A Professor at Your School Has Discovered That If Certain

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Essay

A professor at your school has discovered that if certain music is played in the background during lectures,the room is lit to a particular level,the temperature is maintained at a particular level,and the professor speaks within a particular tonal range,students understand and retain the information presented at an astonishing 84 percent higher rate than students hearing the same lecture without these conditions.The professor has even created a machine that converts the professor's voice to the tonal range required.The school has been advertising that this process will be implemented in all classrooms,and freshman applications have more than tripled.Is this process protectable as a trade secret,and if so,how effective will the protection be?

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