Hardly do first class graduates become first class personalities. This is
because while in University, we often spend too much energy in acquiring
good grades that we forget to acquire good personalities.After concentrating
all energy in acquiring the first class grades, we finds ourselves in a society where
first class grades don’t matter much as having a first class personality.In
school, it’s easy to read, memorize and pass exams, but in real life, there is no
sure book of life to progress, no memorizing, no exams, just you and your
inbuilt capability which require contests with no one.
Those who eventually become big in life are mostly people who hardly make
good grades in school.
Prof. Abletor Sedofia from University of Ghana has this to say: “Academic
excellence is overrated! Did I just say that? Oh, yes, I said it. Being top of
your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of life.
You could graduate as the best student in Sociology, Economics, Finance etc
but it doesn’t mean you will make more money than everybody else. The best
graduating Law student does not necessarily become the best lawyer.
The fact is life requires more than the ability to understand a concept,
memorise it and reproduce it in an exam.
School rewards people for their memory. Life rewards people for their
imagination and innovations. School rewards caution, life rewards daring.
School hails those who live by the rules. Life exalts those who break the rules
and set new ones.
So do I mean people shouldn’t study hard in school? Oh, no, you should. But
don’t sacrifice every other thing on the altar of First Class. Don’t limit yourself
to the classroom.
Do something practical. Take a leadership position. Start a business and fail.
That’s a better Entrepreneurship 101.
– Join or start an association.
– Contest an election and lose. It will teach you something that Political
Science 101 will not teach you.
– Attend a seminar. …Read books outside the scope of your course.
– Go on missions and win a soul for eternal rewards. Do something you
believe in! Think less of becoming an excellent student but think more of
becoming an excellent person. Make the world your classroom! For more visit:
www.thesparkng.com.
Have a great life!!

Wow

Very inspiring