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DEAR STUDENTS AND FELLOW FACULTY,

I HAVE DISCOVERED THE GREATEST INVENTION OF MANKIND. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I DID NOT DISCOVER IT SOONER.
IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

MY SOURCES TELL ME MUGGLES CALL IT A "SLINKY."

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Well the steam engine for one. If it wasn't for steam engines we'd probably be getting to school in an entirely different way, not to mention we wouldn't have modern day trains or even planes.

OH YES THAT IS A GOOD INVENTION INDEED. I WILL GIVE YOU THAT ONE. THAT INVENTION COMPLETELY CHANGED THE MUGGLE WORLD.

It definitely did! Boilers, motor units, water pumps...more than half the things used to make the first steam train powered a way towards new ideas for Muggles to embrace and lead them to new inventions!

THIS IS ALL VERY TRUE. I WOULD HATE TO IMAGINE WHERE MUGGLES WOULD BE AT TODAY WITHOUT IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT MUGGLES IS THEY WILL INVENT THESE SPECTACULAR THINGS. THE MOST INNOVATIVE OF INVENTIONS.
AND THEN THEY DO SOMETHING TO MESS IT UP.

I think the thing about inventions is that even when you fail you can pick up and try again.

It took fifty years before Thomas Edison invented the light bulb by expanding on oil lamps and gas lights, but none of the things needed to make it had been created yet, not to mention the modern electric industry didn't begin until the late 1800s.

Edited 2012-11-29 10:45 (UTC)

THAT IS ALSO TRUE. BUT THAT IS ALSO UNFORTUNATE.

SHOULD YOU STOP WORKING ON YOUR INVENTION. OR HAVE YOUR PLANS STOLEN FROM YOU. OR YOU DIE, SOMEONE ELSE WILL GET ALL THE CREDIT FOR YOUR HARD WORK. IN REGARDS TO THE LIGHT BULB, NO ONE REMEMBERS DE LA RUE OR THE OTHER 22 INVENTORS BEFORE EDISON.

ACCORDING TO THIS BOOK I HAVE OPEN RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST.

OF COURSE, AT THE SAME TIME, IT ONLY GIVES ME THE MOST INTOLERABLE ANTICIPATION FOR THE FUTURE. I CANNOT WAIT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH NEXT.

Well, that's true enough but I also think partial blame goes on what they teach in schools. We're not told about the twenty two other inventors before Edison, just that Edison provided mankind with sustainable light that didn't require being lit by a match.

They invented the electric car a year or so ago. Maybe flying cars will be next!

THAT IS ALSO TRUE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHERS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION TO THE STUDENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY TEACHING REFORM IS DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR MUGGLES.

THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE NIFTY. THEY HAVE THOSE HIGH SPEED LOCOMOTIVES AS WELL. MAYBE ONE DAY THEY WILL HAVE A NON-MAGIC FLOO NETWORK FOR MORE EFFICIENT TRAVELS.

I've read that all education is pretty much useless until you hit college level, which appears to be true in a lot of cases. Merlin knows I wouldn't know half the things I do if it wasn't for the internet and my own curiosity.

You mean teleportation? That would be cool but I think Muggles are a ways off from it. Teleportation requires sending molecules and gene structure to another location...the concept is rather similar to Apparating actually.

I WOULD BE UNABLE TO SAY FOR CERTAIN. I DIDN'T GO TO MUGGLE SCHOOLS. BUT I CAN'T BE SO SURE. IMAGINE IF YOU WAITED TO LEARN TO READ AND WRITE UNTIL YOU WERE AN ADULT.

AH YES LIKE THAT.
THAT WOULD BE PRETTY NIFTY. BUT I'M SURE THEY COULD! THEY CAN GO INTO OUTER SPACE SO WHY NOT.

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