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When Benjamin Franklin wrote this autobiography, he wrote it with the plan for self- improvement. What exactly is self-improvement though? It is the improvement of one’s condition through one’s own efforts. Benjamin Franklin’s plan for this was to acquire each of the thirteen virtues he created for himself, one by one. In the course of this essay, the cause and effect of the virtues, silence/sincerity, frugality/industry, and tranquility. Silence and sincerity are two virtues that work together…

When I was in 8th grade, I went to Pineland Farms for a street hockey event. The whole high school Gorham ice hockey team, and Jonah, Aidan, Tyler, Camden, and I went to play for a special olympics event. I had no idea what Pineland farms was, or even existed until then. Pineland Farms was a place where parents send their kids with special needs to “cure” them. It was basically a prison for them. It was very similar to what happened to the special needs people in the great depression. After the…

Do you have contacts or glasses? Do you cook food on a stove? Benjamin Franklin had created these ideas of the purpose of what they do. He had made a huge contribution to the world with his many inventions and writings. He was born on January 17, 1706 and died on April 17, 1790. Franklin contributed to tons of things in his lifetime. These things just are improved with today’s technology, but they ideas of what goes on is still here. Benjamin Franklin had made adjustments to the world that some…

My series of rather challenging events seven years ago, when my family moved from Myanmar to the United States. I had just turned nine when my sister received news that she was accepted into UC Berkeley. My whole family was ecstatic as we prepared for our move to San Francisco. People tried to explain to me what it would be like to live on the other side of the ocean. Little did I know, San Francisco and Yangon were polar opposites - one a bustling, concrete city and the other a quiet, somber…

A ubiquitous figure in our American culture, distinguished renaissance man and founding father Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin in Boston, Massachusetts. After attending a few years of schooling in his childhood, Franklin became a printing apprentice at the age of twelve under his brother James and participated in a new publication called The New-England Courant, the first fully independent newspaper in the American colonies. This was only the beginning…

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into the city, it raged throughout the city. In Philadelphia, the shortage of doctors made the city vulnerable to the outbreak. Over 800 doctors and nurses were helping with the war, causing the shortage. More volunteers and medical professionals were called overseas, leaving less help for the citizens. With this shortage, the flu was not contained causing it to spread faster. Around this time, many jobs in shipbuilding opened up in Philadelphia. The cost was that there was limited space and…

I have graduated from Montgomery County Community College with a degree in liberal arts. I have enrolled in all of the courses I have been interested in thus far while still fitting them into the program requirements for my program. I feel have built an excellent infrastructure to continue onwards towards a Bachelor’s degree in any direction. As for my academic goals, I plan to earn a degree biology and work in the scientific field or health professional field in the future. My personal goals…

Ingenuity is the quality of being clever, original. This definition must have been written with Benjamin Franklin in mind. Throughout his lifetime he invented many things, many of which are still used today. He made the lighting rod, stove, bifocal eyeglasses,(Block 42). His ingenuity helped build the foundation of the United States, which wouldn’t have been accomplished without Benjamin Franklin. The first invention that showed ingenuity was the invention of the lightning rod. “The lighting…

In this essay, I will be talking about what America means to me. I will be talking about 3 main ideas. The first idea is valor, which is great courage in the face of danger. The second idea is independence, the idea of being independent. The last idea is liberty, an idea where it is the state of being free, within the society. All of these ideas are conceived in American history and define our country. The first idea is valor, which is great courage in the face of danger. In the USA, our…