al ▁in k bl ot . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁R or sch ach . ▁French ▁psych ologist ▁Alfred ▁B inet ▁had ▁also ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁in k bl ots ▁as ▁a ▁cre ativity ▁test . ▁ ▁R or sch ach ' s ▁father , ▁an ▁art ▁teacher , ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁to ▁express ▁himself ▁cre atively ▁through ▁painting ▁and ▁drawing ▁conventional ▁pictures . ▁As ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁high ▁school ▁gradu ation ▁approached , ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁decide ▁between ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁art ▁and ▁one ▁in ▁science . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁bi ologist ▁Ernst ▁H ae ck el ▁asking ▁his ▁advice . ▁A ▁major ▁factor ▁that ▁lead ▁R or sch ach ▁to ▁differ ▁from ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁not ▁purs ue ▁art ▁was ▁that ▁his ▁father ▁died ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁trying ▁to ▁decide ▁what ▁to ▁study . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁career ▁R or sch ach , ▁in ▁ ▁his ▁early ▁years , ▁attended ▁Sch aff hausen ▁Kant onal esch ule ▁in ▁Sch aff hausen , ▁Switzerland . ▁R or sch ach ▁was ▁a ▁bright ▁student ▁from ▁the ▁beginning , ▁and ▁he ▁often ▁t utor ed ▁other ▁students ▁at ▁his ▁school . ▁After ▁Ernst ▁H ae ck el ▁suggested ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁science , ▁R or sch ach ▁en rolled ▁in ▁medical ▁school ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Zur ich . ▁While ▁studying , ▁R or sch ach ▁began ▁learning ▁Russian , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁while ▁studying ▁in