Journal # 14

If I was one of Benjamin Franklin's apprentice I would be pretty popular. Everyone would be jealous I got to hang out with good ole' Benny boy. People were so interested in everything he did and everything he invented or came up with. I would know all his little secrets. I don't think I would tell anyone though cause I don't want anyone to steal Benny's ideas. He would probably be upset to if I went out and told people he genius secrets. I'm pretty sure if I was his apprentice he would do a lot to make me a lot smarter. He would probably play mind games with me and try to get me to figure out hard problems. Most likely, I would have no idea what he was talking about because I know he is way smarter than me. So I'd try to convince him that I'm smart too and just let him think that I knew everything he was talking about. I would go along with everything he was saying. I assume that I would learn a lot. I would read a lot of the things he wrote and hear stories about his life. I would help him with his new ideas. I bet he would inspire with the way he lives. He seemed like a very peaceful and nice man. I bet that would inspire me to try to be a better person as well. He just seems like a total hippie from the seventeen hundreds. So I bet we would get along great. Knowing how smart he is I bet he would give me a lot of good advice which would really come in handy because I am not good at making decisions. So I am sure he would help me out with that. Ben would probably want me to get way smarter, too. I would have to read a lot of books and do a lot of experiments to find out new things.