Einstein never failed, he actually excelled in school, this myth was to started by parents to help struggling children in school, stating, "even Einstein failed school, but look what he became"
Okay, even though some of y'all are going to get butthurt this is my opinion-
It really bothers me when people complain about school like this. Obviously Einstein was brilliant (and did Einstein really say this, I'm not sure) but I disagree with some of the ideas here.
Here is why:
Einstein argues he was bored by school, because he wasn't able to learn about what interested him. First of all, this is when he is younger (12). I think students until college should be taking core classes in order to become literate in subjects. If something else interested him he can go along and study it, but the teachers can't make every student learn what interests Einstein. And without tests, how are teachers going to measure students? He complains about competition, but the real world is competitive and education needs to prepare us for that. Competition in the real world isn't a flaw either. You don't want your doctor to be the one that was lucky enough to get the job; you want the person who
proved they are worthy. Competition is also a key part of evolution; it's in the nature of humans. Is it bad that it made him feel worthless? Yes. Is competition inherently bad? No. Grades measure students, not only their intelligence, but mainly their work ethic. People complain about this, but honestly work ethic is more important than intelligence. And if Albert Einstein was too lazy (because I'm pretty sure he wasn't lacking intelligence) to get good grades and then complain about the system as a whole without providing a way to change it, well, that's not really helping anything other than fueling people's hate fire. Thank you for your time, and sorry if there are holes in my argument. I'm no Einstein.
Rather than saying wrong wrong wrong and then (I'm assuming this was you) going through and downvoting not this comment but downvoting my comments from other posts can you please provide me reasons? A lively debate is always great. Otherwise you are just proving me right by having hatefire.
meduzata has nothing to back up his "wrong wrong wrong" claims, do a little research to show your side of your argument instead of just saying "wrong", it's childish and won't get you far, other than to prove what others are thinking of you.
Thanks for having my back iccarus :). I mean I think meduzata is just further proving my point. And I mean I might be wrong and if I am successfully convinced of that then okay (again I love debate) but wrong wrong wrong is doing nothing!
You could at least say why you disagree. It makes you look like you don't know what you're talking about when all you say is "Wrong wrong wrong." (By the way, guest, I agree. You explained it very well and brought up good points. :)
arguing is best done by showing your side of what you believe and why, "just because" isn't a real reason, like the saying: Better to be silent and let everyone think you're stupid, than to open your mouth and prove it
I was at a book signing with Orson Scott Card, and he expressed somewhat similar sentiments. I'm not saying he echoed the exact same words, but he shared more or less the same negative opinion.
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It really bothers me when people complain about school like this. Obviously Einstein was brilliant (and did Einstein really say this, I'm not sure) but I disagree with some of the ideas here.
Here is why:
Einstein argues he was bored by school, because he wasn't able to learn about what interested him. First of all, this is when he is younger (12). I think students until college should be taking core classes in order to become literate in subjects. If something else interested him he can go along and study it, but the teachers can't make every student learn what interests Einstein. And without tests, how are teachers going to measure students? He complains about competition, but the real world is competitive and education needs to prepare us for that. Competition in the real world isn't a flaw either. You don't want your doctor to be the one that was lucky enough to get the job; you want the person who