Question

What kind of welcome did albatross receive and why

Answer 1

The albatross was welcomed warmly by the sailors. They hailed it as a Christian soul. They gave it delicious food to it. They did so because they had seen a living creature after months. Besides, among the sailors sighting of an albatross is considered auspicious.

Answer 2

This puts to rest that urban legend that Einstein was a “bad student”, although he received a three in French. He did, apparently, receive straight sixes in algebra, geometry, physics, and – history! Young Einstein knew what was important, it seems. Perhaps the legend is founded in the fact that the Swiss school system has a 6 as best grade, and 1 as poorest, while the German is the other way round. In his certificate of qualification for university matriculation the lessons which he was less interested in can easily be detected. But the average grade in his certificate was a 5, i.e. the grade “good”.