Albert Einstein's report card reveals fascinating truth about his time at school
A YouTuber did a deep dive into the genius' youth
Albert Einstein’s report card is available to read and it reveals the fascinating truth about his time at school.
If you’ve ever wondered how well the man, who is widely regarded as having been a genius, did at school then look no further.
One YouTube channel, Tibees, has lifted the lid and given us all some insight into what Albert Einstein’s grades were like in his youth.
The YouTuber, who is known as Toby, specializes in videos about physics, math, astronomy and the history of science, and in one clip she focuses on Einstein.
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In the video description, it reads: “Come and take a look at Einstein’s report card from his final school year and his time studying at ETH university in Switzerland.
We will learn interesting facts about his life, his teachers and the state of physics at the time.”
In the clip, Toby says: “There’s a bit of a myth that goes around that Einstein was really bad at math and failed that at school but from having a look at his grades, we will see that Einstein was actually a pretty good student, although his grades aren’t perfect and his time as a student wasn’t without struggle. “Looking at Einstein’s grades reveals interesting information about his life, his teachers and what was going on in physics at the time.”
The YouTuber shows her viewers a document from Einstein’s final grades from his year at the Aargau school.
Toby continues: “A grade of 6 is the highest one obtainable, it would mean very good and a grade of 1 would be very poor. So we can see he’s taken German language and literature, French, English, Italian, history, geography, algebra, he’s got a 6 there.
“Geometry including trigonometry and analytic geometry, a 6 as well. The highest score, descriptive geometry, physics, again a 6.
“So he looks like a pretty good student here at those subjects, chemistry a little bit lower, a 5, natural history, art drawing and technical drawing.
“So, his lowest grade here from when he was leaving school would have been French at only a 3 out of 6, but he is clearly a very good student at the scientific math and physics subjects.”
Many people took to the YouTube comment section to share their own reactions, with one user writing: “Einstein is so relatable when he says that examinations are just something that you cram for and how it makes you lose all interest in actually learning the subject. Good to know that education hasn't changed since then.”
Another joked: “I've decided never to become famous if people are going to just casually dig up my grades like this.”
And a third added: “Imagine being so intelligent that ur name becomes a synonym for Intelligence.”