Journal #14

If I was the apprentice of Ben Franklin I would have had a whole different life than I do know. One huge difference between my life now and what it would be then is my education. If I were his apprentice I would learn things about English, science, and philosophical ideas. This is different than now because now I learn a lot more other subjects and have a lot more options than would have been given to me at that time. Another big difference would be my typical day. It would probably start when the sun rises because that would be the only thing that would be there to wake me up in the morning. I would then have to do my morning chores that would of course not want to do. I would do this in a timely manner so I could get to Ben Franklin's shop/office. After I got there we would start working on all the inventions he was planning on doing. I would watch him and do what he told me to do because after all I am his apprentice and am there to learn from his wisdom and insight. I would be doing a lot of paperwork for him because while he worked I would need to make sure I am writing things down so that we do not forget the really important stuff we did or how we did those things. Also so we could mark new ideas or new concepts to old ideas. These are very important in the process of inventing new things. I would also do a lot of research to make sure we do not copy another persons hard work. My childhood would not be much of a childhood because I would be working all the time. I would also get a lot of publicity though because of his huge recognition. My every day would be a life of learning and experimenting from the best there was and would be worth the loss of my childhood..