I read this piece of story in "7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey". It was written by Dr R.H Reeves. I want to share it, so people able to understand that school, college, and university are not the only place we can show our intelligence or talents.
Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something heroic to
meet the problems of a “new world” so they organized a school. They had
adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing,
swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all
the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his
instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor
in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school
and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up
until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in
swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about
that, except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed
frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from
the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a “charlie
horse” from overexertion and then got a C in climbing and D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In
the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but
insisted on using his own way to get there.
At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim
exceeding well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest
average and was valedictorian.
The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy
because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the
curriculum. They apprenticed their children to a badger and later joined
the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
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