Albert Einstein: Young Thinker

First off, I'll remind you that I read some children's history books this year, the ones that the younger ones got for Christmas :P. I love history! And these happen to be the perfect size to finish in a day without much effort, with short chapters, so I can fit them in at odd times of the day ;). Think of them as productive boredom killers (what is boredom?...). Haha!
No, really, in all truthfulness, now, I'll tell you the real reason I picked the first one up, and why it lead to more. It was because there was one about Albert Einstein. I had heard a lot about him in different places over the past few months (more than usual), and although I had a basic idea, I wanted to learn more about who he was, and what he did.
This great scientist, and mathematician, who loved people, and especially children, and who remained humble and helpful even in fame, was born into a Jewish family in Germany, a family that included his Father, Mother, one sister, and uncle Jacob. As a child he was a very good thinker. He often visited his father's electrical shop next door, and, on at least one occasion, was left in the office, due to having fallen asleep trying to come to an answer to a question he was puzzling over while watching the men work..
Although he was very good at mathematics and science, with most other school subjects he struggled. His family left for Italy, but he stayed behind to finish school. There was a little problem, though... he asked questions. And he was asked to leave due to that fact- it didn't sit well with the teachers, who often found it difficult to answer his deep, thoughtful questions, which he asked in front of the rest of the class.
He tried to get into a college a few years later, but as his grades were so poor in everything but math and science, it was impossible to let him in without a diploma. He headed back to school, and eventually made it back with his diploma to college.
Later he became a citizen of Switzerland, where he took a job as a patent examiner. He later became a professor, and moved back to Germany. A few years later he moved to the United States, though, during the time that Hitler was persecuting the Jews. He was considered one of the world's greatest scientists.