5.Besides expanding Richard's mental curiosity and capabilities far beyond the interests of the average five year old.Hannah drilled into him the importance of working hard in order to grow up to be somebody.A small clue to her strong desire for her second son was her attempt to stop the use of the nickname Dick as too foolish. perhaps,for a future man of importance.By the way Miss George, please call my son Richard and never Dick.I named him Richard. Hannah told his school-teacher on the day he entered the elementary school.Miss Mary George never forgot this request--- one of the many reasons why this little boy was rather different from the others in her class.Her recollections of Richard Nixon's early progress are revealing5. Besides expanding Richard’s mental curiosity and capabilities far beyond the interests of the average five year old, Hannah drilled into him the importance of working hard in order to grow up to be somebody. A small clue to her strong desire for her second son was her attempt to stop the use of the nickname Dick as too foolish, perhaps, for a future man of importance. ‘By the way Miss George, please call my son Richard and never Dick. I named him Richard,’ Hannah told his school-teacher on the day he entered the elementary school. Miss Mary George never forgot this request--- one of the many reasons why this little boy was rather different from the others in her class. Her recollections of Richard Nixon’s early progress are revealing