For my Academic Service Learning, I volunteered to do service at the Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home. While there, I was able to talk to the elderly, which helped brighten their day, and mine. Sometimes, I feel that nursing homes are often looked at as a gloomy place, where the people who live there are often forgotten about and mistreated. However, while at the Ozanam Hall Nursing Home, I found the elderly to be interesting. They had extensive knowledge of how life in America used to be, and gave incredible information on how to conquer life. They explained their past love, and how it shaped their lives, even how losing someone molded their lives. One man amazed me with his qualifications in engineering. He spoke about his many degrees