Famous people who badly at school

At school, teachers insist that a good performance is the key to success in adult life. However, history knows many examples of how the lagging students not only succeed, but also to become great writers, politicians and even scientists. Not demonstrating the ability to master the elementary school program, Losers make scientific discoveries and influence on world politics.

Famous people who badly at school

Bill Gates

Famous people who badly at school

The founder of Microsoft Corporation in the school years was not pleased parents and teachers of excellence. Attempts to stimulate the mother and the father his son financially, paying for every good grade, too, did not lead to positive results. None of the humanities is not interested in the young Bill enough to take the time to study it. However, the poor performance of Bill Gates is simple: he was fascinated by computers. He was just a pity to waste time on insignificant for him to the detriment of science and math programming. At the same time the exam in mathematics, he showed in the 8th grade result is truly outstanding: 800 points, while the 750 has been considered the result of almost unattainable.

Anton Chekhov

Famous people who badly at school

One of the greatest Russian writers Anton Chekhov was twice repetition due to poor progress in geography, arithmetic and Greek. However, he had a distinct ability to learn, but the need to help his father in the shop took away the boy too much time and did not allow good faith prepare for classes. When the family moved to Moscow, the situation has changed dramatically. Anton was able to enroll in medical school, and then began to write.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Famous people who badly at school

The great scientist, the founder of theoretical astronautics, childhood boast success in their studies could not. The reason for that was deaf, which evolved in the 10 years of age. The explanations of teachers, he almost did not hear. After the death of his older brother and mother died suddenly, he began to learn worse, and the third class at all, was expelled. He never attended the schools that did not prevent the Tsiolkovsky self-education and scientific and technical creativity. Subsequently, he was able to pass the exams, received the right to engage in teaching and become a truly outstanding inventor and author of numerous scientific papers.

Thomas Edison

Famous people who badly at school

As a child, Thomas Edison attended school for only three months, after which the teacher asked the parents to pick up the boy from school. Edison teachers considered too limited, and some did not mince words when evaluating mental capacity of the future inventor. In fact, basic knowledge gave him mom, who worked previously as a teacher. Young Thomas Edison, however, was very curious, began to self-study those sciences that interested him the most. In the 10 years he has already put the first experiments to the end of life, he believed that he could not invent anything, if he went to school.

Joseph Brodsky

Famous people who badly at school

The future Nobel laureate for literature study if despised. He did not like the education system, and to the knowledge of the special traction he experienced. On the lessons he pointedly looked out the window, and even interfered with the teachers, constantly coming up with some kind of prank. At the same time respond to the teachers' questions, he simply refused homework done very rarely and very sloppy, and in high school and does become a class truant. In seventh grade, I was left in the second year of underachievement, and instead of going in the eighth, got an apprentice at the factory, closed for themselves the question of education for all.

Winston Churchill

Famous people who badly at school

The well-known British politician and winner of the Nobel Prize in school was the last of the class for performance. Mediocre success in learning and in poor health did not allow the future statesman qualify for admission to the prestigious Eton College, but at Harrow, where he studied later Winston Churchill, he became one of 12 graduates who were able to pass the tests in all subjects. And at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, he became one of the best.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Famous people who badly at school

The famous director, who shot many amazing films, some of which can rightly be attributed to the masterpieces of world cinema, much success in the school did not shine. His certificate of secondary education is replete with almost one in threes. Exact Sciences were given the future director is especially difficult, so in the school magazine often featured two, especially in chemistry and technical drawing. But additional education seriously fascinated Tarkovsky. He graduated from music school and studied at art. Before entering the VGIK Tarkovsky studied for a year at the Institute of Oriental Studies, and the decision on admission to the directing department he took after working with the geological party in Siberia.

Leo Tolstoy

Famous people who badly at school

The great Russian writer was educated at home, but after entering the Imperial University of Kazan in Leo Tolstoy had some problems. At the Faculty of Oriental literature, where he studied at their own expense, for the year it was recommended to be trained again. Leo, in order not to return to the beginning of training, he transferred to the legal, however, and there is much zeal to the studies did not show, but the second year was transferred. However, until the end, he did not finish my studies, opting for self-education, which enabled him to study those sciences, to which he felt cravings.