what was the view of elsa about albert?
Elsa was Einstein's cousin who used to live in Berlin where her father had his business. She believed that one must learn just enough to pass exams. She observes that one does not have to know anything or understand what is being taught but just be able to repeat it in the exams. To learn to repeat things like a parrot and reproduce it in the exam hall was her idea of learning. Elsa did not read anything other than what was prescribed in her school,she had no thirst for knowledge and did not study anything that was not required as per her coursework. She advised Einstein to do the same and just get his diploma because kids less intelligent than him were easily getting it without putting in any effort. When Einstein told her that he was reading a book on geology, she found it to be a useless task because science was not taught in his school. So, reading for pleasure or learning just for the sake of learning seemed to her to be irrelevant.