History of Basketball

History of Basketball

1. Who invented basketball?
-James Naismith

2. Where?
-Springfield, Massachusetts

3.When?
-1891

4.How?
-He used peach baskets and a soccer style ball

5.Why?
-It was invented to condition young athletes during the winter.

6.What were the circumstances at the beginning?
-Basketball is an indoor sport with nine players in each team.


7.What was it like at the start?
-It was slightly different to the game we play now.

8.What types of shots were taken?
-Free throws, field goal, three point shot.

9.How is basketball different today than when it first started?
-Basketball is different now because back then they would use peach baskets and after each shot the ball to be retrieved manually. The ball also changed because it went from a soccer ball to a Spalding ball similar to the one we use today. The original 13 rules have also been expanded to over 100.

Veterinarian

Veterinarian

Duties and Responsibilities: A veterinarian is a licensed health professional who is trained to diagnose and treat diseases and injuries in animals. Not only are they responsible for the health and welfare of treated animals, they are also indirectly responsible for the health of animal owners by preventing any animal diseases from spreading to humans.

Salary: $96,100

Education: To earn a doctor of veterinary medicine degree it would take typically four years. Although it is sometimes possible to gain acceptance to a college of veterinary medicine without first earning a bachelor's degree.


Reflection: Do you think you would like to become one? Why or why not?
  I would love to become a veterinarian because i love animals but the only thing stopping me would be the fact that animals do not like me.

Christian and his Right Decision

Christian and his Right Decision

    In this amazing video, is a story about a fifteen-year-old boy who brought a criminal to justice and did the right thing. One night while an elderly woman was walking to her car to go visit her husband who was in the hospital, she got mugged and a man and he got away with her purse and $700 dollars, but he was later apprehended and his mug shot was put in the news. When Christian saw the picture on the news he immediately recognized the person as his father who had been a semi-absent parent who was in and out of jail since Christian was the age of two. The day after his father had mugged the elderly woman, Christian’s dad had gone to see him and gave him $250 for a band trip and the boy was not sure if that money was part of what he stole. Christian felt bad for what his father had done and wanted to apologize to the woman in person. When Christian and the woman met he gave her the money his father had given him but to his surprise the woman offered it bad to him as a grateful gesture for what the boy had done. 

S.S.S. Count Leo Tolstoy

Student Success Statement

“Only those live who do good.”

Count Leo Tolstoy

Reflection: I agree with Count Leo to certain extend because doing good may mean giving things up for the sake of others but that wouldn't necessarily be living. Let’s say you are in a dangerous situation where one must leave everything behind and you are the one that chooses to sacrifice everything, that – for me – would not be living.

Western Medicine Docotor

Western Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Acupuncture involves inserting fine needles at points of the body surface to influence physiological functions. Acupuncture practitioners treat a wide range of physical ans physiological conditions and provide support for patients with chronic diseases.

Salary: Median salary of $46,500

Education: Master's degree or post-baccalaureate certificate from an accredited program.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to become one? Why or why not?
 I do not think I would like to become one because I would not like to stick needles into a person's body and possibly hurt them.