December 2015 Ben Franklin: The First American “A penny saved is a penny earned.” That well known quote is from none other than the famous Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was born in Boston on January 17‚ 1706. Josiah Franklin‚ Benjamin’s father‚ was a candle and soap maker. In Josiah’s first marriage with Anne Child‚ they had seven children together. Then in his second marriage with Abiah Folger‚ they had ten more children. Ben was his fifteenth child and his youngest son. Franklin had numerous accomplishments
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Franklin’s autobiography represents the American dream of rising from rags to riches‚ or as Franklin himself says “Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred‚ to a state of affluence...” (Franklin1). Franklin writes to his son‚ as his own form of a self help book. He hopes that through his life story people will be inspired to do as he did‚ and find a path to becoming successful. Today‚ he stands as a shining example of what it means to be an American business man
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“Well done is better than well said” (Poor Richard’s Almanac). Benjamin Franklin not only thought of quotes to help guide our daily lives‚ he lived them. Arguably the greatest genius of his time‚ Franklin was a hard worker‚ relentless learner‚ and passionate thinker. From a general perspective Franklin is a man who worked diligently in school‚ studied untiringly‚ and excelled in most everything he did. Although he was a dynamic learner‚ he never had a stable childhood‚ much less a formal education
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President Franklin Roosevelt President Roosevelt was born January 30‚ 1882 in Hyde Park New York. His parents Sara Ann Delano‚ and James Roosevelt both came from wealthy New York families. Although James spent much time with him‚ Sara being rather possessive became Franklin’s role model through his childhood. He learned how to play the basic sports such as polo‚ shooting‚ tennis‚ and rowing but never became a star athlete‚ he preferred to watch and sit on the sidelines as a water boy for teams
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The Mezzanine is a remarkable text about the mundane made amazing. Baker created a narrative told from the prospect of Howie‚ a man with no truly remarkable features‚ in a world of the usual as he simply goes about his day. However‚ it is through Howie’s thought processes that a comedic masterpiece of literary work emerges. He thinks of the everyday task which we all must face with such description and emotion that it becomes compelling. As Saltzman illustrates‚ it is this mundanity that gives urgency
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management concept‚ individual just deals with his “ work” and just care about his “responsibility”. In the baker’s view‚ the responsibility of each individual should be relates to whole organization and whole system. 2. You have heard me describe the “Baker Model” as follows: Assumptions drive structure‚ structure drives behavior‚ and behavior drives results. A. What are the assumptions‚ structures‚ behaviors‚ and results that will likely follow from a MBO (Management By Objective) type of management
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In her article Kari Franklin describes how she created a successful learning environment in which students developed proper social skills through peer conferencing. Some kids go to school for purely social reasons‚ Franklin realized that by introducing in- class discussions‚ she eliminated the need for excessive chatter during instructional time. After realizing that the group sharing was not working out‚ she looked at the peer conferencing from a social competence point of view. In peer conferences
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The Dan Bakers argument that rape could be moral it brings up an interesting point of view. Personally‚ I don’t know where I would stand on the argument. The idea of morally justifying rape is interesting in the way that they put it in the hypothetical instance. The idea of make a person go rape another person in order so the save all of humanity pushed the normality thinking of doing an extreme task for the greater good. When it comes to Dan Barkers argument it makes scenes for a person cause harm
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“All will end well.” (The Signers‚ page 43) This was Dr. Benjamin Rush’s favorite saying which summed up his life of vast accomplishments‚ as evidenced in a letter to Thomas Jefferson from John Adams that he knew “of no Character living or dead‚ who has done more real good in America” (Benjamin Rush‚ Patriot and Physician‚ page ix). He was a great doctor at the time he lived and worked diligently to heal countless people. However‚ his methods of curing people were dangerous and he probably hurt
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Josephine S. Baker- (1873- 1945) Worked mostly with children and discovered how important holding is to a childs health. She also worked with silver nitrate eye drops and perfected the application process in infants. Baker was the first woman to be assistant surgeon general in the U.S. Olive Ann Beech- (1920-1986) She was cofounder of Beech Aircraft and eventually became CEO and turned the company into a multimillion-dollar international aerospace corporation. Elizabeth Knight Britton- (1858-1934)
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