He does this because he would get fired if he would take his son to work.  So what he does is he makes all these fake letters and he says that they will go deliver the mail sunday.  This is a mistake because the mail is sent on tuesday.  So his dad takes him through the whole trip telling him all the adive and little tid bits for becoming a mailman.  I think this is very cool because this is quality bonding time for him and his dad.  Zincoff also loves to play soccer.  He is so energized that he will try to make the ball into any of the goals.  He will try to make it in his own goal.  He is only in the 2nd grade though.