This is the first chapter, please tell me if you like it, hate it, any suggestions or anything at all. I know I’ve already posted this but I have changed some things and edited it. Please tell me what you think. Also, her thoughts are supposed to be in italics, but Yahoo does not have that…

The bright, warm glare of the sun-light shining in her face woke her up. The black haired, blue eyed, seventeen year-old girl sat up in her bed and rubbed both of her eyes with the heels of her hands. Another boring Monday at school in my boring life with its boring normalcy, she thought and then sighed. "I wish sometimes that life wasn’t so predictable. I want some excitement." She muttered. Adelael threw the covers off her sleep warmed body and stood up to prepare for her day, shivering when her feet made contact with the cold, bare tiled floor. She brushed her teeth and hair after getting dressed and stared at her reflection in the mirror.
She was a pretty girl, high cheekbones, a small pert nose, thin, slightly arched eyebrows, expressive, dark blue eyes and rose colored lips. Adelael continued to gaze at her reflection until her the sound of her mother’s voice drifting up the stairs broke through her thoughts. "Ade, breakfast is on the table. I have to hurry, I have an important meeting at work today and I’ll be a little late coming home tonight. There’s stuff to make yourself dinner in the refrigerator, don’t stay up too late tonight okay?" "Okay mom, I won’t. See you later, and have a nice day at work." Her mother rushed out of the front door and into the car in the drive way. Mom’s always working late these days. Adelael frowned thoughtfully. She went downstairs and sat at the table, beginning to eat.
Adelael Black lived at home with her single mother in Perris, California. Her father had died when she was only two, her mother told her it was a car accident, leaving her mother to take care of her alone. Though it had been difficult, Adelael’s mother made sure Adelael wanted for nothing. Her mother had raised her to be a responsible young adult, one that loved learning, being honest and helping others.In all, Adelael’s life was normal. If a bit boring.
Adelael finished her breakfast and washed her dishes before placing them on the dish rack and then shrugging her backpack onto her shoulder. She walked out the front door and toward the blue beat-up Volkswagon she had gotten for her seventeenth birthday. As she turned the ignition on, Adelael prepared herself for another day in the world of drama and teenaged angst that was high school. After pulling into her schools parking lot and parking, Adelael got out with her backpack and began walking toward her first class.
She turned to initiate the cars security system with her key when she spotted a group of four girls in the parking lot surrounding a slightly overweight student who was looking around for an escape route frantically. The group of girls started jabbing their fingers at the female student and making taunting gestures toward her. Adelael considered walking away and turned slightly to do so before her conscience kicked in. Damn, she thought before turning back and striding toward the group of students. "Excuse me, is there some sort of a problem here?" She asked what looked like the leader of the group, a blond wearing a very small mini skirt (probably violating school policy) and a tank with sunglasses perched on the top of her head.
The blond turned away from the frightened looking student and sneered as she looked at Adelael. She opened her lip gloss covered lips and said, "If there was a problem it wouldn’t be any of your business, so fuck off loser!" The blond’s cronies laughed hysterically as if their leader had just made the funniest joke in the world before turning back to the girl and poking her again. Adelael frowned and reached out to knock their fingers away from the girl, halting the vicious jabbing. "Stop hurting her. She didn’t do anything to you. Why don’t you guys just get to class." The blond started to get angry and her face turned red. "This has nothing to do with you, bitch! Why don’t you just go the fuck away and mind your own business?!"She shrieked.
Adelael tried to diffuse the situation and said calmly, "Look, I could really care less how you get your jollies off or whatever, but you can’t go around bullying people like this." I really don’t need to end up in a fight. The blonds face turned an even deeper shade of red than before and her hands formed claws before she threw herself at the black haired girl, trying to find a place to scratch her. The overweight girl decided to make a run for it while the bullies were distracted and Adelael watched her go out of the corner of her eye. She chuckled at the irony of t

I couldn’t even get past the part where she said she wanted more excitement. Instead of saying

The bright, warm glare of the sun-light shining in her face woke her up. The black haired, blue eyed, seventeen year-old girl sat up in her bed and rubbed both of her eyes with the heels of her hands.

Word it differently to give it better imagery:

A sliver of sunlight cut into the dark, cave-like room. It slowly made its way to her face, creeping along the carpet like a silver snail until it rested on it’s intended target. She had raven hair and eyes like sapphire. She cringed as the sunlight sliced into her dreams and roused her from her deep and comfortable sleep. She rubbed at her eyes as she shook the temptation to fall back asleep.

You have to set the tone of the book and learn some proper grammar and spelling. I suggest you read a lot more in order to get familiar with the tone of certain books. Learn what flows and what doesn’t.

Good Luck

Hello, When I was younger (and more macho), I only wanted to be an entrepreneur. However, I have begun working for quite some time for a female friend who I greatly admire as an entrepreneur. I enjoy being given direction by a truly inspiring leader who knows how to take charge and set things into action. I enjoy doing research to see alternative possibilities, plan a course of action, and execute on behalf of her. She makes great decisions regarding short and long term plans, gives constructive criticism, and can be compassionate yet assertive. I love working for her so much, that I no longer care to ever to be an entrepreneur. Some of my macho friends laugh at me for preferring working for a great woman entrepreneur, rather than having my own business. So, just wondering guys if you could choose would you rather be an entrepreneur or be a top employee to a great woman entrepreneur?

I think the fact that you are working for a woman has nothing to do with the fact that you are enjoying your work.

Obviously the desire to be an entrepreneur is different from being satisfied to work for anyone.

I am happy running my own company, but I could work for anyone who inspired me.

Ok, so this question is only for males (boys and men).

90% of men are picking the hot chick over the normal (average) one and I wonder why…

Do you prefer the independent business woman or the cute, caring and average one? Why?

hold on that question seems wierd. you’ve just said one is "hot" and the other is average. now bearing in mind we all have a different definition of "hot" thenwhatever we find attractive will surely fall into that category. so do i prefer girls i’m attracted to or girls i may not be, girls i’m attracted to obviously. with regards to the second part. independance looks good on a girl especially my girlfriend who is most likely going to be earning more than me when we leave university (cause i wanna be a teacher and she wants to be a business woman). but if she wasn’t cute and caring behind closed doors i couldn’t be with her

I have no idea what really is business. I know what you are thinking:”how can you study something you don’t know a thing about?”…. well anyways, so I decide on studying business, i get high grades and graduate. What next?

Too many people taking business.
Go for marketing and get a masters on it.
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I am doing GCSE business studies, and I have to choose a product to do a sales pitch. What would be the easiest yet most effective product? Don’t say anything run-of-the-mill like pens or chairs please.

As the others have said; Cakes or anything that is/can be hand made and you are aware of it’s production -something that you can control. Avoid thing’s such as CD’s.

Try My question anyone who takes Business:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlZk3.GZD_d8BNnPUdaFwIvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100527130505AABUg5C

I’m struggling to decide to which to take at A level: business studies or economics. I’m aiming to head towards a management career, my aim is to be a producer in TV or film or other such industries. I’d rather not take both, but what do you suggest and why?

business studies for what you’re looking to do But I would rather take Economics.

i am going to do a level physics, maths, chemistry and psychology in college, but i want to do business studies or business management in university. the question is will i struggle to get a 2:1 degree or 1st class degree. would the other students who has done business in college have an advantage?

If they don’t require it then the short answer is no because this means they start by assuming no prior knowledge. In fact, you may be at an advantage as you would not have to unlearn things that are taught differently at uni from the way they are presented at A’level. That certainly happens with Economics and Law.

But can I suggest you think about another approach? Physics, Maths and Chemistry are excellent subjects and a good degree in one of these will be far more compelling to an employer than Business studies which is a weak degree.

Of course you will need to understand finance, everyone does but you have some choices. You can take a Business Studies elective, you can study for an accounting or CFA after you graduate or you can do an MBA.

All of these options will make you more attractive to an employer than as a Business Studies applicant. Take a look at the Oxford and Cambridge undergraduate offerings, that tells you everything.

Great business opportunities come to those who look for them. Bad business opportunities come to those who wait for them to arrive ring their doorbell. Think about it: great business ideas came from the ingenious brains of the ambitious. They saw a need, considered a way to meet it, and then started working. Those who have experienced failed business opportunities, on the other hand, often are victims of those smarter than them that see the opportunity to take advantage of someone who simply wants wealth without the work.

Thus those who are searching for a business opportunity will find a great one if they just know where to look and follow a few basic principles.

First of all, those who have succeeded at business have begun with themselves. They often saw a need in their own lives, and then they considered what they would do to have that need met. Next they considered what others would do to have that need met, and they contrived a way that they could meet that need. Certainly they may have used gimmicks or clever marketing strategies, but ultimately, they saw a need, and they strove to meet it before someone else took the opportunity away from them. Thus as you seek a good business opportunity, consider your needs. Open your eyes up to the possibilities of “what if” you had that need met.

Secondly, we reflect those we hang out with. If people want to be successful business entrepreneurs, they will hang out with successful people. They will study the habits of successful people. Basically, a good leader was once a good student, and thus if an individual wants to become a leader in the business world, someone who sees the opportunity and grabs it before it gets away, he must first become a student of the successful. He will cultivate habits of the successful far before he has gained that business opportunity he is searching for. Those who succeed in business will have been practicing these personal habits of discipline and integrity far before they grabbed a hold of their own business opportunity.

When seeking a business opportunity, individuals must also consider starting small and growing slowly. Those business opportunities which often crumble are the ones that have not taken the time to build a strong foundation. Consider the dot com businesses of the late 1990s. Theses corporations began with hopeful promises of success, but their rapid growth also led to rapid decline. They did not follow the important principle of slow and steady growth instead of rapid and erratic. Controlled growth prevents crumbling. Do not buy into the myth that one must have money to make money. Pay for things as you acquire them, and grow as debt-free of a business as you possibly can. This will also ensure longevity for when the market turns south and your business logically declines. You will still have your shirt if the business does not turn out as you had hoped.

Business opportunities abound in our opportunistic world. Finding a reliable one and then practicing a few, solid business principles will lead to a successful future.

Dustin Cannon
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/those-who-seek-find-finding-and-keeping-a-business-opportunity-138146.html

Will the Definition in the exam be ones included in the case study? It seems to me that in previous years this has always come up. I’m studying Unilever so want to know whether words in the case study will come up such as Multinational, merger etc. please help!

Not necessarily, but it is more likely that they will be terms from the case study, so make sure you know that well before you enter the exam. Try going through your business textbook and exercise books as well, to pick up any key terms that might be useful. Good luck!