A Curriculum Fable
Author Unknown
 

At one time animals went to school.  The curriculum consisted of running, climbing, flying, and swimming.  All of the animals were required to take each subject.  The duck was good in swimming.  Better, in fact, than his instructors; and he made passing grades in flying but was practically hopeless in running.  Because he was low in this subject, he was made to stay in after school and drop his swimming class in order to practice running.  He kept this up until he was only average in swimming.  But average is acceptable, so nobody worried about that.  Except the duck.
 

The eagle was considered a problem pupil and was disciplined severely.  He beat all the others to the top of the tree in climbing class, but he had to use his own way of getting there.
 

The rabbit started out at the top of the class running, but he had a nervous breakdown and had to drop out of school on account of so much make-up work in swimming.
 

The squirrel led the climbing class, but his flying teacher made him start his flying lessons from the ground up instead of the top of the tree down, and he developed charley horses, over-exerted at take-off and began getting C's in climbing and D's in running.
 

At the end of the year an abnormal eel who could swim well, and run, climb, and fly a little, was made Valedictorian.

Be the best you can be.  Develop the talents Heavenly Father has given you and help others develop theirs.  God bless you to reach your potential and be all that you were meant to be.  -Doctrine & Covenants 46:11