Location: Port Huron, Michigan, USA (circa 1850s). 🇺🇸
Story: Young Thomas Edison was labeled "addled" (mentally confused) and unfit for school by his teacher after just three months. Humiliated, he brought this verdict home to his mother, Nancy Edison. In an era that prized rigid conformity, the teacher's word was often final. 🔄
Twist: Nancy Edison's reaction was revolutionary. She marched to the school, confronted the teacher, and declared she would teach her son herself. She withdrew him from formal education entirely. With no formal training but boundless belief, she homeschooled Thomas, nurturing his boundless curiosity and resilience through countless failed experiments. She transformed the label of "failure" into a lesson. Decades later, the "un-teachable" boy held over 1,000 patents. Edison later wrote, "My mother was the making of me." His world-changing light bulb was, in truth, powered by a mother's defiant love and unwavering faith. 💡