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Chapter 3

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Albert had dreams of greatness after finishing

school. But he would soon learn that the road
to the future can sometimes be very bumpy!

Albert graduated from the Zurich Polytechnic
in August 1900. Sticking with his plans of

becoming a teacher, he first needed to get
some experience as a teacher’s assistant. This,

however, would not be as easy as he imagined.
He had been fairly rebellious and stubborn

when he was a student at the Polytechnic. As
a result, some of his professors disliked him—

yet he needed some of those same professors
to recommend him for an assistant’s job

after graduation.
Albert first tried for a position at the

Polytechnic itself, but no one was willing to
take a chance on him. They did need to hire

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