They all contributed...jamb was the deciding factor. So I had to stick to Architecture

C'mon, I don't take whatever hapns on nl serious ok and sorry for the abusive words I used on u too

Abu Mikey:





Alright,hope I'm forgiven?

Okija_juju: Yes!!!



My Mother had been signing it like a song since we were kids that she wants only Engineers..

So when it came time to go to the university; She bought the JAMB form and filled out Petroleum Engineering.. When I dropped out and went to Ghana, she again bought the form for Geological Engineering.. So today, here I am, a Geological Engineer. Funny enough, I havent worked a day as a Geological engineer..

Funny, my mom chose petroleum engineering for me also, I guess she was looking at a high return on her investment.

Dad said I could study anything but not Education. And he said quite early, so I know how to make a guided choice

Merkki:

Lecturer, please learn to put paragraphs and good punctuation marks.

pls we re not here for essay writtin so keep Ur corrections

total.......

My parents did not choose my course of study, but I would be wrong if I didn't say they influenced me.

Particularly my father with his love for chemistry, botany and basically all things science, and also how I was raised.

Indirectly...yes. My olman has a way of praising courses like Engineering and Medicine (where as he read History himself). Simple courses looked like a waste of time...To make him happy (wrong move) I left my passion (literature) to read EE in the Poly. I am a graduate now, and the years gone seem wasted too. I wish to go back (on my footing) to spend some fruitful years studying my passion.

Nope. Rather, was influenced by the lifestyle of an uncle.

einsteino: my dad influenced my choice and I will be forever grateful to him. Today am a graduate of civil engineering currently serving. Remember i said influenced and not decided for me! They mean two entirely different things. 7years ago i was a totally confused bloke, i was brilliant but confused. My grades were great in all the science courses but as it is the norm with most students, our dream courses were chosen for either of the following reasons
1. The course sounds lucrative e.g Petroleum engineering, geology (oil money), Banking and Finance, Accounting
2. The course has a title associated with it e.g if you study medicine you have the title Dr.
3. Everyone u know wants to study the course

At the time i had decided i was going to study geology solely because my dear friend uchenna used to drum the oil money talk into my ear and my cousin amaka was in 200level Geology. I just felt if you study Geology you automatically have a ticket to shell! Luckily for me when i bought my JAMB form in november, my dad asked me "what do you want to study?" and i foolishly replied Geology! He asked why? and all i could say is because i want to work in shell. I had no proper career sensitization at the time. My dad did me a favour, he asked to leave the jamb form for 3 months and have a re think of my career choice.

within those 3months i learnt that career choice should be guided by these
1. PASSION: my dad defined this as anything you would gladly do not minding if you are paid, respected or not. what you think of every course differs with what you will see in the university, if you have no passion for a course you might end up dropping out when the going gets tough. or turning your brain to RAM, just cram to pass exam and forget everything you have read.

2. How good can you be at it: my dad would say its better for you to be the best Janitor(a cleaner) in the world than to be the worst Doctor in the world. There is money and recognition in every profession, the only thing is that the money and recognition in each profession is for the best hands in those profession. E.g petroleum engineering is a good course and Shell is an oil company but Shell can not employ only engrs, they employ only the number of engrs they need. when they need engrs, they seek out for the best engrs, when they need accountants, they seek out for the best. So if you study the best course in the world but you are the worst at it, you may die not having a dime.

3. Is the course self reliant? my dad started drumming the level of unemployment in Nigeria long before i was taught in economics what unemployment meant. He would say the easier it is for you to stand on your own with your profession, the better for you. Dont bank on a white collar job! i dont know any politician at all!

4. Are there affordable institutions that can provide quality training in that field? : E.g you want to be an aeronautical engr and your parents have no money to send you abroad to school, then you are DREAMING!(cos there is no naija uni that awards a degree in that field) or you want to study computer science/engineering in an institution that still teaches kobol, Q-basic, pascal and FORTRAN progamming languages! you will tell me how you will manage to be the best hand in that industry.



at the end of the 3 months i selected 3 courses and seeked my dad's advice, 1. Civil Engr 2. Electronics Engr 3.Computer engineering. at the end of the day i chose Civil Engr and faraway UNN to be my first choice, Delsu as 2nd Choice. Gained admission into Civil engr in both my first choice and 2nd choice Universities. it was fun all the way in civil engr for me though many of my peeps dropped out and changed to other depts that they felt was less challenging but my passion and God made me succeed.

*please forgive any grammatical errors, i typed this from my phone and it wasn't edited(afterall nairaland no dey pay person to post)

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