So so sorry this took so long! I had a hard time writing this part, I kept getting stuck. I hope you like it! :-) As always reviews are greatly appreciated! You guys keep me motivated, even when I feel ready to give up. Thank you all so much!
"Well you see the actual event happened when I was in high school, but the idea first struck me way back in grammar school, it just took time to develop. It all started in Mrs. Fitzmaurice's 4th grade science class."
9 year old Micky Dolenz walked into his science class full of ambition. Micky loved science. He loved to do experiments at home, even though they usually landed him in big trouble, especially when the subject of his experiments was his sister. He couldn't wait to see all the new things he would learn this year. As his teacher, Mrs. Fitzmaurice, passed out the curriculum to the other students Micky ran down the list of topics, Scientific Method, Matter, Chemical Reactions, Motion and Energy. His eyes light up at the idea of studying energy, specifically energy in regards to the human body.
They wouldn't get to that until close to the end of the year, but Micky decided that he would read on his own for fun, that way when they did get to it he would already be way ahead. Micky read and re-read those chapters in his book, absorbing all there was to know. He found his favorite part was learning about the energy that coursed through the human brain allowing it to think and do for the rest of the body. Neurons, neurotransmitters, synapses, Micky loved it all. An idea was beginning to form in his young mind. He swore one day he would find a way to tap into that energy and use it for something good.
Micky's teacher saw his growing ambition and was taken by how interested he seemed to be. It had been a long time since she had a student who actually wanted to learn. She took him aside one day and talked with him about his interests.
"I've noticed that you really seem to enjoy my class, I was wondering what it was that had you so interested."
Micky's eyes light up, "Oh boy, Mrs. Fitz, I love your class! I love everything about science, but I really love these last chapters about energy, I read them every night when I go home. I want to know everything about it!"
Mrs. Fitz smiled, "I'm so happy to hear that you are so eager to learn Micky. I found this book I had at home and I wanted you to have it. I think one day you will do great things with it." She handed him a copy of 'The Secret of Brain Energy' by Frank Channing Haddock. "It's a bit past your reading level, but I think you'll be able to handle it just fine. If you have any questions feel free to ask me."
Micky was elated. "Oh boy Mrs. Fitz, thank you so much! I promise you I'll do good things with this! I'm going to learn everything there is to know about the brain!" He gave her a tight hug and ran the whole way home. He couldn't wait to start learning all the new things in his new book.
After dinner that night Micky read for three hours. He even had to resort to reading under the covers with a flashlight so his mother would think he went to sleep. He learned about kinetic and potential energy, the nervous system, brain development and all kinds of other things. He would have to ask Mrs. Fitz to explain some of it to him, but for the most part he understood. One thing he couldn't understand, however, was that over and over he read that we as humans don't use our brains to their full potential, and in fact that we only use about 10% of our brains. Micky just couldn't see how that was possible, and if it was true why hadn't anyone come up with a way for us to use those other parts of the brain.
The next morning he ran straight to Mrs. Fitzmaurice's office and burst in, startling the poor woman half to death. "Micky! Goodness what's got you so riled up this morning?" The words poured out of his mouth, he couldn't get them out fast enough, he needed answers. After calming him down a bit, Mrs. Fitz was finally able to get the story out of him in a way that was intelligible. "I read last night that we only use 10% of our brains. How is that possible? Scientists are so smart, why can't they find a way to use the rest of the brain? 10% isn't very much at all!" Mrs. Fitzmaurice smiled down at him, "Oh Micky, they are trying to find a way. They just haven't figured it out yet. Maybe when you grow up, you can be the one to find out why and how to fix it." "I will Mrs. Fitz, I will! You'll see! I'm going to figure it out and then I will come back and tell you all about it!" With that he ran back out of her office and to the library, where he checked out every book on the brain he could find. He was going to figure it out!
"So you see, that's where the seed was planted. I studied the brain for years trying to come up with some kind of experiment I could do to either test brain function or measure wave activities, but I couldn't figure it out."
Mike regarded Micky cautiously, "Man your teacher really sparked a fire under you huh? This story is gonna get all crazy from here isn't it?" "We'll it depends on what you would consider crazy. At the time I was so consumed with it that it was all I could see, I thought I was going to with the Nobel Prize with this one, if I could only figure it out."
Micky thought back to the next step that had led him on his way, eyes glazing over with both happiness and thoughtfulness at the memory, "It wasn't until I was a sophomore in High School that I thought I figured it out. I was so sure it would work, it just had to!"
