Should People Be Judged By Their Potential Essay

The question, "Should people be judged by their potential rather than by their experience and achievements?" suggests that society undervalues potential. In other words, by judging based off achievements and experience, one will truly not be capable of getting a good judgement. In my opinion, people should be judged based on their potential. Throughout society and in life, the evidence to support my viewpoint is pervasive.
A quite famous example to support my viewpoint is Albert Einstein, a ground breaking physicist who found what others disbelieved- the theory of relativity in the 1900's. However, based on his childhood, one would never know that he would be capable of transforming physics majorly. He was an unruly kid, getting kicked out of elementary school and only starting to speak at age five, which is extremely late for any child. At this point, many thought he was an extremely unintelligent person- but he wasn't, as he matured and developed the famous theory of relativity.
Another famous example is Bill Gates, high
Walt was having a rough time with his businesses even before the Great Depression, going bankrupt in multiple attempts with marketing objects from shoes to pictures to clothing. However, Walt had never given up, as he opened his motion picture company in the heart of depression. This time, contrary what many believed would've happened, his company succeeded, in part due to his ability to develop the "assembly line" for the creation of motion pictures, allowing more efficient and quick films to be created for the masses. If one were to have based off his previous experiences, they would've never foresaw him being successful at this business, but by basing off of potential-his will that never gave up-one would've been able to see success coming his