Awesome piece!

At some point during my university education, I became disillusioned. Quickly, I felt I was becoming lazy so I doubled my efforts. Still, nothing changed. The system was/is designed to create machines who read to pass...


Therein lies the problem.

You made a point

Funny enough, the bitter truth is that most people that will agree with you are those that didn't do well academically. Don't get it twisted, academic success is still good.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to come first in your class. It's not everyone that succeed academically that crammed to do so. Some people are genuinely intelligent.

@op, wouldn't you want to come first in your class?

you can't be like rancho and be in a sch for 2yrs u ll be expel in naija here buh truly I love his role

u are right... I sensed that when I saw that movie too... we only read to pass

You're right to a large extent except for the name which is Chatur, not Chauver.

Perspectives:
Funny enough, the bitter truth is that most people that will agree with you are those that didn't do well academically. Don't get it twisted, academic success is still good.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to come first in your class. It's not everyone that succeed academically that crammed to do so. Some people are genuinely intelligent.

@op, wouldn't you want to come first in your class?

I agree with the OP and i am academically excellent (not to brag). I realised that it was useless to get A in a course you know from within you dont really understand. I always study to understand the principle behind any mathematical or scientific statement. What assumptions were made and what determines or undermines its applicability. In O level physics, we memorised stuff like motor and generator rules but never really understood why these rules work and how they could be applied. At a point, i had to go back to start reading O Level physics and chemistry from the very begining. I can bet that 90% of Nigerian engineering graduates dont know why in stoichiometry, masses have to be converted to moles. Show me a Physics student that knows why the formula for centripetal acceleration is: a = vsq/r or the engineering application of moment of inertia to rotating bodies. Personally, i am doing an academic retreat to understand and be able to apply all those modules we studied just so we could pass due to lack of breathing space to study properly. I was to do masters this year but i delibrately postponed it to next year to give me ample time to cover, understand and practicalise some engineering modules first.

First time I saw the movie,I got the message...If at all a student in any Nigerian tertiary institution should try what Rancho did,I bet such student wouldn't last an academic year before being expelled..




some things can't just work in Africa.

wah I really learnt 4rm d movie which I bliv z d Paramount problem of AFRICAN PARENTS most especially d NIGERIAN mothers z dat "always make ur passion ur profession,den success will run after u "datz d guy case of d guy dat want 2 b a wildlife photographer buh his parent 4c him 2 study engineering....I REST MAI CASE

The system is created so Africans won't be able to have an industrial revolution. If there was a more sustainable pratical intensive system, Africans will be able to reduce importation of machines and other technological advances that we rely so much on the west for.
If in this present time in history we can't even get Nigerian refineries working, what hope have we. We have lots of first class graduates with zero practical skills.
By now, we should be making various household appliances locally.
What good is a first class graduate in mechanical engineering who also has a msc and PhD but can't design and produce a simple lawnmower.
Truly #OurMumuDonDo

Thats

This is so true cos when u include what u understand by what u were taught u automatically fail tne course (some though[/quote]

all izz well. one day, it shall come to pass.

but on a serious note, the education system and formula in Africa is a form of ''Education for Underdevelopment''

Nothing has improved world wide on the educational system except for Finland

As uniquely different as we are, we all still sit in four cornered wall and get taught the same way and judged the same way...

chanver, is just like a scholar in my department during my undergraduate level, dis guy can memorize things DAT he will not talk to anybody b4 d exam so he won't forget

All iz well (gives my chest gentle pats)

Nice and wonderful movie, "3 Idots"

Second to "24"

awesome movie awesome point . . We really need to move forward

Brilliant point!