1.
I read about the Wright
Brothers.
What surprised you the most?
That
two brothers who owned a bicycle business would be so devoted to wanting to fly.
What about the entrepreneur did you most
admire?
I really
admired their dedication and shear nerves to be willing to operate something that
has never been done before.
What about the entrepreneur did you least admire?
I honestly
think they should have taken more credit for the feat that they accomplished.
They didn’t know it at the time but they changed the future.
Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and
failure? If so, what did they do about it?
They went
through a lot of adversity so much so that weaken entrepreneurs would of most
likely have given up. From failed tests to their own country turning them down.
Even with all of this they stayed with it and didn’t give up and ended up
achieving far more than they will ever know.
2. What competencies did
you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited?
They had a
never give up attitude and didn’t let what was going on around them to distract
them from their goals.
3. Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to
you.
Inventors
today most of the time would have daredevils or other test subjects to test
their inventions. What confused me was that they did everything themselves.
What would have happened if one of them was killed or severely injured?
4.If you were able to ask two questions
to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why?
First
I would ask what did it feel like when all your hard work finally paid off and
you took off and landed in your own invention?
Second
I would ask what the heck where you thinking trying to fly such a contraption?
5.
For fun: what do you think the
entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion?
Clearing
these brothers were the definition of hard work. They never gave up even when
times were tough. I believe I share that opinion I have never been one to stand
around and have something given to me.
Hey Isaac, I find it crazy that these two guys who didn’t go to college and worked in a bike shop were the ones to take man to the sky. You would think it would be some aeronautical expert who went to Harvard. It certainly is baffling that they were the test dummies, but maybe in their head they wanted to be the first two people to fly in a plane.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read about the Wright Brothers too and was also confused about why they flew the machines themselves. It seemed like such a huge risk and who knows what would have happened if one of them was severely injured or killed. I agree that they were the definition of hard work, I probably would have given up if my own country didn't even support me.
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