Judge A Fish

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Albert Einstein once said, “Everyone 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.” This quote is important to me because if you don’t challenge what is given to you and you judge it, people would never be able to accomplish anything believing they are stupid. This encouraged me to make Manual Arts a better place because I believe in helping people and challenging what we are limited to, and what we are told we can do or not do. This made me better aware of programs that I wanted to share with others because you can’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree. This is the reason why I became a college ambassador. It motivated and helped me realize that there are

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