Loading ...I have a Son like that ..at age 5 he asked if he could have a wind up alarm clock that was still working..
. I gave him a conditional yes..”you can have it!” but if you are going to take it apart,you have to put it back together …H gave it a lot of thought ..! then said ok …He took the challenge ..and the responsibility for his actions…He did it ,I never interferred or questioned his progress or gave advice….I was amazed ,I hadent realized how smart he was..His next project was the old Lawn Mower,that woulden start anymore…My only restriction there was he couldent start it ,or use gasoline without me there..I did over see that because of the danger to him and I wasent going to trust his word because he was only six….kids do make mistakes. He fixed it too….I was blessed to watch him grow up…my only concern was he was such a perfectionist and I was concerned about the stress he put on himself …He took honers classes and got straight A’s all through high school setting the schools highest grade point average in it 25 year history as valedictorian.was accepted at UVA,MIT,Rennsler ,and every school he applied to.
He worked all through high school saving his money to pay his way through college.He won some scholastic bonuses from my business Franchise,but I was very disappointing that 99 % of scholarships were based on need and because his Father owned a business he was denied what he really earned …I protested to the school saying it was outrageous that their brightest student was denied scholarship money..I thought it a slap in the FACE to him for being the best ….what incentive is there for bright student to achieve. Are we all communists ! Im still outraged about it..He accepted to UVA to help defray the college costs ,I knew why ! (In state tuition). He graduated number two after being number one in class for three years out of 2600 students at University of VA…took almost all math & Chemistry classes and aced them all.BS Degree in Physics ….then went to Univ of Maryland for his Masters in Physics because they offered him summer work at NASA in Maryland where he taught some classes to earn money.He took his Masters there and worked that summer at NASA..Got married and moved to California taking a Government job at the Naval Oceans Systems Center as a research scientist .where he partnered with several PHD.s and was awarded 5 patents for his inventions..He was the only non PHD on staff….A year later he got his PHD in applied Physics at University of Cal San Diego ….Always working his way through ..paying his own way…When I think of all the lesser qualified students that got full “scholarships” in High school I am still angry at how he was treated..It was a closed club ….a clique in High school…He started his own company with another PHD Physicist after leaving NOSC .Sold that to a Mexico Company in Cable business ,then they sold it to Cisco who wanted him to move to Chicago to train their Engineers on how to make his product ,a coupler that allowed light waves to be separated and transmitted over a single fiber optic cable..He woulden move to Chicago . So they sold his company..and he retired.Cisco was financially good to him ..His coupler invention is used on overseas light wave cables that allows a single fiber optic cable to carry 10 times the previous capacity in under ocean cables saving millions in duplicating cables…
He’s currently helping his wife run her child care center ….