LOUIS PASTEUR WAS BORN IN DOLE FRANCE ON DECEMBER 27 1822. HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN THE FRENCH TOWN OF ARBOIS AS THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL I HAVE SEEN THAT LOUIS MAY BE TIMID BUT HE'S VERY SMART HIS FATHER WAS A TANNER ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF AN EDUCATION HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING IF HE STUDIES HARD HE COULD GO VERY FAR I KNOW I WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE A TEACHER LOUIS'S FAMILY ENCOURAGED HIM TO READ AND STUDY LOUIS ALSO ENJOYED PAINTING WHY STOP THERE HE COULD BE A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF COURSE TO DO THAT HE WOULD NEED TO ATTEND THE NORMAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL IN PARIS
THE NORMAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL PROVIDED FUTURE PROFESSORS WITH A RIGOROUS EDUCATION YOU GOT YOUR BACHELOR OF LETTERS DEGREE YOU WANT A DEGREE IN SCIENCE AS WELL AND YOU'RE TEACHING AT THE SAME TIME SO FIRST LOUIS HAD TO STUDY AT THE COLLÈGE ROYAL OF BESANÇON FRANCE THERE HE BECAME FRIENDS WITH CHARLES CHAPPUIS A FELLOW STUDENT TOGETHER THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY I KNOW IT'S A BIT STRANGE BUT SCIENCE IS WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN AND IF I WANT TO BE A PROFESSOR IT'S INCREDIBLE LOUIS I'LL BE A PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE I'LL STUDY CHEMISTRY AT THE NORMAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL
massa IN 1842 LOUIS PASSED THE SCHOOL'S ENTRANCE EXAM BUT WASN'T HAPPY WITH HIS SCORE IN 1843 HE PASSED THE TEST WITH A HIGH RANKING AND ARRIVED IN PARIS TO BEGIN HIS STUDIES AT THE NORMAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL WITHOUT A DOUBT THE SUBJECT HE WAS MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT WAS CHEMISTRY I'M BURNING SOME BONES TO EXTRACT PHOSPHORUS I JUST WANTED TO PRACTICE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING IN CLASS ARE YOU RUNNING EXPERIMENTS ON YOUR OWN MR PASTEUR OH PROFESSOR DUMAS SINCE YOU HAVE SUCH AN INTEREST IN CHEMISTRY I MIGHT HAVE A JOB FOR YOU IN MY LAB
