adverse to popular belief , Einstein was n’t a bad student at all . Apparently , that ’s something that very speculative student made up , because he got excellent grades . His certificate of qualification for university matric — what in Europe is called A - levels — demonstrates this .
The fact is that Einstein was a brilliant student since he was a little kid . He had a problem with authoritarian teachers all his animation , however . One instance : when he was only five , he threw a chairman to his coach because he could n’t stand his style .
Einstein started depart to school at eld six , in 1885 , where he pose splendid study cards . His mom told this to her sister in a letter :
Yesterday Albert welcome his grades , he was again phone number one , and his report card was brilliant .
But when he switch school he ran again into problems . Again , he could n’t remain firm the authoritarian expressive style of some of his teacher and his posture turned them against the young hotshot . That ’s where his spoiled reputation as a pupil comes from , after one of his teachers said to him that “ never will he get anywhere . ”
clearly , when he hear to get into the Swiss Polytechnic in Zurich , he fail in region like history or geographics , so he went to a new school in Switzerland in October 1895 to take more about these .
The next time he took his A - levels , his grades were splendid ( 6 ) for the most part . Only on French he got a pitiful ( 3 ) but then again , who cares .
And no , nobody remembers the name of the professor who said he will never get anywhere . [ Einstein Website — Thanks Edu ! ]
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