I lived in an area that didn't even have power until I was 15 yrs old, but we had a battery powered radio from the time I was about 5.
Once I realized that there wasn't a guy inside it, I was obsessed with learning how it worked. Started by getting books at the village library and fooling around with the radio batteries after they were too run down to operate the radio.
I remember trying out series and parallel hookups and winding magnet coils before the age of 10.
Wish I knew how to get my students that interested.
Took a one year electrical wiring course at the community college and went to work with an electrical contractor at the age of 16, and was looking after commercial/industrial jobs at 20.
Started teaching apprenticeship program in 1966 and will retire next year.
Ed
