Amelia attended a private college preparatory school in Kansas. She attended a private college. It was a preparatory school. Amelia loved to read. She often got in trouble as a result of her independence nature. Her mother and younger sister Muriel, often came to Atchison to visit but Amelia seldom saw her father during these years. The Earhart family moved to Des Moines, Iowa when Amelia was in 7th grade.When she was seven her father Edwin took the family to the St. Louis World's Fair. At the fair she rode on a ferris wheel. On the rid of the Ferris wheel. She learned that she rather enjoyed heights. She learned to build and make different things with her own hands. One time she made a crude roller coaster out of two-by-fours, a packing box, and roller skate wheels.
"This picture shows a young Amelia Earhart at only 7 years old. She became interested in flying after seeing a demonstration at a state fair when she was 10. When pilot Frank Hawks took her for a plane ride on Dec. 28, 1920, Amelia's fate was sealed: She would become a pilot."