There was a boy who lived in Nigeria in a small village. He was very bright and he had big dreams. He longed to attend the university and to study to become an engineer. He and like minded friends learned that they must take physics in high school to qualify for admission to the program. Sadly there was no physics class at the boy’s school. There were no instructors qualified to teach such a course. The boy and his friends were disappointed but they were not defeated. They heard that there was a man in the next village who had once been a physics teacher. They decided to seek him out and ask him for help.
The boys walked to the next town in hopes that they would find the solution to their problem. They easily located the former teacher living on a farm. They told the man about their dilemma and begged him to help them. The educator explained that he had too much work to do on the land. He did not have enough free time to teach them physics. He was very sorry but there was nothing that he might do. Continue reading “An Extraordinary Man”