Friday, May 24, 2013

Tribute to a School Dropout

Smile, grumpy!


One day, a partially deaf boy came home from school with a note. It suggested that his parents take him out of school. The note said that the boy was "too stupid to learn."

When the boy's mother read the note, she said, "My son Tom isn't 'too stupid to learn', I'll teach him myself.

When Tom died many years later, the people of North America paid tribute to him by turning off the nation's lights for one full minute.

Thomas Edison had invented not only the light bulb we read by, but also the motion picture we watch and the record player we listen to. He has over 1,000 patents to his credit.

- Brian Cavanaugh taken from The Next 500 Stories

The next time your boss, teacher, parent/s or anyone else tell you that your stupid, think of Thomas Edison and prove them wrong. Have a nice day!
 

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