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In addition to the many inventions that he contributed to America, Edison also taught its residents the importance of persistence. Had he listened to the teacher who called him stupid he may have given up and become a laborers. Had he let the invention of the telephone by someone else discourage him, he may have worked in an office somewhere and retired an unknown man. Edison demonstrated the power of persistence in everything he did. When he was not working on a new invention, he was improving a previous one. If he did not have time to work on one at the moment he read everything he could to help keep his mind fresh and bolster his ideas. Thomas Edison: the wizard lives. Queen's Quarterly
Edison personified work, persistence and self-confidence. It paid off. He is regarded as one of the most important contributors to America. America which is now one of the most powerful nations on earth owes much of its success to the little boy who was told he was stupid, and went on to prove his genius, Thomas Edison.
References
American Heroes: Thomas Alva Edison (accessed 5-31-06)
http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/edison/biography.htm
Collins, Theresa. Dalton, David. 2004 Thomas Edison and Modern America: a Brief History with Documents.Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
Finn, Bernard 1994 Thomas Alva Edison after forty: the challenge of success.
USA Today (Magazine)
Hoar, William P.2003. The man who lit up the world: Thomas Edison changed the world through his ability, persistence -- and hard work. "Genius," he said, "is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." (History: American Ingenuity). The New American
Wildavsky, Ben. 2001At the crossroads of invention for Edison.(Edison Schools Inc. still finds opposition to its education-for-profit concept) U.S. News & World Report
Thomas Edison http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
American Heroes: Thomas Alva Edison (accessed 5-31-06)
http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/edison/biography.htm
American Heroes: Thomas Alva Edison http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/edison/biography.htm).
Collins, Theresa. Dalton, David. 2004 Thomas Edison and Modern America: a Brief History with Documents.Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
Hoar, William P.2003. The man who lit up the world: Thomas Edison changed the world through his ability, persistence -- and hard work. "Genius," he said, "is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." (History: American Ingenuity). The New American
Finn, Bernard 1994 Thomas Alva Edison after forty: the challenge of success.
USA Today (Magazine)
References
American Heroes: Thomas Alva Edison (accessed 5-31-06)
http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/edison/biography.htm
Collins, Theresa. Dalton, David. 2004 Thomas Edison and Modern America: a Brief History with Documents.Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
Finn, Bernard 1994 Thomas Alva Edison after forty: the challenge of success.
Thomas Edison http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/edison/biography.htm
American Heroes: Thomas Alva Edison http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/edison/biography.htm).
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