Alexander+Graham+Bell

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Background Information
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847. He was an inventor and a scientist, and most importantly invented the telephone. He was educated in the Royal High School of Edinburgh and went to University of Edinburgh. From 1866 to1867, he was an instructor at Somersetshire College in England. He started to get interested in telephony before moving to Canada in 1870 and continued to study communication machines there. He invented telephone on March 10, 1876 and then made a Bell Telephone Company the next year. . Bell sold 150, 000 telephones by 1886. But he continued to invent more things, such as photophone which could transmit sound by light rays in 1880. He also invented the metal detector to find a bullet inside the President James Garfield. He also worked on other inventions for sky and sea (like tetrahedral kites and hydrofoil watercraft). He died on August 2, 1922 at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. When he died, millions of phones did not work and were silent for one minute.

== What Inspired him == Alexander Graham Bell worked and studied on technology most of his life. He was fascinated by technology from young, from when he helped on making sign languages for his father. Alexander Graham Bell came to the United States to become a teacher for the deaf. This could motivate him to invent microphone and the "electrical speech machine", which is now a telephone.



Achievements
Alexander Graham Bell invented not only telephones, but also many other inventions. He invented a photophone, a machine that transmit sound via light, improved the Edison phonograph and breeding practices for sheep breeders, and also improved the design of the wing of the airplane. He developed hyfrofoil technology and designed an airplane (the Silver Dart). Then in 1876, he invented telephone and also invented audiometer, a device which could detect deafness.

Awards
- The Elliot Cresson Madal - A gold medal at the 150th anniversary of the United States in a science competition - A 50, 000 franc volta award - In 2004, Alexander Graham Bell was nominated as one of the top 10 "Greatest Canadians" by viewers of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - The James Watt silver medal, awarded from the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

Why he is considered to be a groundbreaker (whether or not they fit the definition)
Yes, I think Alexander Graham Bell is considered to be in a groundbreaker. He invented many different things, especially telephone which everyone uses now to communicate with each other, which could also lead to the invention of handphones. Without him, telephone could have been invented much later and less advanced right now. He made many changes in the thinking of people and advanced the science technology, to make people have a better life. Not only for the people who lived that time, but all the ways till today. I think that he fits in the definition well and that he is considered to be a groundbreaker. ===  Famous Quotes  === ﻿- "Watson, come here; I want you." ﻿- "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." ﻿- "Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds." - "Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." - "The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion."

REFLECTION
Success is the good outcome you get of achieving what you wanted and aimed for.
 * What is success? **

We need to think positively all the time, and not to give up no matter how difficult the goal is.
 * What personal qualities are needed for success? **

The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted, the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Find a dictionary definition of success **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I think success is the good achievement or result you get from doing your best with great effort to reach the goal. Also, not regretting what I did, but instead being satisfied and happy with myself. I would like to be able to choose my own direction, making my own choices, like a pilot of a ship, not following other people. For example, when I have to choose subjects which I want to take, universities I would like to go, jobs I want to do, I would like myself to not do because other people is doing it but instead choosing because that is what I want, where I trust and believe in myself. Then I think my life would be quite successful. I would also like myself to achieve my goals, like getting good reports, helping others that they are also happy, for example by donations, services in or outside school, inventing and researching, representing a country etc, for them to have a better life as well. I should work hard from now by spending time reading and revising what I learnt, thinking more about myself, like what I would like myself to become, and to improve certain personalities as well. To become successful, I should not hold onto mistakes that I made in the past, concentrating on what I have to do and not getting distracted, trying my best till the end until I reach my goal, leading others as well, and actually doing my best (action) not just sitting down saying that I must get done, but moving and trying to continue to reach my goal. Then, I'll be successful.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Form your own definition of success **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">People may fall short of achieving their potential because they are not committed to their work, and become lazy that they give up in the middle, before reaching the goal. People are not committed to their work, sometimes, people keeps holding onto miserable mistakes in the past which makes them unable to move on. Some people doesn't try their best to reach their goal but just putting aside instead.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why do people fall short of achieving their potential? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">God wants us to achieve our full potential to make us successful and become a better person, to help others who need help from us. He wants everyone to be able to have a successful life.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why does God want us to achieve our full potential? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I could learn more about 'success'. For example, Ms Rogge taught me some characteristics of success, different areas to be successful and that some more details of success. Through examples Ms Rogge used, comparing to real life (eg. to read chinese books) I could more easily get more about success. Ms Rogge's workshop was meaningful and helpful, I enjoyed it.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What did you learn during Ms Rogge's workshop? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿I enjoyed this WIKI project, it was interesting and a good chance to know more about Alexander Graham Bell. It was better than a written assignment because it was easy to change information and could use pictures from the internet more conveniently, without printing and pasting. Organizing was also easier. I could use different colors, fonts, sizes and could also change any time I wanted. But WIKI project wasn't good as sometimes it crushed with other people so changes were not made. It also took quite a long time to save or log in, I was also distracted as I could go to any website to explore. But overall, WIKI project was interesting, better than a written assignment.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What do you think about this WIKI project - compared to a written assignment? What do you like and dislike? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Corninthians 12:4 says "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them." This means that everyone has different kind of talents, personality, appearances from God, but we all share the same spirit, to work for what we want. Corinthians 12:12-27 tells us that everyone is part of the Christ, and that everyone is important and equal.
 * <span style="color: #5097c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Read 1 Corinthians 12:4 and 12:12-27. Search for the section where the writer explains how God made us all different so that we can function together to achieve a greater purpose. We are not all called to be successful groundbreakers at the same thing, but each of us has our own unique potential and giftings to achieve amazing things. **

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- 'Alexander Graham Bell', [], 7th September 2010 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- 'Milestones in AT&T History', [], 27th September 2010 - Library of Congress, 'The First Telephone Call', [], 18th October 2010
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