Thanks Wills. Excellent suggestion!

Hello Larry B, I think I understand where you are coming from. Chemistry department in my school was absolutely a no-go area. Any student who graduated on time had a third class max or pass. Every other person had to spend at least two extra years. Good luck in your search.

Nothing personal man. You made your point and I made mine too. Everyone not in paid employ, regardless of what class of degree they have as a graduate has an obligation to himself/herself to use their personal skills developed to do something sustainable. Not hoping for someone to employ them. I have had several job offers too and I wonder why first class graduates are having these problems. They can't be more than a 1000 produced every year yet we see these adverts searching, they must be looking for gold. I walked into a company and got a job - yeah! My last job when i was in naija. Maybe it was my confidence! Thinking about it, my department had just a female lecturer who was a serving corper, we never got to see our result score sheet untill the second semester of our final year (At the beginning of every semester, all they do is put out a sheet with a "P" or "F" indicating if you passed or failed a course so knowing if you were given an A or D grade was out). Really wacko and I'm not blaming anyone! Speaking from my personal experience.

You my dear friend davidylan keep missing the point here. My message in the first text as I keep saying is, Life is what you make out of it. I may not have had the best of results, but I am doing something credible and making a living without needing to be employed by any company. I'm not whinning on nairaland. If you discover your God given talent, you wouldn't need the usual paid employment to make something out of your life. The pleasure of doing something you enjoy with peace of mind is enough to feel fulfilled in this life. As for your first class friends who are still jobless, I guess its up to you to prove they are not the typical "cram & reproduce" students who simply read to pass exams. They should be smart enough in our real world to get any job they please with their status as first class graduates. They shouldn't wait to be called for any interviews but walk in proudly to any organisation and ask to be interviewed for a position they know they are fit for. That's what being "first class" is all about. Unless they are afraid to defend their degree when it comes to the basics or better still are still searching for greener pastures in the usual human insatiable way. There is more victimisation by male lecturers to female students than you know and thankfully the more we begin to share our experiences and speak against it, the better we are at creating an awareness which is a step to putting an end to it.
Thanks for making me contribute this much to a particular topic -I should be nominated as the next moderator.
P.s: Maybe I can give your first class friends a job!

We have the best of hands still rely on traditional herb remedies on some health issues obviously administered by people who didn't go to school and let's not go into the academicians whom after going through all the jobs et all leave to farm, sew, make music, etc.

Excuse the error in that paragraph. It was meant to read why is it that we have the best of hands employed in the hospitals and yet still rely on traditional herb remedies on some health issues obviously administered by people who didn't go to school and let's not go into the academicians whom after going through all the jobs et all leave to farm, sew, make music, etc.

On second thoughts, my dear davidylan, this is my response, the message I was trying to pass across is life is what you make out of it. I didn't say ALL first and second class degree holders fall into the misfit category but judging from a survey on the quality of graduates from our Nigerian universities, I can write on that. In our usual way, we read without understanding and are quick to give an opinion regardless. Even the wisest man - King Solomon of Judah knew that acquiring all the wisdom he could brought nothing but more unrest AND don't get me wrong here before you would say next that Jayk is an advocate for illiteracy. We have the best of hands still rely on traditional herb remedies on some health issues obviously administered by people who didn't go to school and let's not go into the academicians whom after going through all the jobs et all leave to farm, sew, make music, etc. People who suceed are those who have a passion for whatever it is they are doing (even if its selling peanuts on the streets). Like I say, I would employ the first and second class graduates in my companies and of course you as I guess you'll still be combing nairaland for jobs.

Dear davidylan, i would reply you appropraitely after you become female and spend a day having to face the various issues we do as females in the nigerian society.

Well, I have read through all the posts on these issue and though I love silent reading. It affects me in a way so I have to write. I am a graduate of Computer science with a third class degree from a Nigerian University of course. Unfortunately, I didn't have a god father or 'uncle' in my department to make me have better scores, and after I was told by a lecturer that I needed to date one of them to have good grades, I was happy to leave with my third class, peace of mind AND a determination to prove to all that you don't need to compromise yourself to get to wherever you are headed. Finding a good job is as hard as it comes but hey! I know that with this drive and passion in me, I would be a good enterpreneur and I would get to employ the 1st class, 2.1s, 2.2s and any other person who proves they can deliver and move my company to great heights. Too much emphasis is being placed on having a degree in this country. And the companies end up employing misfits for the jobs because of a paper record which cannot be defended. Some people in developed countries don't have an education and yet live this life making use of their hands and talents without a hitch. I guess I have written too much and I hope the first and second class degree holders can match me on this one!

Hello Seun. I think i am interested though I'm new on the blog.

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