[Magdalen] The Good Book

Sibyl Smirl polycarpa3 at ckt.net
Sat Sep 26 04:05:03 UTC 2015


On 9/25/15 8:18 AM, ME Michaud wrote:
> He spoke to us once about growing up in Plymouth, about the bias
> he endured (this brilliant man was forced to repeat a grade in grammar
> school, most likely because of his teacher's and the school's bias).
> Afterwards his friends called him "Peter the Repeater."

Maybe it was racial or nationality bias, and maybe it was because he was 
brilliant.  Both Einstein and Edison were considered dull or retarded in 
the early grades.




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Sibyl Smirl
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