“IN what year, Einstein,” “did the Prussians defeat the French at Waterloo?”
“I don’t know, sir,”
“Why don’t you know? You’ve been told it often enough.”
“I must have forgotten.”
MY SELF THE NARRATOR
“Did you ever try to learn?”
“I can’t see any point in learning dates. One can always look them up in a book.”
Albert einstein studying in german school the story open with albert in a history class at his school
“You amaze me, Einstein,” “Don’t you realise that one can always look most things up in books? That applies to all the facts you learn at school.”
“Then I suppose you don’t see any point in learning facts.”
Why not?
“No, sir,”
”Yes, sir.”
“Oh, yes, sir, I do. I don’t think learning facts is education.”