from How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success,end bold,

Mr. Edison, as we have already stated, had only a few weeks at school in his whole life. He was born in the upper part of New York State in 1847. His parents were poor, and early in life, to use his own expressive words, he "had to start out and hustle."

One would think that selling newspapers on a railroad train was not a calling that afforded any educational advantages, but to the man of observation there is no position in life, whether in the busy haunts of men or the silence of the wilderness, that is not replete with valuable information if we but know where to look for it, and have the judgment to use it after it is obtained.

Through the favor of the telegraph operator, whose child's life he had saved when the little one was nearly under the wheels of a train, young Edison was enabled to study telegraphy. During this apprenticeship, if such it may be called, the boy not only learned how to send and receive a message, so as to fit himself for the position of operator, but he learned all about the mechanism and the batteries of the instrument he operated.

"Nothing escaped Tom Edison's observation," said a man who knew him at this time. "He saw everything, and he not only saw it, but he set about learning its whys and wherefores, and he stuck at it till he had learned all there was to be learned about it."

(from How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success,end underline, by A.R. Calhoon)

What inference can be made about how Thomas Edison's childhood affected his later life?

1. Childhood employment helped Edison determine which career path to follow.

2. Childhood education focused Edison on following a path to higher learning and study.

3. Childhood poverty inspired Edison to learn all he could about managing a profitable business.

4. Childhood experiences developed Edison into a skillful individual who used his eyes and his mind.

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from How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success,end bold,

Mr. Edison, as we have already stated, had only a few weeks at school in his whole life. He was born in the upper part of New York State in 1847. His parents were poor, and early in life, to use his own expressive words, he "had to start out and hustle."

One would think that selling newspapers on a railroad train was not a calling that afforded any educational advantages, but to the man of observation there is no position in life, whether in the busy haunts of men or the silence of the wilderness, that is not replete with valuable information if we but know where to look for it, and have the judgment to use it after it is obtained.

Through the favor of the telegraph operator, whose child's life he had saved when the little one was nearly under the wheels of a train, young Edison was enabled to study telegraphy. During this apprenticeship, if such it may be called, the boy not only learned how to send and receive a message, so as to fit himself for the position of operator, but he learned all about the mechanism and the batteries of the instrument he operated.

"Nothing escaped Tom Edison's observation," said a man who knew him at this time. "He saw everything, and he not only saw it, but he set about learning its whys and wherefores, and he stuck at it till he had learned all there was to be learned about it."

(from How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success,end underline, by A.R. Calhoon)

What inference can be made about how Thomas Edison's childhood affected his later life?

1. Childhood employment helped Edison determine which career path to follow.

2. Childhood education focused Edison on following a path to higher learning and study.

3. Childhood poverty inspired Edison to learn all he could about managing a profitable business.

4. Childhood experiences developed Edison into a skillful individual who used his eyes and his mind.

bill533 · Answer

It's B correct ?

AngeI · Answer

No it isn't

AngeI · Answer

This has almost nothing to do about eductation

bill533 · Answer

Well, what i've seen that Thomas Edison throughout his childhood was very poor and was hard so that made him needed to do something then he started to wanting to do something for himself and create some kind of an invention which all we know it's a Light-Bulb and other inventions.

Gdeinward · Answer

Its number 4.

Gdeinward · Answer

Edison is known for his extreme inventive skills, and it talks nothing but his keen observations as a child.

AngeI · Answer

Yep, i was waiting for you to guess that bill, you were using the context not past knowledge of him