Sometimes we understand that we aren’t as smart as everyone else is. Some people have the knowledge of Albert Einstein while the others have the knowledge of a five-year-old. In the story, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is given the opportunity to become smarter. This experience is great for him and this is why - he’s a 37-year old man who can’t really spell, use correct grammar, and punctuate very well.
Henry Wadworth Longfellow, and American poet from the 1800s, said, “Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.” This concept I explained by, Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers. He devotes chapters three and four to discussing “The Trouble with Geniuses.” The theory he outlines in this section of the book discusses how much of a factor high intelligent quotient is in determining success, versus how important upbringing is. He examines geniuses, who are commonly considered “the true outliers,” and their successes.
A Fighter is a type of person from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. In that book, there is an evil, dark thing. Fighters are people that have done great things, and fought the thing by doing so. Albert Einstein was scientist born in Germany, but he ended up in many different countries throughout his life.
But not a lot become an inspiration and go beyond to prove those people wrong. " The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie, he proved to people that he wasn't one of the Indian children who was expected to be dumb. "I refused to fail. I was smart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century, asserted “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Throughout my high school career, I have always been an individual who follows. I relentlessly ask others “Are you going to the game tonight?” or “What are you wearing for the banquet?” I have never craved to stand out or do something out of the ordinary.
Over 70 years ago, the world was forever changed by the power and ideas of one single man. He had millions call out his name as they served under him causing destruction everywhere they went by his own orders. This man had so much power that he was capable of toppling over almost every major European country including Denmark, Norway, France, Poland, and many more that he caused pain during his reign of Germany. Though the man went by the simply tittle of Germany’s Furher, he can only possible be remember by the name that helped scar the world, Adolf Hitler.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, a 19th century poet, essayist, and famous philosopher, was a great influence on writers of his time and even some today. Many of his most famous works such as, “Self-Reliance” and “The American Scholar”, are about past issues that had been going on in his lifetime. Topics such as slavery, ideologies and mankind often fill up his writings. Early Life - Ralph Waldo Emerson, son of Reverend William Emerson, a well known clergyman.
When kids are growing up they are taught to dream big. Some of these kids soon realize that they will never accomplish those big dreams that they were told to aim for, but those who still strive to accomplish the best in life, despite their limitations, will reach their dreams because they have the mindset and drive to achieve their big goals in life. One of the biggest dreamers in history was Albert Einstein. When Einstein was smaller, a teacher told him that he would never amount to anything, was wasting everyone's time, and should drop out of school immediately.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Many of us have heard this famous quote by Albert Einstein, but do all of us know how true and real the meaning of it is? Inspirational speaker, Prince Ea, believes that “many kids can relate to that fish, swimming upstream in class, never finding their gifts, thinking they are stupid, believing they are useless” (Prince).
The Humanitarian Award is an award given to people who put other people’s needs before theirs and does things for all of mankind. Albert Einstein is deserving of the Humanitarian Award because of his great contributions to the fields of science and technology. Albert Einstein was born in Wurttemberg, Germany. As a young boy he was introduced to a children’s science textbook by a Polish medical student who would have meals with Einstein’s family.
1) Thomas Edison said about his teachers he's so stupid he couldn't learn anything! Bears the name of Thomas Edison more than 1,000 patents, some of these inventions changed the world, the most important light bulb and camera, better battery and alkaline. 2) Albert Einstein faced Albert Einstein from a young age have great difficulty in communicating with people and learning the traditional way, but this apparently wasn't an indication of said Intelligence was not an obstacle to his success and is what prove it with time to discover a theory of "relativity" one of the most important pillars of modern physics, receiving the Nobel Prize in physics for his contribution to theoretical physics, especially his discovery of the phenomenon of PV, which
p. 1. Einstein was the one that can truly recognize the nature and was not easily distracted by common sense and experimental data. In 1999, Time magazine named Einstein “Person of the Century”. p. 2.
However, I am doubting my ability to engage in such an intellectually demanding endeavour.” The professor immediately halted her self-deprecating sob-session and said, “You arrived to this place with your own epistemology, and the only thing stopping you from advancing is the belief in yourself.” Everyone has their own knowledge; it is the parameter of education, construction of identity, and social interaction that determine the potential of intelligence a particular person can possess. But, are some people born smarter than others? We are composed of 23 sets of chromosomes from our parents.
Everyone knows Albert Einstein was a very smart and successful man but most do not know that he had dyslexia. He had to overcome his disorder to become the person we all know him as today. Albert Einstein overcame dyslexia and became one of the smartest and most famous men in the world. Einstein had an interesting life, overcame the odds, and had many great achievements. Being very smart you would think Einstein had it easy in school, but this was not the case.
One character trait of Albert Einstein that he couldn’t have become so successful without was him being so inquisitive. While at school, he was always bored out of his mind because the lessons were always too easy and boring.
