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American Inventors, Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Well, no one was a cat, a dog, or a tiny child, so Tuesday was definitely looking up.
"Hello again, everyone," Steve said, smiling.
"It's a normal--" Tony definitely knocked on his desk there. "--day for a change, so we're back learning about inventors who changed our world."
"We're going all the way back to the start of the country," Steve said, "which is well before my time. You might have already heard of Ben Franklin from your regular history courses--he helped to found the United States--but he was also a prolific inventor. Despite inventing items we still use today--things like bifocals and lightning rods--he never patented anything. He believed they should be enjoyed by everyone."
"Would you all have made the same choice if you were in his place?" Tony asked the class.
"I might've patented one or two," Steve admitted. "Look through the handouts about Ben Franklin and see if there are one or two you think you might've patented, too. Then we'll talk about."
"Hello again, everyone," Steve said, smiling.
"It's a normal--" Tony definitely knocked on his desk there. "--day for a change, so we're back learning about inventors who changed our world."
"We're going all the way back to the start of the country," Steve said, "which is well before my time. You might have already heard of Ben Franklin from your regular history courses--he helped to found the United States--but he was also a prolific inventor. Despite inventing items we still use today--things like bifocals and lightning rods--he never patented anything. He believed they should be enjoyed by everyone."
"Would you all have made the same choice if you were in his place?" Tony asked the class.
"I might've patented one or two," Steve admitted. "Look through the handouts about Ben Franklin and see if there are one or two you think you might've patented, too. Then we'll talk about."
Talk to Steve and Tony