Started screwing around with electronics in 6th grade, in 1972 when my teacher brought a crystal radio to school.
Went to Radio Shack and bought my first P-Box kit and I think I spent every spare dollar there buying more and more
kits to play around with. Went to the library, checked out some books on ohms law, taught myself a bunch of stuff.
In my teens, I think my parents thought I was going to blow up the house. I installed 8 track tape decks, car stereos
all the time, fixed radios, televisions. Got a job in a television shop when I was 15, worked there through getting a
electronics degree, went to work for Texas Instruments for a year, but hated Houston Texas. Built my first computer
in the late 80's, got my ham "ticket"...still in the electronics/computer business for the last 34 years.
All because a TEACHER, brought a tiny crystal radio to school, and I wanted to know why it worked "without batteries".
It's interesting...a couple years ago, that same teacher showed up on Facebook, and I sent him a message telling him
thank you...had it not been for him, who knows where or what I would be doing today. He said that was the best compliment
he had ever received.