Yes, they often go unrecognized. They may be late bloomers as well.
Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopeless as a composer.
Caruso’s parents wanted him to be an engineer; his teachers said he had no voice at all and could not sing.
Winston Churchill failed sixth grade.
Charles Darwin, wrote, “I was considered by all my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard in intellect.”
Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.
Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and didn’t read until he was seven. His teacher described him as “mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams.” He was expelled and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.
Carl Jung, who had trouble with math, was considered stupid by his teachers. His concept of himself was less intelligent, less hardworking, attentive, decent, and cleaner than many of the other boys.
Louis Pasteur was only a mediocre pupil in undergraduate studies, 15th out of 22 in chemistry.
Rocket scientist Werner Von Braun failed ninth grade Algebra.
Emile Zola failed his class in literature at the Lycee, receiving a mark of zero.
