What do you understand of Einstein’s nature from his conversations with his history teacher, his mathematics teacher and the head teacher?
What do you understand of Einstein’s nature from his conversations with his history teacher, his mathematics teacher and the head teacher?
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Einstein’s behaviour seemed to be extremely unruly. He did not believe in the then prevailing system of education. By nature, he was a spontaneous fellow. He found memorising facts and dates quite useless. Ideas attracted him more than facts. Because of this, he had a heated argument with his history teacher, regarding the system of education. He was indifferent to the importance of attending school that it never occurred to him that not attending school at all could turn out later to be a problem. From his conversation with the Mathematics teacher, we come to know that he was a student who actually had some interest in mathematics, that being the only class in which he paid a lot of attention and never wasted his time. He was not open and outright in front of his Mathematics teacher. He used a less arrogant attitude with this teacher, which showed his level of respect and obedience for elders. Later, when he confronts the headmaster, we find him defensive at the beginning and carefree at the end of the meeting.
A model answer has been provided for students' reference.
It is strongly recommended that students come up with their own answers.
Einstein’s behaviour seemed to be extremely unruly. He did not believe in the then prevailing system of education. By nature, he was a spontaneous fellow. He found memorising facts and dates quite useless. Ideas attracted him more than facts. Because of this, he had a heated argument with his history teacher, regarding the system of education. He was indifferent to the importance of attending school that it never occurred to him that not attending school at all could turn out later to be a problem. From his conversation with the Mathematics teacher, we come to know that he was a student who actually had some interest in mathematics, that being the only class in which he paid a lot of attention and never wasted his time. He was not open and outright in front of his Mathematics teacher. He used a less arrogant attitude with this teacher, which showed his level of respect and obedience for elders. Later, when he confronts the headmaster, we find him defensive at the beginning and carefree at the end of the meeting.
