Albert Einstein at School - Post-reading Task

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Stephen Hawking : Internationally renowned physicist and mathematician

Motor Neurone Disease

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Blind, deaf and mute

Albert Einstein : Father of Modern Physics

Could not talk till the age of four. Did not learn to read till nine. Teachers thought of him as a slow learner, unsociable and a dreamer. Failed the entrance examinations to college in his first attempt. Lost three teaching positions. Worked as a patent clerk. 

Today, synonymous with 'genius'

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