One day, as a young child, Thomas Edison came home from school and gave his mother a letter. He said, "Mom, my teacher gave me this piece of paper and told me that only you can see it." What does it say? ”
As she read the letter aloud to her child, tears welled up in her eyes: "Your son is a genius. The school was too small for him, and there weren't good enough teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself. ”
Years after Edison's mother died, he became one of the greatest inventors of the century. While he was sorting through the closet, he found the folded letter from his former teacher. He opened it and saw that the letter was really: "Your son is mentally handicapped, and we can't let him go to our school anymore." He was fired. ”
Edison then wrote in his diary: "Thomas Edison was an intellectually handicapped child, but his mother turned him into a genius of the century. ”
While the details of the story may not be accurate, there are indeed records that Edison was called "confused" by his teacher and decided he should not remain in school any longer. His mother became his most ardent advocate, and it was because of her encouragement, conviction, and constant words of kindness that Edison became a great inventor.