How did Thomas Edison succeed in making all those inventions without a formal education?

How was Thomas Edison educated as a child?

What was Thomas Edison's educational background?

What was Thomas Edison's academic life like?

Edison was a poor student. When a schoolmaster called Edison “addled,” his furious mother took him out of the school and proceeded to teach him at home. Edison said many years later, “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me, and I felt I had someone to live for, someone I must not disappoint.” At an early age, he showed a fascination for mechanical things and for chemical experiments.

T.P’s Weekly that was published on 29 November 1907