CSPAN3 Thomas Edison Depot Musuem August 13, 2016
Station. He got a job here at age 12. Here we have a vignette that shows edisons mother yelling at his teacher mr. Crawford for calling edison addled. I guess today we might say stupid, confused, mixed up. You can see here, it hurt his feelings, it angered her, and she said to mr. Crawford, look, he is a lot smarter than you are, mr. Crawford. If you cant teach him, i will. She took him home and homeschooled him. He always credited his mother for making him the vanity became, through her kindness and teaching, and a love of learning. He read and Read Everything that he could. Even in the eveni...