TIME TO CALL IT QUITS😔🥺
Dear Reader,
You are about to read the diary of a broken Nigerian student. Let's dive right in.
A break is needed when things go rocky but how do I explain that I need a break from what we all know as the "bedrock" of success. You know that key that unlocks many doors.
Like every fresh school leaver from Amazing Star College, I had my dreams of gaining admission into the University the next year to study Law. In five years, I must have completed my course of study then prepare for law school and the national youth service program afterwards. In ten years, I should be working in a big private law firm with a lot of entitlements. My ambition and dreams were great. Oh! So great!
Around March 2018, my JAMB result was out. I had an outstanding score of 224 which could never earn me the course of my dream, except in a private university maybe. I felt my world crash every time I remembered that the reason for this poor score was as a result of a faulty computer system that had to be rebooted after it shut down 1 hour 15 minutes to the end of the examination. I had to wait for another 25 minutes for everything to get settled. By the time I had to continue, I began to sweat profusely. Not because I did not know the answers but because I had lost the ability to control my anxiety when almost half of the candidates were through with their examinations already.
I had the option of changing my course of study to something less competitive. My option was so perfect that I saw myself in the department of Foreign languages a few months after. An encouraging 4.10 GPA was proof that I was not a failure anyways and my village people were not after me anymore. Soon industrial strikes stepped in and with each strike came more poor grades. The last straw that broke the camel's back was having 3 F grades in the second semester of my sophomore year all thanks to the COVID-19 break and subsequent strike. I am in my penultimate year and will have to drop some courses. I have been advised to quit procrastination and low self-esteem but it feels like I should drop this master key instead.
I do love education no doubt. I really do. But how do I make it love me that I never have a chance to quit?
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I really feel for you dear. Education system in this country makes it hard for students to cope, it crashes a students initial dreams and plan. Though situation is not encouraging at all, I hope you do not give up till you actualize your dreams. And if things don't go as planned, it is not the end of the tunnel.
I gotcha 😊
I am trying to create something very plausible. It is a diary of a heartbroken Nigerian student somewhere that I may never know. I hope that this powerful comment brings anyone in a similar situation courage.
I didn't even know it's fiction 🥺
Well it felt so real, and I hope anyone relatable to this situation takes solace in my comment. I love your writing, keep it up.
Thank you☺️
Sorry about the frustration you're passing through. Life is about determination and you put your mind on something and decided to get it then you will definitely have it. So continue pushing!
It is fiction actually. I'm trying to capture the situation of most Nigerian students. 😊