"Wooden Bowls" - Literature

This is a very touching and inspiring story. It connects to empathy in C.A.R.E.S because the son and daughter in law just thought the old man was stupid for dropping food and spilling milk. They didn't put themselves in his shoes, and about how they would be in about 20 years. For all they know, they could be completley blind and their son and his wife would have to take care of them. This teaches us to put yourself in the person's shoes that you are about to say something mean to.

Traits and Heredity Homework

While reading "What is heredity", and "What are traits", I learned a lot. One thing I learned was why my thumb bends back and is not straight. According to what are traits, it is called hitchikers thumb and I checked my familys' thumbs and they all have it! another thing I learned was that humans have a set of 23 chromosomes each which means all together your parents would have 46 chromosomes. When parents have a child, they give a set to each child. Therefore, the child will have some of the same traits as the parents do.