If Einstein is the greatest scientist in 21st century then why did he fail in the 8th grade???

Question

If Einstein is the greatest scientist in 21st century then why did he fail in the 8th grade???

Answer 1

didnt he say not doing something right a 100 times isnt failing, he just foun out 100 ways not to do something! mabe the applies to it too.

Answer 2

Einstein really was NOT a "great scientist". In fact, he had very little "hands on" with scientific experiments. Einstein was a Theoretical Physicist. He came up with IDEAS (like the Theory of Relativity) but left it to OTHER people to prove his Theories. Remember, a Theory IS NOT A FACT, but is really just an intelligent guess, a statement of how things OUGHT to work, based on observations. There is NOTHING from Einstein's theories that have been proven wrong, or what you might call a "failure", but much of his work remains UNPROVEN -- meaning that it might be true, it might be false, but no body has proven it either way. But for now, his theories work. he has had no outright failures. Of course, theories often don't have detail/. Details are another thing that Einstein was short of. Again, a lot of "This ought to be this way", but not a lot of "this is how it is truly is.". The PRACTICAL side of his physics is left to other people. What may be Einstein's greatest value is is INSIGHT, or what might be called "intuition". It is clear that Einstein saw the world in a completely different way than other people, and this way allowed him to see implications in data that other people miss. His abilities as a TEACHER also give him an advantage, as Einstein was also rather good at explaining that which his intuition perceived. People who claim Einstein was wrong, or those that try to shoot down his theories are merely jealous of his superior abilities to "think things through" without the benefit of actual scientific measurement and experimentation. But Einstein himself would have gladly accepted and listened to those people, because through their practical experimentation new facts might be exposed which would have allowed him to fine-tune his theories to the point that they become self-evident facts.

Answer 3

Einstein died long before the 21st century rolled around, so with that in mind, I am a better scientist than Einstein in the 21st century.

Answer 4

Because genius is often misunderstood and teachers all too often are ill equipped and unprepared to evaluate thinking beyond the realm of their specialties.

It's rather like asking a grad student English instructor to evaluate irony in a paper. More times than not it's beyond their purview -- and only the student is made to suffer.

Whereas man will leave his children to the luck of the draw, "God does not play dice with the universe." A. Einstein

Answer 5

Being "great" sometime's does NOT go hand in hand with being intelligent. What test's you are given at school generally proove very little in terms of how smart you really are because a lot of these tests are pretty much tests of memory. You remember a formula, chances are you should get the answer right... What does this prove? Nothing, other than the fact that you remembered a simple equation...

Answer 6

Intelligence goes in a circle. By this I mean that there isn't too much difference in someone who is retarded and highly intelligent. Neither can do things that some of us consider basic. Have you ever known someone who is booksmart but completely life ignorance or had absolutely no common sense?

Answer 7

According to the book recently published - he did not fail, that is just an urban legend. He did have conflict with authority and military type leadership (he was a Jew - in Germany) that gave him problems with teachers not with the grades.

Answer 8

Can you cite a source stating that he did indeed fail the 8th grade?
Without proving your premise, your question is moot.

Answer 9

Because he was bored and knew everything already. His wife even had to remind him to shower because he was always so busy with his work.

Answer 10

He already had the answer before his teachers knew there was a question. His answers were probably correct.