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身为印刷商的班杰明富兰克林 Benjamin Franklin, the Printer
班杰明富兰克林长大之后会成为什么样的人？在十八世纪时，这个决定会由孩童的父亲做出决策，班杰明的父亲一开始希望他成为一位牧师、并送他到学校上课，但学费昂贵而且还需就读多年，所以他的父亲两年后就让班杰明离校、让十岁的班杰明添加家庭工作、也就是制造肥皂跟蜡烛。
但班杰明真正向往的是大海，他是个游泳健将，喜爱海洋、梦想着在船上工作，但因为他的一位哥哥死于海上、所以这个想法他的父亲并不赞同；他的另一个哥哥詹姆士从英国归来开始经营印刷业务后，他的父亲就知道该怎么办了！班杰明喜爱阅读，为什么不成为一个印刷商人呢？为了确保班杰明不要到海上冒险，他的父亲说服班杰明成为哥哥的助手。
学徒必须签署同意书，言名愿意遵从指令为「主人」（老板）工作多长的时间，班杰明勉强地为自己的哥哥工作了九年，从他12岁工作到21岁。
What would Benjamin Franklin be when he grew up? In the 18th century it was up to a boy's father to decide. Benjamin's father first thought he should be a preacher and sent him to school. But school was expensive and would take many years. So his father took him out of school after only two years and he put 10-year-old Benjamin to work at the family business, making soap and candles.
What Benjamin really wanted was to go to sea. He was an excellent swimmer, loved the ocean, and dreamed of working on a ship, but an older brother had died at sea so his father would not allow it. When another brother, James, returned from England to set up a printing business, their father knew what to do. Benjamin loved to read, so why not become a printer? To make sure he didn't run off to sea, his father convinced Benjamin to become his brother's apprentice (helper).
Apprentices had to sign papers that said they would obey and work for their "master" (boss) for a certain amount of time. Benjamin reluctantly signed up to be his brother's apprentice for nine long years, from when he was 12 until he was 21.
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