He created the theory of Relativity, his family left him at age 15, and he attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich.  A man named Albert Einstein.  He was thought of as a dumb child in grade in grade school, he was rejected by the other children in his class, and was even told to be unable to have a decent career.
      Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1879, in Ulm, a small town in southern Germany.  Albert's father went in to the school, and talked to the headmaster, who said Albert had no chance of a career, only because he failed mathematics.  When Albert's father's electrical engineering business failed, the entire family, without Albert, moved to Italy, settling in yet another small town, Milan.  There he was, all alone at 15; it was unbearable to be away from his family, so after a lonely six months, he moved to Milan, without taking his "leaving certificate" from his school.  But after his father's finances continued to fail, Albert decided he needed to think about his lifetime career.  That would be difficult with no leaving certificate from his school.  He knew that any school he tried to get into, had a 50/50 chance of letting him in.  After a long time of waiting, he found the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School on Zurich, which would only let him in if he passed a test.  The first time he took the test, he tragically failed, but the second time, he passed with flying colors.
      Albert was influenced by Isaac Newton's theories, which is why he wanted to go to the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich.  After years of college, Albert proudly graduated in 1900.  After wanting to follow in his father's footsteps as an electrical engineer, young Albert changed his interests and became more interested in physics.  His first hope of a life in physics was at a university post in Zurich, but ho results of this dream came his way.  Albert had failed to pass the requirements to be a university professor.  He lived on temporary teaching jobs, until 1902, when he was offered a job as the Swiss Patent Office located in Berne, which was the process he needed to go through to create his theory.  He stayed there learning the basis ideas of patent applications and discuss and explain clearly, only for the nest seven years.  He liked the more democratic atmosphere in Switzerland that in Germany, although he kept his memories safely within him.  Although Switzerland had been his home for the previous seven years, Albert decided he needed to become a Swiss Citizen, and turn from German to Swiss nationality.  Unfortunately, Albert was unable to become Swiss until the 20^th century, in 1901.
       Months after his new job at the Patent office, Albert was to be wed to a Hungarian, Mileva Maric, another mathematician.  He was now a certified Swiss citizen, married, and was now expecting a baby.  When this bundle of joy was born, the married couple named the little boy Hans Albert Einstein.
      Albert was a remarkable man.  If you ask any scientist in the world, they will know who Albert Einstein is, or at least they will say, " I've heard of him before."     

Works Cited
"Albert Einstein Pictures"

Meadows, Jack. The Great Scientists. New York, New York  1987.

Markham, Lois. Inventions That Changed Modern Life. Austin, Texas 1994.