My Dinner With Albert Einstein by Meghan

My Dinner With Albert Einstein by Meghan - February 2016 Scholarship Essay

The dinner was set, the table prepared in clean linen's and carefully articulated dishes. The entrees were warm, the mood was bright, the energy of the room was both ecstatic and invigorating. I was undeniably slightly nervous and here he was as charming as ever. Before me sat a man well renowned by history and science. I blushed with excitement, the night I had dreamt of since I was a young teen had finally happened. It would be unparalleled by reality and this dinner in itself transcended possibility.
To put it simply I didn't have to think about this question very much before the answer popped in my head. I would have dinner with the Father of the Atomic Age, Albert Einstein; you want to know why? Because I think this guy would be an interesting teacher for someone like me. Actually for a fact many history books have him renowned as a remarkable physicist and a student well ahead of his time in the field of mathematics. I personally think that is a bit of an understatement to begin with, he was one of the most fascinating people to ever be alive in my opinion and not because he is the best mathematician or the best at anything but because he applied himself in the things he was passionate about. He was incredibly innovative and yet misunderstood which in theory is something that we can all relate to, or at least we hope.
I think I would have so many things to ask him that it would be overwhelming, but firstly I'd jokingly ask what he thinks of the myth that has gone around about him having failed in mathematics as a child. After this I would ask him about a lot of topics, but not all of them directly relating to his strongly suited fields, because there is so much more to a scientist than what he understands well. I would ask him to explain to me his beliefs in God and how it was that he came to believing so as he did, unlike many other scientists. I would also ask him what he believed it was that brought on his interest in such fields as those that he studied and how he approached learning about things that he had trouble understanding. I find overall that the answers I would recieve would in some way become inspiring personally which is something that anyone in my circumstance would need. As someone going into a field of computers and mathematics, I would need as much of a push and guide as I could possibly have since I am already moving in the right direction.
As the conversation continued I imagine not very much of my food would be eaten, I would be enamored by the conversation and ask him about how he believes he had been portrayed throughout history and if the way the world saw him was accurate in his eyes. I'd ask this because I believe the best way to determine fact is from the person that the facts were proven by or written about. Once the dinner was becoming to a close I would ask him about his late life and the things that he had favored in his learning, what he was proud of in his decisions. I'd ask this as an attempt to satisfy my philosophical curiosity about life and the expectations that are held for us and whether or not they hold true. I don't think I could bring myself to ask about regrets, because I want to think that when you learn that much you become satisfied with your life at least on a simple, personal level. I would almost tear up or show a sad disposition as he had to leave, the hour had grown late and the conversation had become tired with the end of his days. My dinner would be, in my mind, over all too soon.