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> [Einstein] failed the general part of the entry test to Zurich Polytechnic Yeah, let's leave unsaid the fact that he was 16 at that time.
by jwilk 9y ago
> [Einstein] failed the general part of the entry test to Zurich Polytechnic
Yeah, let's leave unsaid the fact that he was 16 at that time.
- OnlyTruth 9y agoAnd mainly failed because - coming from Germany - he only had very little education in french (as opposed to the other Swiss kids who had several years.) Einstein was exceptional: http://www.einstein-website.de/z_kids/zeugniskids.html http://www.einstein-website.de/z_kids/zeugniskids.html 6 in Switzerland is excellent and very few kids have a 6 in their High School Diploma, not even talking about five of them! (a 6 is generally much, much harder to achieve than an A in the US for example.)