"Don't give up." - Kyle Mayhugh
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"Learn to embrace losing" A great person posted that on here a while back, I put it in my profile as a reminder to myself. Have to admit, most times it doesn't work. I seem to play chess with a broken oar, one foot forward, two feet back. I've come to the conclusion that I'm not very good at chess but I still enjoy playing. Saddle up dude.
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
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Adrian: Einstein flunked out of school - twice. Yeah. Beethoven was deaf, Helen Keller was blind. I think Rocky's got a good chance.
Einstein failing at school (in its most picant form-algebra) is a myth!
From ABC News:
Second, Einstein definitely did not fail at high school. Einstein was born on 14 March in Ulm, in Germany, in 1879. The next year, his family moved to Munich. At the age of 7, he started school in Munich. At the age of 9, he entered the Luitpold-Gymnasium. By the age of 12 he was studying calculus. Now this was very advanced, because the students would normally study calculus when they were 15 years old. He was very good at the sciences. But, because the 19th-century German education system was very harsh and regimented, he didn't really develop his non-mathematical skills (such as history, languages, music and geography). In fact, it was his mother, not his school, who encouraged him to study the violin - and he did quite well at that as well.
In 1895, he sat the entrance examinations to get into the prestigious Federal Polytechnic School (or Academy) in Zurich, Switzerland. He was 16, two years younger than his fellow applicants. He did outstandingly well in physics and mathematics, but failed the non-science subjects, doing especially badly in French - so he was not accepted. So in that same year, he continued his studies at the Canton school in Aargau (also called Aarau). He studied well, and this time, he passed the entry exams into the Federal Polytechnic School.
So the next year, he finally started studying at the Federal Polytechnic in Zurich (even though he was now one year younger than most of his fellow students). Also in the year 1896, even though he was only 16 years old, he wrote a brilliant essay that led directly to his later work in relativity.
So he definitely did not fail his high school, and definitely was not a poor student.
So how did the myth that he failed high school start?
Easy. In 1896, which was Einstein's last year at the school in Aargau, the school's system of marking was reversed.
A grading of "6", which had previously been the lowest mark, was now the highest mark. And so, a grading of "1", which had been the highest mark, was now the lowest mark.
And so, anybody looking up Einstein's grades would see that he had scored lots of grades around "1" - which under the new marking scheme, meant a "fail".
average in people leads too belittle greatness in others....
"It takes thousands of lost games to become a GM".
If you believe some non-sense such as..".it's not over till it's over". Friends when playing chess against me rest asurred the mate will be ,immediat lost,and final !! COUNT on IT !!
Apr 28, 2011
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Practice makes perfect.
He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.
Gizmodeus wrote:
When your only pleasure in chess is to get better at it, you are grappling with the law of dimishing returns, and denying yourself all the other amazing aspects of the game: its elegance and tradition, its heroes and their stories. The whole subject of chess is fascinating, yet that coveted number can push it all out to the periphery so far that we lose sight of it.
Also remember, inside of every silver lining, there's a dark cloud.
I like this one :)
rigamagician wrote:
If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em.
Huh?
Apr 28, 2011
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ivandh wrote:
rigamagician wrote:
If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em.
Huh?
See! It works like a charm. 
Loomis wrote:
"What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" ~Bluto
Not me Germanys but Japanese
Off topic but here's my say. First check how long they have been members, then if they have been members for like 10 days that explans it, but if they have been members for a long time then play all the harder. Maybe they are getting better and good for them!
"If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again, then quit - there's no point in being a damn fool about it." (Graucho Marx)
you dont really believe beetoven was deaf do you ;)
Einstien was crazy and lucky
Never heard of helen keller
He was mostly deaf, perhaps he had some hearing. He knew music, that's how he wrote it.
Einstein was lucky, yes, but nonetheless a great thinker and maybe crazy.
And you really should know who Helen Keller is....
"It ain't over til the fat lady sings"