What punishment did the History teacher give to Albert for not answering his questions?


The History teacher got irritated. His eyes got cold and cruel. He said that he didn’t want a lecture from him. He punished Albert by making him stay in for an extra period that day. He also told him that he was a disgrace to the institution.

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Do you think Albert misbehaved while answering the history teacher’s questions? Justify your answer.


Albert didn’t misbehave. Nor was he impolite. He addressed the history teacher quite respectfully as ‘Sir’. But Albert Einstein was not a blind follower. He had his own concept of education. He considered learning days and dates of history quite irrelevant . No doubt, he was fearless, frank and even unconventional. But he was anything except being impolite.

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What should education be all about, according to Albert?


According to Albert, education should be based not on facts but on ideas. Albert said that one could get these facts from books. He was more interested in knowing why soldiers killed other soldiers in war. He was not interested in knowing their numbers.

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Why didn’t Albert feel ‘cheerful’ to go back to his lodging?


Albert didn’t feel cheerful to return to his lodging. His room was in the poorest quarters of Munich. Then his landlord beat his wife after he returned home drunk on Saturdays. He hated the atmosphere of slum violence. The atmosphere made him sick.

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‘Mr. Braun was speechless for a few moments’. Why?


Mr. Braun asked Albert in what year the Prussians defeated the French at Waterloo. Albert told him that he didn’t know. Albert told him that he saw no point in learning dates. These could be seen in books. This made him speechless.

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