Henry Wells

1. Our Episcopal honor code reads as follows: “As a member of the Episcopal High School community, I pledge that I will not lie, cheat or steal, and that I will uphold the values of honesty and integrity.” The honor code is somewhat vague, but at the same time is stringent. The last line can be interpreted in several ways. Every individual has a certain ethical system in which they decide if what they are doing is right or wrong. However, there are certain actions that are considered universally…

Henry Ford was one of the men who revolutionized the United States in many ways. He was born on July 30, 1863 in greenfield township, Michigan he married Clara Jane Bryant in 1888. Henry ford founded the ford motor company in 1903, he revolutionized the use of automobiles by creating cars that not only the upper class could afford but also the middle class of Americans. This caused automobiles to be a more common commodity among most all Americans. Again in 1913 Henry Ford revolutionized the…

from the outside. This conveyor belt helped companies, specifically the Ford Motor Company, mass produce products. Henry Ford first equipped the conveyor belt in his factory on December 1, 1913, effectively creating the first assembly line where many workers were given, small simple jobs to complete on each product instead of seeing an item from start to finish in production. Henry Ford amassed a generous amount of wealth because of the new method of production. Some may consider him a Robber…

Cherry Hill, New Jersey – It was quite an outstanding gravel rally debut for Bucky Lasek, one of the Subaru Rally Team drivers. In addition to finished seventh overall, Lasek also reached the podium in his own class. He was behind the wheel of the new Subaru Parts Online rally car, the 2016 Subaru WRX STI. Lasek drove a careful and measured rally, slowly getting comfortable with his car's handling. He was helped by Rhianon Gelsomino, an experienced co-pilot, and her notes about the course. The…

father told me that it was time for me to start looking at what I wanted to drive. I was looking and there it was I thought in my head. A 1967 Chevy truck. I bolted out of my room to show my father what I had found. He said that it looks like a nice well built truck and that we could go look at it. We made the drive to Tulsa and pulled the trailer in case we bought it. When we arrived it was sitting at a little house in a small driveway. As I stepped out the car my heart began to beat faster as…

things forever; it lead to the first resignation of a United States president, and changed American politics. Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began writing about the case which changed the way people trusted their American government, as well as the way they viewed the President(All the President’s Men). The system of separation of powers with checks and balances, Executive privilege, and the First Amendment right to freedom of the press together prove the American government, at the…

The radio was invented in 1913, Edwin Armstrong is an american engineer that invented a special circuit that transmitted voices from one place to another. The radio was important because it spread information across the nation to let people know what was going on with the current day world. The radio also played jazz music and children would dance and sometimes parents would too, some old people did like the radio because of it “killing the children”. The radio brought cultural and social…

Henry Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company and born in 1863. He found an apprentice job as a machinist at the Michigan Car Company in Detroit after leaving his home at the age of 16. Ford had a determination to enhance on his prototype. Thus, he sold the Quadricycle that he built in 1896 so he could persist building other vehicles (History 2016). He joined up with a group that founds the Detroit Automobile Company in 1899. However, he left the company after 3 years as his partner keen to…

Henry Ford Essay Henry Ford was a prodigious inventor and mechanic. He was born on the 30th of July, 1863, on his family farm near the Wayne County in Dearborn, Michigan. He revolutionised the car industry forever by making the assembly line that is still in use today. He also made one of the most dominant and impressive car company of all time. Along with all the cars he designed and created he also made a city in the Amazon! Henry Ford perfectly demonstrated the quality of leadership and…

Maxwell Straus APUSH Period 2 May 20, 2015 How did the Watergate Scandal and other major events impact the already diminishing views of United States Citizens towards the government during the 1960’s and 70’s? United States History is filled with scandal and misconduct. From the corrupt bargain, in 1824, where Andrew Jackson was cheated out of winning president, to the Iran-Contra Affair, where weapons were sold secretly for the release of U.S. hostages. The biggest scandal in United States…