Albert+Einstein



Albert Einstein was one of the greatest physicists of his time. He couldn't have been though, without first being slow. He exemplified perseverance by overcoming his rough childhood, his struggles in college, and his difficulty finding a job.

In Albert's childhood, he learned and talked slowly. He stood out from everybody else because he thought alot. He also didn't like to memorize so he did very poorly in school.When he was around three, and he hadn't started talking yet, his parents thought he was mildly retarded. When he was in his teens, his smartness came to life when he found an algebra textbook.

In college, Albert Einstein went to the Swiss Institute of Technology but failed the test to get accepted the first time. His studies weren't brilliant and didn't study for his classes. He didn't like that all the classes were organized.

When he was looking for a job, he had many struggles because people thought he wasn't smart enough. He was the only one at the institute that wasn't asked to be a professor at the Institute after graduation because of his independent spirit. For money, he took temporary teaching jobs. He finally found a suitable job at the Swiss Patent Office looking over inventions. He worked so fast that he had plenty of time to follow his own thoughts.

In conclusion, Albert Einstein became a persevered by overcoming his rough childhood; where he learned slowly and was considered a misfit, his struggles in college; where he didn't study much, and his difficulty finding a job; where he had to be a temporary teacher for money.

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