For seven months, this mechanism created chaos. It tormented the hallways of education and brought into fruition every teacher’s worst nightmare: distraction. Before reaching mass-market stores, the 1500 specialty toy stores in the U.S., had already profited $30 million in sales. This seemingly simplistic creation arose in 2017 and went on to make up over 17% of all toy and game units sold daily. Considering its insurmountable achievements, one may wonder how this overnight commercial monster saw its downfall in a matter of seconds; how a household name, like the Fidget Spinner, became no more. In 1993, after a visit to Israel, Catherine Hettinger, seemingly, invented the prototype for what we now call the Fidget Spinner. Having heard that Palestinian…
