Kármán's father had a nervous breakdown in the year in which he began his engineering course but this only made it totally impossible for Kármán to go against his father's wishes.
Kármán's ama nagkaroon ng takot sa breakdown ng taon sa kung saan siya nagsimula sa kanyang engineering course ngunit ito lamang ginawa ito ganap na imposible para sa Kármán pumunta sa laban sa kanyang ama pagbati.