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> The reason he did badly in school The myth is not "Einstein did badly in school, but for that reason not this one". "Einstein did badly in school" is a myth,
by margalabargala 2y ago
> The reason he did badly in school
The myth is not "Einstein did badly in school, but for that reason not this one". "Einstein did badly in school" is a myth, period. Einstein excelled in school.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/14/science/einstein-revealed-as-brilliant-in-youth.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/14/science/einstein-revealed...
- hotdogscout 2y agoThat user is talking about university, not grade school. It's undisputable he did badly in university and could not hold himself in academia because of this metric. https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/07/from-mediocre-student-to-nobel-prize-winner.html https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/07/fro...
- pdonis 2y ago> Einstein excelled in school. hotdogscout correctly clarified that I meant university, not grade school. Sorry for the ambiguity on my part.