Hampden

Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4th, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. In that particular time of her life, she would not have had any knowledge of the fact that she would one day have a life changing impact in her time period and our world today. Dix had a love for teaching. She had strong desires to help girls learn and grow more with intelligence. At the age of twelve, she moved to Boston with her grandmother and then to Worcester, Massachusetts with her aunt at the age of fourteen. In order to fulfill her desire to teach, she founded the Dix Mansion, a school for girls, along with a charity school that allowed poor girls to get an education for free. She continued teaching by volunteering at the East Cambridge Jail. Using her father’s religious influence, she taught a Sunday school class for the women that were held imprisoned there. Although Dix loved preaching to the women in the prison, she often noticed that some of the chambers in the prison didn’t have any heat and that the prisoners…

The year is 1841. A 39-year-old woman is teaching Sunday school in a womens’ jail in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. As she teaches, she is consistently appalled by the treatment of mentally ill inmates.This experience starts a crusade that lasts the next 46 years until the day of her death. This woman is Dorothea Lynde Dix. Born to a poor family in 1802, she was possibly neglected and saw her early life as bleak and lonely. Dix moved to live with her grandparents at the young age of twelve,…

been previously imposed by other rulers, it had only been levied against coastal counties and never during a time of peace. Many of the King’s subjects opposed the tax; however, John Hampden, a member of Parliament, not only refused to pay the tax, but also contested its legality. II. John Hampden John Hampden was born in London circa 1595. He was the son of a Puritan landowner who owned estates in both Buckinghamshire and Middlesex. Moreover, Hampden became heir to the family estate while…

Culture is typically used to describe the behaviors and actions of people from a large group perspective. In business, culture is used to describe behaviors at a national level in order to better understand the differences between people in different parts of the world. So while many languages may be spoken in a single country, there usually is a single national language that can be expected to be spoken by business people in that country. But the culture of a country has many other components…

the quality of their lives depend on how much they take care of the group members even if it ends to losing their freedom. People in communitarian cultures often choose a group presentation rather than a presentation of a single person. The Netherlands and Russia are considered to be more individualists (Trompenaars & Hampden Turner,…

Edward T. Hall, Marilyn Lindblad, and Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner, showcase ways of seeing the world and dealing with others. Based on these dimensions, I have my own way of seeing the world that is both “in line” with general views about Americans and is not. I also believe that there is an “American Type” but this type may not reflect the average American correctly. There are various way that I see the world that contrast and compare to general views about Americans. In…

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. His parents were divorced when he was still knee high to a grasshopper. His mother’s name was Nellie King and his father’s name was Donald king. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When he was eleven he moved with his mother to Durham, Maine. Stephen king began to look for a job and eventually found a job in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. Stephen king went to two…

of novel writing. She started writing this book during her second year at Bennington and it took her 8 years to write and to publish the book [Book Drum]. The Secret History tells a story of a group of six classics students at an elite Hampden College in Hampden, Vermont. One of the six students was the narrator. Richard Papen, a twenty eight year old Californian looked back in his college nine years ago. He tells the story of how he ended up being part of the group and how they were able to…

Stephen edward king was born in portland maine on september 21, 194 king and his older brother lived with their mom after their father left when he was just two years old (Stephen 1). Once his father left his mom ended up moving them to several different areas until she decided to stay in one place for the next six years. Stephen king later graduated in 1966 from high school then went to college were he graduated in 1770. After college king accepted a job as a english teacher, during this time…

1977, customers have been stopping by Bojangles’ to have their flavorful chicken, buttermilk biscuits, sweet tea, and legendary fixings. Bojangles in Farmville, Virginia has been in business for about five years now. Bojangles’ currently has more than 600 store locations inside the United States. The mission or vision statement is “To create a culture based on trust, effective leadership, and total commitment that is without equal.” The manager of Bojangles was contacted to understand how the…