Einstein was a poor student in school, it is a myth

Many careless students to justify their assessments give the argument that some geniuses such as Einstein in school badly.
This is not true, yes, a little Albert was among the first disciples, but Losers he definitely was not. The thing is that Einstein was most of the time studying in Germany, but received a high school diploma in Switzerland, where the grading system was opposed to German, in Germany the highest score was a unit, just below two and so on, and Swiss teacher used a direct six-point system.

At school, Einstein excelled in mathematics and the natural sciences, with less time to the French language, geography and drawing - these things are not too interested in him, but his average score was about five points out of six (Swiss system).

By the way, the Nobel Prize physicist was not for the theory of relativity, as many believe, but for the development of the quantum theory of the photoelectric effect.

via factroom.ru