Name =manav chaudhary

class = 11 – a
topic = albert Einstein at school
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 NAME – Patrick pringle

 Born in 1935 in rochester
 Nominations – edgar award for best fact crime
 ‘albert Einstein at school’ chapter we learn through this extract about the troubles
albert Einstein was facing when he was in school . We see that he do not like
school that much .it is essentially about how albert defied the traditional methods
of teachings .
 freelance writer and photographer ,wildlife biologist and educator .
 Awards- new jersey institude of technology award ,1970,for the only earth we
have ,special conservation award ,national wildlife federation ,1978,honor book
designation ,new York academy of science ,1980,for natural fire.
 SUMMARY

 It is an extract from the young Einstein .Patrick pringle is the author of this book.we learn through
this extract about the troubles albert Einstein was facing when he was in school .we see that he did
not like school that much it is essentially about how albert defied the traditional method of
teachings.moreover he always felt like he did not fit in. further we also get to know about the
teacher not liking him either .it was because he questioned things and raised valid points .thus, we
will learn about a never heard before aspect of the genious physicist’s childhood. We see how the
greatest mind also had to face struggles concerning their intelligence . The story begins with
young albert being in his history class .the teacher ask him about a certain date to which albert
admits that it is pointless to memorise dates. He was of the thinking that he can flip through the
pages whenever he wants to know the date about something . Thus, he did not believe in mugging
up facts .
 Consequently ,we learn that albert does not like school as it adopts traditional methods of
teaching . He dislikes the conventional forms of education. Similarly, the teacgers also
don’t have much liking to him . They consider him a disgrace and the history teacher
especially dod not like him . When this incident happens in history class, the teacher gets
irritated and asks him to leave .
 Einstein did not loke him too as he was not comfortable there . In fact, Einstein did not like
school to an extent that he thought of never passing the exams to get the school diploma.
As he likes science, he wishes he could study just this subject only . Morover, he does not
understand the reason why he needs to study other subjects where his intrest does not lie.
 After that, they sent him to munich and the story repeated there too. Albert did not take any
intrest there and was only wasting his fathers money . He now has an epiphany of giving up
a school together so he asks his friend ,yuri, to arrange for a doctor . He plans to ask the
doctor to write him off as a lunatic , not fit for the school . Upon meeting with the doctor ,
albert confesses his love for mathematics. After that , the head master calls him and
re3veals shocking news to him.
 He tells albert that due to his behavior, they are asking him to leave
school . They feel that his behavior disturbs the environment for studying.
It was surprising for albert as he was ready to present the medical report
but before that only the school rusticated him. Thus, he leaves the school
without even looking back and only meets yuri who bids him farewell as
wishes him luck for his future.
 THEME

• The basic theme of “Albert Einstein at school” is to throw

light on the modern way of providing education. Education
doesnot mean mugging updates, it means understanding
the facts and gaining practical knowledge . This chapter is
a perfect example of this .
 MESSAGE

 The chapter “Albert Einstein at school”is one of the

fabulous story I read. It expressed what I used to think in
an interesting manner. Rote memory is not real education .
Rather teachers should inculcate thinking skills in students
.making them memoriz th facts and dates is not real
purpose of education . Building the healthy environment
of creativity should be the prime goals of teachers, as the
chapter says
 NAME OF THE CHARACTERS

 Albert Einstein- a student

 Mr. braun – a history teacher at Albert’s school
 Yuri – a friend of Albert in munich
 Mr. Koch – a mathematics teacher at Albert’s school
 Landlady – a woman who rented a room in her house to albert
 Head teacher – head master of the school
 Dr. Ernst Weil – a doctor who specialize in nerves
 Elsa – Albert’s cousin
CHARACTER SKETCH OF ALBERT
EINSTEIN AND MR. BRAUN

• ALBERT HAD A FRANK AND HONEST TEMPERAMENT AND WAS QUITE

SENSITIVE AND EMOTIONAL . HE WAS CONSIDERED A REBEL BY MOST OF
HIS TEACHERS. HE DID NOT COMPROMISE AND ADJUST TO THE SYSTEM OF
EDUCATION WHICH ENCOURAGED LEAR4NING WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING.
FOR HIM, IDEAS AND ENQUIRY WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FACTS OR
DATES HE WAS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL FOR HIS VIEWS WHICH DID NOT
MATCH THE EXISTING PATTERN.
• THE HISTORY TEACHER MR. BRAUN WAS A VERY ARROGANT, STRICT
TEACHER. HIS IDEAS ABOUT EDUCATION WAS JUST LIMITED TO THE THINGS
THAT “LEARNING FACTS AND CRAMMING UIS CONSIDERED EDUCATION” HE
WAS SO MINDFUL AN D COULD’T TOLERT ALBERT EINSTEIN JUSTIFYING
EACH OF HIS POINT.
CHARACTER SKETCH OF YURI

• Yuri was Einstein’s only source of comfort, help, and relief in Munich. He was his
reliable friend. Yuri played a savior’s role in Albert’s life when he was going through a
hard phase of life at Munich. Albert was neither happy at the school, nor he was
comfortable at his poor lodging in a poor quarter of the city. Yuri was his only friend
with whom he shared his sorrows, concerns and worries. Yuri not only comforted him
and gave him hope, he also found a doctor for him who could issue Albert a certificate
for nervous breakdown so that using it Albert could go away from the school, where he
had some adjustment issues with his history teacher, Mr. Braun.
 CHARACTER SKETCH OF MR .
COACH

• Mr.Koch was Einstein's mathematics teacher. He was a great man, probably who was no jealous of
Einstein's knowledge. He admired Einstein's knowledge and thought probably Albert would soon be able
to teach him. Apart from this, Mr.koch gave him a certificate that helped Einstein secure a seat in a
university.
 CHARACTER SKETCH OF LANDLADY

• According to the narrator, his landlady was very ruthless who used to beat her children ruthlessly. Even
the food, he was served there was dirt and squalor. In those days, Albert used to have a friend namely
Yuri who counselled him not to leave that school.
 Character sketch of elsa
• Elsa was Albert's cousin. She lived in Berlin. Her father was a
businessman. He had his business in berlin.
• She told Albert that she was sure Albert could learn enough to pass
the examinations if he tried. She told him that she knew many
students more stupid than Albert.
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