My grandfather was born in 1886. He was homeschooled and worked on the family
farm in Illinois until he was age 11. He
then got a job just across the river at a factory in St. Louis to earn money to
hire a science tutor. At age 16 he
applied to Barnes Medical College and was accepted. He graduated 1st
in his class at age 19 and was hired to be their first Professor of Internal
Medicine. He also entered Surgical Residency.
My second favorite story is about a guy I knew from high
school. He, like some, didn’t go to college. I ran into him 10 years later. He
was hosting a dinner at a hotel for his 300 customers and their wives. After
high school, he went to work pulling fenders in a junk yard. He thought there
had to be a better way to improve efficiency for customers. He learned that
telex machines could enable him to set up a better system. He talked telex into lending him their
machines and signed up his bosses. He
published his phone number and went out to call on other junk yards. With his
system, a customer could call one number and the order was sent to all member
junk yards. The first one to respond back got the order. He became another
millionaire who never went to college.
These stories are true and they illustrate the fact that
the best education can be self-education.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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