He Was Expelled From School

HE WAS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL Instances recorded in history show that to achieve greatness, it is not necessary to be born great. A man can rise to greatness from the most obscure of beginnings—provided he is willing to strive for it. A lthough his beginnings were humble, Albert Einstein succeeded in revolutionizing 20thcentury science. The ordinary son of an ordinary father, he could not speak until the age of three and showed no signs of having even average abilities up to the age of nine. He was even once expelled from school because his teacher feared his poor academic performance might negatively influence other pupils. Upon completion of his school studies, he failed to qualify for admission to the Zurich Technical College. It was only on his second attempt, after due preparation, that he met with success. Up to the age of twenty, Einstein showed no exceptional potential. In fact, ‘Albert was a lazy dog’ was how a teacher once described him. Later, through sheer hard work, he rose to heights that no other modern scientist has been able to surpass. His biographer writes, “We