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What NUC, Education Minister Will Never Tell You by Nobody: 7:48am On Oct 17, 2017 |
So you want... to get a degree Why? Let me tell
you what society will tell you: Increases your
chances of getting a job, Provides you an
opportunity to be successful, Be a lot less
stressful, Education is the key. Now let me tell
you something your parents will tell you: Make
me proud, Increases your chances of getting a
job, Provides you an opportunity to be
successful, Your life will be a lot less stressful,
Education is the key. Now let's look at the
statistics, Steve Jobs - net worth seven billion
R.I.P, Richard Branson - net worth four point
two billion, Oprah Winfrey - two point seven
billion, Mark Zuckerberg, Henry Ford, Steven
Spielberg, Bill Gates Now here comes the Coup
de grĂ¢ce, Looking at these individuals, what's
your conclusion? Neither of them in being
successful, Ever graduated from a higher
learning institution. Now some of you may be
like, Money is only the medium by which we
measure worldly success, And some of you even
have the nerve to say "I don't do it for the
money." So what you studying for? To work for
a charity? Need more clarity? Let's look at the
statistics: Jesus, Muhammed, Socrates, Malcolm
X, Mother Teresa, Spielberg, Shakespeare,
Beethoven, Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, Sean
Carter, Michael Jeffrey Jordan, Michael Joseph
Jackson. Were either of these people
unsuccessful... or... uneducated? All I'm saying
is that, If there was a family tree hard work and
education would be related, But school would
probably be a distant cousin, Because if
education is the key, School is the lock, Because
it rarely ever develops your mind to the point
where it can perceive red as green and continue
to go when someone else said stop. Because as
long as you follow the rules and pass exams
your cool, But are you aware that examiners
have a checklist, And if your answer is
something outside the box then the automatic
response is a cross, And then they claim that
school expands your horizons and your visions,
Well tell that to Malcolm X who dropped out of
school and is world renowned for what he learn
in a prison. Proverbs 17:16 It does a fool no
good to spend money on an education, Why?
Because he has no common sense. George
Bush. Need I say more? Education is about
inspiring one's mind, Not just filling their head,
And take this from me because I'm an
'Educated' man myself, Who only came to this
realization after countless nights in the library,
With a can of red bull keeping me awake till
morning, Another can in the morning, Falling
asleep between piles of books that probably
equates to the same amount I spent on my
rent, Memorize equations, facts and dates, Write
down to the letter, Half of which I would never
remember, And half of which I would forget
straight after the exam, Before the start of the
next semester, Asking anyone if they had notes
for the last lecture. I often found myself running
to class, Just so I could find a spot on which I
could rest my head and just sleep without
making a scene, Ironic because that's the only
time I ever spent in university chasing my
dreams. And then after nights with a dead-
mind, I'd den find myself in a queue of half-
awake students, zombies, Waiting to hand in an
assignment, Maybe that's why they call it a
deadline. And then after three years of mental
suppression, And frustration, My "Proud Mother"
didn't even turn up to my graduation. Now, I'm
not saying that school is evil and there's nothing
to gain, All I'm saying is: understand your
motives and re-assess your aims, If you want a
job working for someone else then help yourself,
But then that would be a contradiction because
you wouldn't really be helping yourself, You'd
be helping somebody else, There's a saying that
is: if you don't build your dreams, someone else
will hire you to help build theirs. Redefine how
you view education, Understand it's true
meaning, Education is not just about
regurgitating facts from a book, Or someone
else's opinion on a subject to pass an exam,
Look at it. Picasso was educated at creating art,
Shakespeare was educated in the art of all that
was written, Colonel Harland Sanders was
educated in the art of creating Kentucky Fried
Chicken. I once saw David Beckham take a free
kick, I watched as the side of his Adidas-
sponsored boot hit the patent leather of the ball
at an angle, Which caused it to travel towards
the skies as though it was destined for the
heavens, And then as it reached the peek of it's
momentum, As though it changed it's mind, It
switched directions. I watched as the goalkeeper
froze, As though reciting to himself the laws of
physics, And as though his brain was negotiating
with his eyes, That was indeed witnessing the
spectacle that was the leather swan that was
swooping towards it, And then reacted, Though
only a fraction of a millisecond too late, And
before the net of the goal, Embraced the Fifa-
Sponsored ball as though it was the prodigal son
returning home, And the country, that I live in,
Erupted into cheers, I looked at the play and
thought, Damn, Looking at David Beckham,
There's more than one way in this world to be,
An educated man. Peace.
#TeamCodingValley. #ProudlySelfMade. 1 Like |
Re: What NUC, Education Minister Will Never Tell You by OZAOEKPE(f): 7:51am On Oct 17, 2017 |
Re: What NUC, Education Minister Will Never Tell You by abdulhadi101(m): 8:13am On Oct 17, 2017 |
Source: Suli Break, Why i hate school but love education 1 Like |
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