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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I hope this was implied green text.
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Lot's of people believe this rumor, I remember my grade 9 teacher saying "even Einstein failed a math test when he was young"
But of course he was wrong
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Einstein had trouble making friends and didn't excel in school. There's even a persistent, unfounded rumor that he flunked math in the fourth grade. The truth is, Einstein seemed to relish problem solving, and little else. He loathed the busy work of a typical school day and dropped out when he was 15.
After Einstein left school in Munich, he tried to enter college in Zurich, but flunked the entrance exam. That's where the myth that he failed math seems to most powerfully originate. While it's true Einstein failed the exam, he didn't fail the math portion. He did, however, bomb the botany, zoology and language sections.
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