Albert Einstein: The Universe And Human Stupidity

Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” Have you ever heard this quote? This quote is from Albert Einstein who persevered in order to invent many different formulas and equations. Albert Einstein was born as the first child of Hermann and Pauline Einstein who were a Jewish couple in Ulm, Germany on March 14th 1879. In November 1881, his sister Maria was born. He went to school for a while, but skipped grammar school because of the rules. At the age of 15, he left school without a degree, but later he would go back, and in July 1900, he finished his studies. Albert Einstein showed perseverance throughout his childhood when everyone thought he was dumb and also

when inventing equations that some people opposed.

Albert Einstein as a kid was thought to be a very dumb child, but he persevered through his childhood and showed that he wasn’t actually dumb. Many people thought he was dumb including his parents and his teacher. ”His parents thought he was "subnormal," and one of his teachers described him as ‘mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams.’”This was because he didn’t speak until he was 4 or read until he was seven. He showed perseverance by continuing to learn even when he was called dumb and not just giving up on learning various things like memorization. “In fact, his development was so labored that his parents wondered whether he had a learning disability.” This was because he didn’t excel at school and threw violent temper tantrums. There also was a rumor about him flunking math, but he later said that he was the top of his class and learned integral calculus at the age of 15. He showed perseverance by proving he wasn’t as dumb by being very good at math and continuing to learn at school. Clearly, he persevered through his childhood and grew up to be very smart.

As an adult, Einstein received a lot of criticism, but he continued learning and trying to continue his work.Einstein’s idea was criticized so much that the nazis joined in.

“They even held a conference(read political rally) in which his theory was criticized by some tame scientists.” He showed perseverance by continuing his work and not appearing angry and instead eating food. He also showed perseverance by visiting the conference and not being perturbed. “Bergson did not challenge Einstein's scientific claims about relativity, including the then-startling claim of time dilation, in which time slows down for objects traveling at higher speeds, Canales said.” Albert Einstein showed perseverance in this criticism by continuing to argue back with Bergson. He also spread his views against Bergson through publications and letters and not being forced to not believe his own work. Clearly. He showed perseverance through continuing his work.

Albert Einstein throughout his childhood and when he was facing accusations persevered through it all. Albert Einstein in his childhood and when some people didn’t like his ideas showed perseverance by continuing to learn or not caring about it. I think Albert Einstein was clearly persevering throughout his entire life and trying to learn as much as he could so he could help the rest of the world learn and gain

knowledge.