Inventor's notebook

Some Inventions Stick Others Roll Robert Rodriguez’s “Marketing New Inventions” is an essay about inventions not going the way people envisioned. The first example Rodriguez gives is the mother and daughter Fresno duo, who were the first to invent the hide-and-seek Hayley doll, a product that made itself known on many nations’ largest toy stores. However, hide-and-seek Hayley became obsolete once Care Bear came out with their version of the hide-and-seek toy. Getting idea’s stolen is common according to Rodriguez: “Inventors say they never rest easy” (549) and competitors are always trying to take another’s idea and tweak it to make it better. Moreover, in the invention field, patents never fully protect inventors from copycats, which teaches inventors hard lessons. Rodriguez relates how Mark Summers said, “bringing an idea to the marketplace can be daunting for inventors who lack the experience and knowledge” (550). With that in mind, he decided not to compete head-to-head with larger companies, but approached the number two player in the market, which helped him receive a buyer. Although, many inventions have been made, but the most useful invention is the wheel has allowed more inventions to prosper, improved transportation and agricultural. First, the wheel was the most useful invention because it helped more inventions prosper. Without the wheel, more energy would be produced for things that are believed to be simple in our daily lives. For example, the wheel helped…

A Summary Of The Notebook The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks is a fictional romance placed in the time of the 1940’s. This story is about two young adults who have their whole lives ahead of them and shows how different family values and upbringings affect a relationship and determine the outcome. As predictable as this story is it comes with some surprises in each of the characters lives and can be very relatable to some readers. The Notebook starts off with two older people one listening and…

In Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan, one of the main characters, Dell, changed over the course of the book due to meeting Willow. Before Dell met Willow, he was unempathetic and had no regard for staying healthy. Before Dell worked at Willow’s middle school, he never stayed at a job for very long. One of these jobs included working at an assisted living center. He only worked there for three months. Sloane stated, “The elderly didn’t like him. He lacked true compassion and he had…

vital importance in my for good classroom management. When students know what is expected of them daily, their actions and behaviors reflect this in a positive manner. Students enter the room at the beginning of the class. They fill out their planners for the classes they have during the day. All of the assignments for my classroom are already on the board. We take Lunch count, attendance, and listen to the Daily Announcements. After we have completed this, we start with a daily problem from the…

Love is a sacrifice within itself. In the Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks, Noah is a man from a small town who was given nothing and had to work for everything he wanted. Noah falls in love with a women named Allie who is from a very wealthy family and is often handed anything she could think of. The love is strong but not strong enough to break the bond of Allie and her parents. Allie’s parents try to split up Noah and Allie and they succeed. When Allie’s family moves, Noah and Allie lose all…

hog hunting, cave exploring, and late night conversations. Overall the most influential objects in the story are The Mansion, his notebook/pencil, and his phone. The Mansion is detrimental to the plot and character developement of all three adolescents. Colin and Hassan whilst on their road trip have the uncanny luck to stumble upon their to-be benefactor; Hollis. Hollis is Lindsey's mother and is incredulously wealthy. She lives in an opulent and expansive house, and opens her home to Colin…

Pardo was able to interact with her students face-to-face. As I observed the class I focused on the various ways in which the teacher communicated with her students. Before the class commenced, the dancers were already warming up and stretching, preparing for their instructor. When Mrs. Pardo walked in, she organized her stereo equipment, her notebooks, and the students took that as a cue to take their places at the barre. The class consisted of Mrs. Pardo’s dance lessons, written in her…

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs is a memoir of Augusten’s childhood and adolescent life where he experiences the frenzy of his parent’s deteriorating marital relationship and his livelihood under his mother’s psychologist’s household. The book begins with the introduction of young Augusten, a seven year old boy who enjoys dressing up in his mother’s clothes and polishing jewelry. His childhood resembles that of an average boy. His father, a mathematics professor, would take him out…

This book was published by Feather Publishing, Hay House, and Random House, selling 50,000 copies in its first year. Yet, he still wasn’t making enough money from writing to make it his full time job, and now with a son of his own to provide for, he knew his time to achieve success in his coveted work field was limited. He decided to give it one more shot and wrote three novels later on in 1994. If this was not a success he’d have to give up his time as a professional writer and move on to…

depicted by text makers as being unrealistic and extreme expressions of feelings and actions of a man towards a woman within a romantic relationship. It is depicted in a manner to seem better or more appealing than it is. Romantic love is characterised by intensity. We experiences intense passion, intense pleasure and intense emotional and sexual desire. However, there is always a negative aspect of romantic love in the form of jealousy, frustration, loneliness, longing and other types of…