Albert Einstein grew up poor, and some of his teachers thought he might be retarded (mentally handicapped) as he was unable to speak fluently by the age of nine.
He disliked school, and just as he was planning to find a way to leave without hurting his chances for entering the university, his teacher expelled him because he was skipping classes and his bad attitude was affecting his classmates.
He graduatedschool but at 21 he was unemployed and had no idea what path to follow. As a result, to get by in life he had to work several jobs just to survive. Around this time Albert's father passed away who thought Albert was a complete failure in life. This knowledge of his father's thinking of him left Albert absolutely heartbroken.
Albert married and divorced and then he lost access to his kids which devastated him.
He decided to just focus on what he believed in, his work. He was hellbent on proving that light can indeed bend, which of course, many other academics felt he was delusional for this thinking. Without any family and with the stress of his work piling on, Einstein began to fall ill both mentally and physically. This was not timed well too, with his work having to be put on the backburner due to the beginning of World War II. Being a German-Jew left Einstein in constant fear for his life during this time, meaning there was little time to relax whilst not working.
After many years of not giving up Albert Einstein would go on to achieve wild success in the scientific field and finally get to the stage of proving his doubters wrong. He would go on to prove that gravity is a pushing force instead of it being previously considered a pulling force. As well as this, he would go on to be the man to answer the question in regard to why the sky is blue.
Albert Einstein received one of the highest and most prestigious awards possible, when he won the Nobel Prize in 1921. He also received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London and the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute. He was offered the Presidency to the State of Israel, which he declined and he collaborated with Dr. Chaim Weizmann in establishing the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He gave up everything he had in life on the path to prove what his heart felt was right. He had been labeled delusional. He never let his early adult life and the opinions of those around him at that time define him, as he went on to achieve so much in the scientific and academic landscape. Albert Einstein is still one of the most successful and academically praised people to ever live.
