Top people I need to write about: (in no particular order)
1. Jesus
2. My Parents
3. Albert Einstein
4. Paris Hilton
5. Kira Plastinina
When you think of Albert Einstein I’m sure the first thing that pops into your head is not fashion or looks. Chances are you would think of a bizarre looking guy with crazy hair, right? Although Albert Einstein was not exactly born in the technology, fashionable friendly society that we have today, we would be no where without him.
Just think for a second the average child learns to talk sometime around 1 year of age. But, in Einstein’s case he was slow to learn to talk, not beginning to speak until late after his second birthday. As a result of his slow verbal development one teacher had told Einstein that he would never amount to much in life. Well what a joke that was! Not only had Einstein proved him wrong, but made him look like a complete fool.
He had succeeding in learning subjects such as geometry several years before he was even suppose to study them in school. Not only had he found a talent in math, but in music as well. His mother being a violinist taught him the finest music like Mozart by the age of 13. Graduating from being trained as a physics and mathematics instructor, he could not find a teaching positional anywhere which turned him into accepting a job as a technical assistant. He continued working and shockingly completed the range of theoretical physics publications in his spare time.
Proving various people wrong Einstein won many awards for accomplishing several theories and equations still used in society today. Although the hair styles, technology, and fashion have changed since Einstein’s time it does not change how talented and an intelligent person he was. Thanks to him we still know and use the equation E=mc2 (energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared). As a physician you would think Einstein would stress only on the logical points of life. Well, that’s not the case; he enjoys more of the fun, imaginative points of life more than anything. He had not only lived his life that way but quoted it that way as well. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”–Albert Einstein. Einstein in an amazingly talented person and a role model to many people all over the world.
1. Jesus
2. My Parents
3. Albert Einstein
4. Paris Hilton
5. Kira Plastinina
When you think of Albert Einstein I’m sure the first thing that pops into your head is not fashion or looks. Chances are you would think of a bizarre looking guy with crazy hair, right? Although Albert Einstein was not exactly born in the technology, fashionable friendly society that we have today, we would be no where without him.
Just think for a second the average child learns to talk sometime around 1 year of age. But, in Einstein’s case he was slow to learn to talk, not beginning to speak until late after his second birthday. As a result of his slow verbal development one teacher had told Einstein that he would never amount to much in life. Well what a joke that was! Not only had Einstein proved him wrong, but made him look like a complete fool.
He had succeeding in learning subjects such as geometry several years before he was even suppose to study them in school. Not only had he found a talent in math, but in music as well. His mother being a violinist taught him the finest music like Mozart by the age of 13. Graduating from being trained as a physics and mathematics instructor, he could not find a teaching positional anywhere which turned him into accepting a job as a technical assistant. He continued working and shockingly completed the range of theoretical physics publications in his spare time.
Proving various people wrong Einstein won many awards for accomplishing several theories and equations still used in society today. Although the hair styles, technology, and fashion have changed since Einstein’s time it does not change how talented and an intelligent person he was. Thanks to him we still know and use the equation E=mc2 (energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared). As a physician you would think Einstein would stress only on the logical points of life. Well, that’s not the case; he enjoys more of the fun, imaginative points of life more than anything. He had not only lived his life that way but quoted it that way as well. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”–Albert Einstein. Einstein in an amazingly talented person and a role model to many people all over the world.
2 comments:
Interesting… I’m not sure why you included anything about fashion, though. It seems irrelevant to me, especially considering that your main points regard his intellectual abilities, not his appearance. When I read your introduction, I expected that the rest of this piece of writing was going to be a comparison between superficial and intellectual qualities, using examples from Einstein’s life to support your ideas…but then you go on to provide a brief biography of Einstein instead.
The fact that he proved many people wrong…you mentioned that a couple times, but never went much of anywhere with that, either.
What I would suggest for this essay is that you focus on some one specific point or idea, and stick with it to the end (meanwhile using various “sub-points” to support that larger point). Here, you move into a lot of different areas, often without explaining things in detail. But what is it that you *most* want your reader to understand and see in a new light? Einstein’s life story? The significance of intelligence, regardless of trendiness? The unlimited nature of imagination, as opposed to logic? The significance of Einstein’s accomplishments specifically (such as his invention of the equation E=mc2)? The relevance of his findings in our everyday lives (which would explain why “we would be no where without him”)? The pattern one sees in history of intelligent people, such as Einstein, being mocked and denounced but eventually proving that they have ingenious and creative minds? There are sooooo many possibilities and beginnings that you’ve created here…but you never really committed yourself to any one of them.
Great quote, by the way.
And, just my personal preference here…I’m so glad you chose to write about Einstein instead of Paris Hilton! :-)
Ummm. . what else can I add to what Samantha said? She really wrote exactly what I was thinking. You have the beginnings of something, and if you were to add more specifics, you could cut some of the generalities.
To add one more thought: the last line of intro. "We would be nowhere without him." It sounds great, but it just isn't true. We'd still be here. We'd still have the inventions we have today. Of course he made a lasting impression, but not one that saved the world, or even America. :-)
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