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Why did Albert Einstein dislike the Prussian-style education at the Luitpold Gymnasium?
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein developed the special and general theory of relativity, which recast gravity as a bending in space-time.
Albert Einstein felt out of place at the Luitpold Gymnasium because he believed the Prussian-style educational system stifled his originality and creativity.1
He found the environment restrictive and discouraging, to the point that one of his teachers explicitly told him he would never amount to anything. This experience contributed to his general sense of being victimized by the rigid, authoritarian nature of the school, which stood in stark contrast to his own intellectual curiosity and independent thinking.1