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Albert Einstein was a very good student. He went to a school in Munich because his family had
shifted from Ulm to Munich when he was 15 months old and scored good marks in almost every
subject.

Einstein hated the school’s regimentation, and often clashed with his teachers.

regimentation: order or discipline taken to an extreme

The school where Einstein went had a very strict discipline which he disliked. Due to that he
often clashed with his teachers and opposed them.

At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled there that he left the school for good.

Stifled: unable to breathe; suffocated

Left the school for good: left school forever.

Einstein was so suffocated in that school, he could not follow the strict discipline and so he left
the school for ever.

The previous year, Albert’s parents had moved to Milan, and left their son with relatives.

When Albert Einstein left the school, one year before that, his parents had moved to another
city - Milan which is in Italy. Albert was left back in Munich with his relatives.

After prolonged discussion, Einstein got his wish to continue his education in German-speaking
Switzerland, in a citywhich was more liberal than Munich.

liberal: willing to understand and respect other’s opinions

The school in Munich was very strict, Albert could not follow the discipline over there. He had a
long discussion with his family, relatives and finally, his parents agreed to put him in a school in
Switzerland and the language used there for communication was German.

Einstein was highly gifted in mathematics andinterested in physics, and after finishing school,
he decided to study at a university in Zurich.

Einstein was good at studies, he was highly gifted in Mathematics, so he was exceptionally good
in Mathematics and he also had interest in physics.
Once he finished school, he joined the university in Zurich.