Three Came Home

Discussion Questions 1. Physical Characteristics: Danny and Reuven are both Jews. They both are engage in softball. In fact, their first meet is during a softball game between Danny’s Hasidic team and Reuven’s orthodox team, and Danny hit Reuven’s eye with the ball. Danny is a good hitter and Reuven is a pitcher. In appearance, Danny always wears his earlocks, he looks a little bit like Abraham Lincoln with side curls. Mental Characteristics: Danny and Reuven both loves learning. For example…

over the next 15 seasons. In 1919, Babe Ruth set a single season home run record of 29 while playing for the Red Sox team. In 1920, Babe hit a total of 54 home runs in less than 10 seasons. In 1927, he did it again and beat his record with 60 home runs. This record stood for 34 years. Since Babe Ruth was so well known at New York and the Yankee Stadium it was dubbed the name “the house that Ruth built”. Babe Ruth in all hit 714 home runs, it was a mark that stood until 1974. Over the…

Of course, I’m being sarcastic. The only time it’s actually fun is when you’re annihilating the other team while they’re asleep on the field. Being on the other end of the stick in the situation makes you wish for a mercy on you and you can just go home and play Xbox for the rest of the night. Probably the only scary aspect of baseball is getting clocked in the jaw by an awful pitcher’s baseball. And uh… well, that happened to me. Ok, basically, I went up to the plate. I was feeling pretty good…

The 1920’s was known as the Golden Age of American sports. Bigger and better stadiums were built. “The most famous athlete in the United States in the 1920s was baseball star George Herman “Babe” Ruth, the right fielder for the New York Yankees”(Sumner, J). The 1920’s influenced the way sports are today. The way the 1920s influenced was by having game changing players like Babe Ruth, by becoming more organized and professional, and lastly is by becoming more popular. Babe Ruth was the most…

which is a skilled nursing facility. She immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in 1983. She studied in the Philippines and got a bachelor of science in professional agricultural engineer and then had to take the license exam when she came to the U.S. Even though Columba does not have a degree that pertains to health care, she does have about forty years of experience that has allowed her to grow within the field and learn many valuable skills. As a future healthcare professional…

“Progress looks like a bunch of failures and you're going to have feelings about that because it’s sad but you can’t fall apart. And then one day , you will succeed.” (Grey’s Anatomy) A brilliant quote that I take to heart because I am blessed with all the opportunities that have been given to me despite my past failures,lack of motivation and confidence. In my teen years pursuing a nursing career was not a plan. I fathomed the thought of being in the medical field because it is science…

I started playing soccer for my school in first grade and kept on playing till third grade when I stopped because I found a sport I felt was much more appealing to me in the way the game was played and the teamwork needed to play. It could also be fact that my dad told me I needed to play, which was fine because I wanted to play anyway. This sport is baseball, an All-American sport played by athletes who are not afraid to put themselves in front of a 100 mile per hour ball. Baseball takes a…

If you love baseball this is the perfect story for you. This is about baseball. This is a different story because everything is true. Everything happened We are a team of eleven. All 12 or 13 years old. We at first when we first met we were all just getting to know each other by asking ‘What school do you go to’ and ‘What's your name’. But after about the first few practices we were talking to each other like we’ve known each other all our lives. We a had…

“Home Run!” The announcer yells as the crowd goes crazy. Babe Ruth has done it again folks. "He's the best of the best", the children yell. Some of you may be asking ,well, what is baseball . Baseball is Americas favorite pass time. It’s been that way since the 1920’s. This game of hitting a ball with a stick and hearing that sweet and beautiful crackle as the bat and the ball connects seems to put fire in people’s veins as they yell and cheer for their favorite team as they enter the field. The…

and recreational therapy and therapeutic. This specific nursing home encourages the recovery and have a high percentage of success rate in a certain period of time. These are for the patient to understand that the facility has the best interest in them and their families. Heartland Health Care Center is a for profit agency which provides many residential care, whether that is short or long-term. That includes care of nursing home, dementia, assisted and independent living. Considering how big…