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A Man With A Dream-Henry Ford

                                     

Brooke Wigmore

Mr. Kabachia

Humanities-20

September 19, 2011

Henry Ford

A Man With a Dream

Henry Ford

Written by: Brooke Wigmore

            On July 30^th, 1863 a baby was born, little did his parents (William and Mary Ford) know that this baby would change the world. That this baby would have so much motivation, determination and will power to change different aspects in society today. From building vehicles to figuring out different ways to make production of good more time efficient and a lot cheaper. Henry Ford was here to make a change.

            Henry was only twelve when he experienced the two most life changing events of his childhood. He knew they would be life changing experiences when he had been threw them. The first one was receiving a watch as a gift. Henry enjoyed taking mechanical things apart and putting them back together as a child so within a year he was able to make himself his own watch that had worked. The other life changing experience was seeing the first motor vehicle of his life. After that it only took him a couple of years to figure out how to build a working model of the road engine. From then on he knew what he wanted to do with his life.

            He had already understood that high demanded products were being sold for an even higher price thus triggering the ambition to make watches that can be sold for less than one dollar. Unfortunately he had to soon forget about that idea when he realized that it was to high of a goal for his time period. After he gave up that goal he helped his dad work on their farm. He was a very useful person to have around whenever a machine broke down that they needed to use. He worked for his dad until he turned seventeen, when he decided to move out he moved to Detroit so he could take a job as an apprentice in a machine shop. In that shop was the first Internal Combustion Engine that Henry Ford had ever seen, ( an engine that runs on gas rather than steam). Within the next few years of working with engines Henry had really picked up a hobby with building them.

            Within the same years he had also picked up a wife, she was the daughter of his farming neighbour. Her name was Clara Bryant. Clara was very supportive of Henry and his passion for engines and cars. With Clara’s support in summer of 1896 Henry road his first car out of the back of his shed in the back yard. He had to cut a hole in the side so the car could get out but he still got it out. That was definitely one of Fords hugest milestones for his success.  

            In 1901 he became the proud owner of, The Henry Ford Company. Capitalizing for $60,000. Within a year everything had began to unravel though due to Fords belief that people should not have to pay way more than they need to when purchasing an item of high demand. His coworkers did not agree with what Ford was saying so that business had slowly shut down. Henry still continued to build cars on his own though. His first two models were the Arrow and the 999. When he was describing the feeling of driving his vehicles he had said, “Going over Niagara falls would have been a pass time after a ride in one of them.” He was so excited about his vehicles what he had entered them into a race, which they won.

            Another way that Henry Ford has changed the world was not intentional. He knew the supply and demand were increasing very fast so he needed to think of a clever way to make vehicles at higher speeds. So he decided to do an experiment with the moving assembly belt. The belt had made vehicle making more efficient by having every part needed coming into one area where the car would be assembled. That today is known as mass production.

            Henry Ford was a brilliant, hard working man with big dreams. With a lot of hard work and effort Henry Ford accomplished those dreams, to make high demand products efficient, cheap and well made. He is an inspirational man who proved with a lot of hard work you can and will make a change in not only yourself but in society.

 (Crowther, 2011) (Musolf, 2008)

Bibliography

Crowther, S. (2011, 09 17). Wikipedia. Retrieved 09 18, 2011, from wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford

Musolf, N. (2008). The Story of Ford. In N. Musolf, The Story of Ford (pp. 3-4). Mankato: Creative Education.

Letter to the editor

Brooke Wigmore

Blackfalds, Ab

bkwigmore@hotmail.com

P.O Box 858, T0M 0J0

Dear Donnae Schuhltz,

Subject: New distractive driving law/ Bill 16.

            My name is Brooke Wigmore, I am a 16 year old student at École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School. In my Humanities class we got told to write a letter to someone that it concerns with our opinion on an issue. I chose to write to you because this new bill means a lot to me.

            I recently turned 16 a few months ago, so that put me into the position of being a “newer” driver. When I first heard about the new Bill (along with my friends) I heard of more restrictions than there really is, so I was not too thrilled to have to obey this law. But as I found out more about it I am actually very grateful for this law to come into effect. I do actually feel a lot safer when I am on the roads driving now. Before this bill came into effect I had to watch big trucks and other vehicles swerve all over the roads, doing 110 km/h down the highway. Before these last two weeks I was very nervous to get into a crash with another vehicle due to talking on the phone or even texting, but within these last two weeks I have felt a lot more safe because I have been starting to notice that people who are driving are actually staying in their lanes a lot better, instead of swerving around from side to side in their lane.

            I do enjoy being able to drive and not go past someone with a phone up to their ears or looking down at their cell phones and texting. Knowing that people are actually paying attention to the road and all their other surroundings has been a pleasant change. I know that I am not the only person that feels this way about Bill 16. When people found out about the ticket price being $172 I think that it finally clicked in most people’s heads that they really shouldn’t be texting, talking on the phone, programming their GPS or even applying make-up in their car while it’s in drive on a road because it really isn’t safe at all.

            Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter, because I really do agree with what has been done to make a change. Also to make everyone feel safe while doing the most dangerous thing in the world.

                                                                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                                                                   BROOKE WIGMORE 

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