Tesla comes from a very strict family. When Tesla was growing up, he had only two choices in life: become an Orthodox priest or join the army. He dreamed of being a famous inventor. His father, being an Orthodox priest, tried to persuade young Tesla to join his religious path, but Tesla lacked interest and instead pursued his passion for science. Tesla became very ill, according to Wisdom-magazine.com, journalist Marguerite dar Boggia said in the article The Childhood of Nikola Tesla: “When he was ill, he told his father that if he allowed him to become an engineer, he would. healed. His father readily consented and sent him to the best schools and universities.” After this meeting, Tesla studied at the Realschule in Karlstadt in 1873, at the Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria and at the University of Prague. Mentioned by PBS.org, “Tesla was hired by power companies in Strasbourg and Paris to improve their direct current generation facilities. In Germany and France, he tried to interest investors in his concept of an alternating current motor, but without success. It was clear that to realize his idea, he would have to meet the greatest electrical engineer in the world: Thomas Alva Edison” (Coming to America, Tesla Life and Legacy). Fascinated by Thomas Edison, he went to America to work with him because of his successes in electrical engineering. Having received a promise of fifty thousand dollars, Tesla continued to improve Edison's DC motor. Its DC motor was a machine that created voltage going in one direction only; However, the exact amount of volts produced by the motor is the amount that will be sent through the current, if too much current is sent it will cause an explosion. After improving his invention, Tesla demanded payment and Edison simply said, "You must