In this way, Edison mastered more knowledge than children studying at school through hard self-study. In order to make a living and earn some money to do experiments, Edison began to sell newspapers. Leave at six in the morning and go home at half past nine in the evening. In his spare time, he drills into the library, reads books and thinks about problems. This library is located in Detroit, where Edison sold newspapers by train.
One day, Edison was absorbed in reading when a gentleman came up to him: "I often meet my husband here." How many books have you read? " "Well, I read a book fifteen feet high." Edison looked at this very strange gentleman and answered seriously. "Ha ha ha ha", the gentleman smiled, which surprised Edison a little.
After a while, Mr. Wang became serious again: "Oh, fifteen feet is admirable. Is there a clear purpose when studying? " ? According to my observation, the books you read in the past are different in nature from the books you read today. Are you just looking? "Little Edison blinked his bright eyes." Don't! I read it in order and made up my mind.
Read all the books in this library. "With these confident words, Edison stared straight at the gentleman, expecting him to say something critical-no, it was a compliment. Unexpectedly, the gentleman said, "Ah! You must read all the books in this library. It's amazing! However, you will waste energy reading like this. The economical and effective reading method is.
You must have a certain purpose first, and then choose a book to read. From now on, you should make a policy and plan. With policies and plans, we can proceed step by step! "Words, like a ray of sunshine through the heart, with a strong thirst for knowledge into Edison's heart. He firmly remembered this gentleman's advice and began to study more consciously and systematically.
When developing and improving a part of the typewriter, he borrowed all the books about the typewriter and read them systematically, which quickly solved the problem. In the days when the electric light was invented, he often got into the library, read relevant articles in various magazines, books and newspapers, and then extracted some paragraphs as needed.
As for the reason why Edison dropped out of school, we all know that it was because Edison asked, "Teacher, why is one plus one equal to two?" The teacher said, "Edison, if you take a pencil and add another pencil, won't it become two pencils?" "But teacher, put the water in two cups in another cup, and the water will be concentrated in one cup. How can one plus one be two? "
The teacher doesn't know how to answer. "Teacher, two pieces of mud stick together and become a piece. One plus one. Why two? Maybe one plus one is one. " At this time, the teacher was angry: "What a nuisance! Think for yourself. " So the teacher went on with the class. Edison raised his hand again. "What is it, Edison?" The teacher asked, suppressing his anger. "Teacher, why is it windy?"
"Teacher, why do eggs hatch chickens?" The teacher said, "That's because the hen heated the eggs." "Teacher, why can eggs hatch chickens when heated?" Edison asked more questions, why, what "why don't fish drown?" Why is the sky blue? Wait, why did the teacher finally have enough?
Could he have scolded him severely: "What a nuisance, asshole, learn your arithmetic honestly!" " Are you a fool? It's no use reading like you. Edison came home crying. After listening to her son's complaint, the mother took Edison's hand and went to school to find a teacher. She asked the teacher, "Are you saying that my son is a fool and it's useless to study?"? The teacher was speechless. ?
"I see, my son has my own education, so don't disturb the teacher. Goodbye. " Holding her son's hand to go home, Nancy thought as she walked, "Teacher Engel forced the child to recite the textbook completely, and the son was disgusted, so the two talents were deadlocked." I don't force him, I want to enjoy thinking with him.
Recite the contents of the textbook and go to hell! It is useless for them to recite textbooks when they grow up. Aren't there living teaching materials everywhere? Nancy secretly vowed to give her son an education that he would never lose to other children. From then on, Edison's family education began.
On a snowy night, Edison's mother suddenly fell ill, and his father called a doctor at once. The doctor said, "Your mother has acute appendicitis and needs surgery." At that time, there were only oil lamps without electric lights, and the light of oil lamps was very dim, so if you were not careful, you would open the wrong knife. Edison suddenly had a good idea. He took out all the oil lamps in the house.
Then put a mirror behind the oil lamp to let the doctor finish the operation smoothly. The doctor said, "Son, you saved your mother with your wisdom and cleverness!" " Edison took his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I want to be a sun at night." "
On one occasion, he saw a hen incubating eggs and asked his mother curiously, "Why is the hen lying motionless on the eggs?" Are you sick? " His mother told him that this is an incubating chick, and in a few days, a chick will come out of the eggshell. "After listening to his mother, Edison felt very novel. He thought that a hen lying on an egg could hatch a chick. How do eggs become chickens?
Can people lie on it? He decided to give it a try Edison brought some eggs from home and found a secluded place in his neighbor's house. He first built a nest, covered it with soft thatch, then put the eggs away and squatted on it. He wants to see with his own eyes how eggs hatch chickens. It's getting dark and Edison hasn't come home yet. The family were very anxious, so they looked for him everywhere.
Looking around, I found Edison in my neighbor's backyard. I saw him sitting motionless on a grass nest with many blades of grass on his body and head. When the family saw it, they were angry and funny. They asked him, "What are you doing here?" "I'm here to hatch eggs! The chicken is about to hatch. " "What eggs hatched? Come out! " Dad shouted. ?
"Hens can hatch eggs. I want to see how to hatch chickens. " "No, no! Hurry home! " Dad lost his temper again. Mother didn't blame and make fun of him, because she knew the child's personality and smiled and said, "People's body temperature is not as high as that of chickens. You can't hatch like this. " Edison didn't hatch chickens, but he increased his knowledge through this activity.
Edison had nearly 2000 inventions in his life, and was known as "the king of inventions". This is inseparable from his diligent study. He often stays up late reading books and looking up information. He was so sleepy that he took a book as a pillow and lay down in the laboratory for a while. Therefore, someone said humorously, "No wonder Edison had so much knowledge. It turns out that he wants to absorb nutrition from books in his sleep. "