A UnibenPilot reader just sent in this wonderful testimony. Indeed, hard work pays! Read the wonderful story below. I finished my secondary school four years ago. I was below average in my academics. This was because I never fancied Reading. If there was anything I disliked most, it was reading an educational book. I took Jamb the first year, i narrowly excaped but post utme came and I failed woefully. the second year I Scored 140 in my jamb, the third and the fourth year were disasters. The failure was monumental. I stayed at home everyday in shame and sadness while I watched my mates go to school every semester in joy and happiness. life became unbearable for me as I was always shying away from friends and public gatherings. life became bad that I began to feel suicidal at some point. everyone concluded I was a failure. I thought so too. but in the real sense, all I needed was encouragement, all I neetded was a spark, just a little motivation to ignite my Inborn intelligence.
Later, my mum advised me to go learn a trade which I adhered. I started working with an old uncle in his workshop, just then, my mum started encouraging me to read my books and to take my studies serious. she pleaded with me to focus on my life and my academics. for the first time, after listening to her, I genuinely felt the need to be serious with my academics. but then I was already working. My mum told me not to let that hinder me, I thought about that and I did just as she advised.
I started taking my books with me to my working place. During leisure, I would open my books and read for consequential hours. at night, I stayed awake for hours studying. This became my daily routine.
Then jamb registration came up, I registered and I took the exam. i was expecting something around 180-190 when the result came out, I was shocked beyond imagination. I SCORED 230!. I screamed joyfully. just then, I discovered, in life, you can be whatever you want to be if only you take charge of your life. at that point, I dedicated my life to my books. I promised myself not to blow the chance up like I did earlier on.
The first step I took was to quit my JOB. I felt this was necessary because I was ready to FOCUS like never before before. distraction Was the last thing I needed. I started reading everywhere and anywhere. my books were always with me.
I woke up at 6am daily to do the house chores then study time was scheduled from 8am all up until midnight (I created time for break and other things though) .
After a couple weeks, I discovered there was no one I could ask questions whenever I got stuck in a calculation. just then a friend of mine recommended a tutorial centre for me.
The next day, I hurriedly went and applied. that was how I started attending post utme tutorials daily.
I told myself that I must be admitted at all cost
I prayed to God, not for success (because I was sure of success already).
Rather, I prayed to God for the strength and the perseverance to keep up with the hard work. and thank God HE answered my prayers. I dedicated all my time to my books.
I studied my use of English, as a matter of fact, I studied every word in the English dictionary and I learnt their meanings. antonyms and synonyms became child's play to me. I studied everything about concord. I perfected my maths skills, I learnt so many shortcuts and formulae for maths and physics. I studied physics from cover to Cover. I was ready for the worst. at that time, there was no O'Level physics question on earth I wasn't able to solve ( not boasting). The only subject I did not pay much attention to was chemistry because I had a natural dislike for chemistry. although I forced myself to study it.
Then at a point I directed all my focus to past questions, I did not only solve the questions in my post utme past question bank, I also solved all the questions in all my text books. I practiced all the questions in my dandy English text book, I solved all the questions in my Lamlard physics and chemistry, I solved all the questions in my mathematics text book, then I began sourcing for questions online. In general, I answered more than 10,000 questions from different fields. I studied for nothing less than 12 hours daily. There was no question too difficult for me to solve.
Then it happened. at a point I felt I knew it all. and there was no need to continue studying. so I dropped my books and stopped studying completely.
I was sure to score 100 in my post utme. The cutoff for my course(Mechanical Engineering) was 60 for merit list. and only the bests of the bests could score as high as that (as aggregate). I told myself I was not going to score anything below 90.
I did not open my books for about a month.
I took my past questions to solve some maths questions and I discovered I was beginning to forget some mathematics principles. I even forgot the meaning of many English words. that was when I began what some people call RSS, (rapid response service). i took up my books again and I began studying voraciously. I laid my hands on every question I could.
I couldn't revise everything before the exam day. The exam day came, i went to the hall and I sat for my exam. The exam was relatively easy. I Was smiling all through. although we had a little issue with the Internet connection. that took some of our time. but I didn't let that bother me, I didn't finish the exam. but I was sure of scoring nothing less than 80 with what I answered.
result came out some days after, I checked and I saw 70 (LOL). It wasn't what I expected but at least my score was way higher than my cutoff mark. merit list came out and by the grace of GOD, my name was Boldly written on it. tears of joy flowed down my chicks, I couldn't laugh. I couldn't jump. I knelt down and I said "thank you LORD"
Lesson learnt:
1. Always be focused.
2. Don't give up on your dreams.
3. Study hard, one day you'll eat the fruits of your labour
4. When you set goals, always raise the bars higher than the original plan. So if you fall, you'll fall to something appreciable.
5.never feel you know it all. Learning never ends.
6. Feel free to add yours in the comment box below.
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