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10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by EduRegard: 11:03am On Jun 22, 2016 |
This is counter to a previous post on 10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GO FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES. It is very saddening to see some people still considering going for a postgraduate study as a merit at this present unsteady economy situation. Apart from those in professional fields like law, I can't see what you stand to gain in wasting two years in a postgraduate school. So as to make my points interesting, I hereby make ten undisputed reasons you should NEVER go for a post graduate study. 1. Your age might exceed the working age. One of the reasons why you should not consider going for a post graduate degree is age. Here in Nigeria, the maximum age for joining the military is 27 years. Not only that, most employers do see age as one of the optimum for giving out jobs. Since we can't compare the strength of a man of 25 years to that of 40 years, it is glaring that those of younger ages are more considered during job requirements. 2. The types of available jobs. I once heard about a young graduate seeking employment for the post of a political analyst in a well known radio station. He had both HND degree in Mass Communication and B.SC in Political Science. So as to increase his chances of employment, he put down the two certificates in his curriculum vitae. To his utmost surprise, his employer told him his qualifications outrank the available jobs but if he wouldn't mind, he could remove the B.sc degree from his qualifications and make use of the HND certificate. Looking well into this scenario, I wonder what a master degree holder would have done. 3. It delays marriage. It is no longer news when adults advise young men and women on the importance of early marriage. The era whereby a man of 60 years still have two children in secondary school has gone. You going to post graduate school will only delay you from getting married at a young age. 4. It takes a very long time. Firstly, the minimum number of years anyone can use as an undergraduate in Nigeria is four years. After this is another compulsory one year for service. Adding another two years to this will only worsen the matter. Spending over seven years in the university campus is just a waste of your hay time. 5. There is no longer respect for Degrees. The days when graduates of university are seen as Lords are gone. Instead, they are rather consider as fools. You going far for master degree is just like the lord of the fools. You might want to know why people look down on these gentlemen, it is because they know there is no awaiting job for them. Majority will need to set up a petty business while some will have no option but to learn apprentice so as to make ends meet. In short, degree education is overrated. 6. It is not always easy. Above average of undergraduates mostly find it difficult to graduate with a good grade. Majority made good their escape out of the undergraduate school. Imagine how hard this is, you thinking of going for a post graduate studies is just like someone who jump from frying pan to fire. 7. The cost of financing. For every average Nigerian, sponsoring their children's education to university level forces them to live a miserable life. The song that they will pay it back one day even sour their hearts. It will be very unfortunate if after this long hardship, you still believe these innocent parents can still live more of their lives in agony just because you are after a Master degree. 8. It discourage creativity. There are some things deposited in you that you can't find in school. People call it talents but I call it virtuous. If you can do yourself the good of putting them into use, they are more than capable of buying you a future. Spending another series of your years in post graduate school will kill these great potentials. 9. Your undergraduate degree is enough to make you a genuine. Which field are you thinking of establishing on? What is wrong with the knowledge you have obtained doing your undergraduate? Have you made good use of them first? Probably you don't know, what you were taught during your undergraduate days is enough to make you a genius. 10. How you use your young age is important. Considering that you are still young, this is the time to try, fail, and try again, to explore your options and discover work that you enjoy. Some of that energy would certainly serve you well in the energy-draining atmosphere of graduate school, but is that where you want to spend it? You really are only young once. Do you really want to start down the graduate school track from which it can be so hard to remove yourself? It is quite advisable for you not to play luck on important things like this. Use your good time for something better. That's that on : 10 Reasons Why You Should Never Go For PostGraduate Studies DISCLAIMER : This piece was written by a human and it's no surprise if the views expressed are different from yours. It warrants no insult whatsoever. Thanks SOURCE : http://eduregard.com/10-reasons-never-go-postgraduate-studies/ UPDATED ; Based On Previous Nairalanders' Comments On : 10 Reasons Why You Should Go For Postgraduate Studies. Rubyventures: Taryur3: kikio1992: change49gerians: joshk: Doyin400l: jhydebaba: asitis752: BestySam: 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Nobody: 11:04am On Jun 22, 2016 |
Pure balderdash! 4 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by BornnAgainChild(f): 11:08am On Jun 22, 2016 |
Ok so tell us the one we can do 1 Like |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by EduRegard: 11:14am On Jun 22, 2016 |
BornnAgainChild:ALright, will get back on that. |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by realGURU(m): 11:18am On Jun 22, 2016 |
Pure qubbish, must you blog, why not sacrifice two years for a better decades 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by histemple: 11:19am On Jun 22, 2016 |
I doubt if I have ever read anything more ridiculous on Nairaland than this 5 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by EduRegard: 11:24am On Jun 22, 2016 |
Pandorabox: histemple: realGURU: theEYe21: It's obvious the thread isn't meant for you, you would love this instead >>> 10 Reasons Why You Should Go For Postgraduate Studies. Enjoy Your Postgraduate Lives!!! 10 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by abumeinben(m): 11:30am On Jun 22, 2016 |
PDC & APP party every wia 1 Like |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by theEYe21(f): 11:36am On Jun 22, 2016 |
Op All your reasons are very irrelevant Overall, statistics suggest that people with master's qualifications are more likely to find work than those with undergraduate degrees – and they're likely to earn a slightly higher wage. Most people do their masters when they're married since it's just 2 years, not 4-5 years, and they can do part-time, no big deal. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by bookgenius(m): 11:37am On Jun 22, 2016 |
Lalasticlala Seun coman see dem o |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Chimaritoponcho: 11:47am On Jun 22, 2016 |
op how about 10 reasons why you should gv me back my Mb you just wasted 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Martinkev(m): 12:01pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
How about those who are going into academics? Op, receive sense! 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by justacrazyguy: 12:10pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
1-3 all bullshit reasons. The rest are okay reasons in my opinion. As a masters degree holder myself, the year i spent in school was just fun a year if you get what i mean. My advise is that your youthful days are the most important days of your life. Just like for every building, the period used in building the foundation is the most important period. Work on yourself and find yourself. Know what you want and focus on it. The earlier you find yourself the better. Look at the best footballers, the top 10% of them started from a very young age (6-12). Spending 1-2 years of your life doing masters with the hope for better job prospects is another form of procrastination. Unless you want to become a lecturer or a consultant. Just work on becoming very valuable to the economy. On the last note, focus on finding yourself and offer value. A year is enough for finding yourself talk less of two. Thank you. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by GasAndOilTheory(m): 12:49pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
op indeed your post is controversial. Eventhough your post is correct to a certain aspect it would be difficult to convince a graduate who is yet to secure a good employment 3 years after graduating. |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by hardbody: 1:57pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
Very soon we will see, "Why you should not be a regular Police Officer but a Traffic warden" or Don't write ICAN when you can pass ANAN. When some of us find it difficult to do some things, we ascribe uselessness to it. I always tell whoever cared to listen, that a graduate driver will do better than an illiterate driver; ditto barber, beautician, etc. Why do we have educated engineers building and fixing bridges while the technicians are there working on their instructions and directives. In short I don't even know where to start to counter this post, I will just say, "each one to his own" 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by saxwizard(m): 2:02pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
moral lessons?... |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by vicsoj007(m): 3:56pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
nice one op |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Pinnacle(m): 4:37pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
Thanks for the confusion |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by ashewoboy(m): 5:13pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
Na wa for this op. Na you create thread, na you go counter am yourself. Which qualification do you have? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Nobody: 6:38pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
*sigh* lemme start by saying every individual knows what he/she wants and hw they go get ... I think this PGD issh should have a relative meaning to every1 nt by counter attacking/brainwashing pple of its importance PS: Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by kowalsky: 7:09pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by forreelinc(m): 7:30pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
EduRegard: 11. PGD dey ruin CV swag |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Dfinex(f): 7:49pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
Like seriously? ? |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by fhunn: 7:55pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
How will someone just sit down and say post graduate studies isn't profitable? What you are saying is that furthering our studies is not good!? Yes, I agree that a person's qualification might beat the recommended requirements to work in an organisation but if both a masters holder and a Bsc holder are employed the same day with the same pay in an organisation, I can assure you that the masters holder will still progress in heirachy even when the Bsc can't take its holder further up. It would have been better to say that enrolling for postgraduate studies is a matter of priority. In this life, there are men that don't care if they get married at 50yrs, some might prefer it at a younger age, some don't even want it at all. People have different goals that they want to achieve at different times on suitable priority levels |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by mytoem: 9:34pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
Op, what is the meaning of that? What does that teach us? |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by Edroom: 11:28pm On Jun 22, 2016 |
Those blaming op should leave him, 1. Countering the previous article means he is a good thinker. 2. Bloggers think differently, he is only writing for those that hate postgraduate. 3. The more you oppose him the more his write up flourish. 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by EduRegard: 5:25am On Jun 23, 2016 |
Edroom: |
Re: 10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Go For Postgraduate Studies - EDUREGARD by TheMatrix3: 3:16pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
The mere fact that this post didnt get many likes or views show that most Nigerian youths have the graduate-and-get-a-good-job mindset. Sorry to burst your bubbles: that time don pass. Young people should learn to provide services and create their own wealth by thinking. Any PG you do that doesnt develop this, but you just do to get a better job is just a try-your-luck. Your first degree is a good launching pad to get a job, get capital, create wealth and attempt to retire by 40 years |
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