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| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Justiyke4u: 2:16pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
It won't be a good feeling, though by God's grace I never experienced that till I graduated from law faculty am still thanking Him for that |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by abat4real37(f): 2:19pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
vizkiz:what if is spilled over, Won't you appreciate E then? |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by kenkels: 2:21pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Never had an F in undergraduate days.. to God be the glory |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by kissniyi(m): 2:25pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
This was didactic, thank you. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by j1mmy: 2:27pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
timonski: keep the discussion within context AND SCOPE...the bane of chatting with Nigerians! Most Chinese, Lebanese and Indian expats in Nigeria are low level semi skilled workers in their own countries (I am not talking about the average Chinese but the "average chinese worker" brought in to do an expat's job in Nigeria). These average Chinese semi skilled workers are more employable, intelligent and productive than majority of Nigerians with 1st to PHD degrees hence even the so called Nigerian intelligentsia look to these Chinese as lords and masters! Are you blind can you not see it everywhere you look in that cesspit of a country? Nigerian 1st degree and PHD holders who manged to get more educational and western exposures abroad still end up less intelligent and less effective than these low level Asian expats...My argument is that it is the Nigerian mentality rather than the education that is responsible - Majority of Nigerians have a primitive and backward mindset that is hindering their mental development! 1 Like |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by funkyfella: 2:27pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
I reported the lecturer to the school senate committee. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by agrovick(m): 2:28pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Never had a F, guess I was lucky |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by G3NTL3SOUL(m): 2:30pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
So far, i haven't had any F |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by tammyboy1(m): 2:32pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
kilokeys:mehn 3.48 is f*cking painful,you should looked for a way to help yourself, maybe one course upgrade would have done the magi |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by skyflydocy: 2:33pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
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| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Jok3r(m): 2:34pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Bbsharon: U NO AS A MARINE STUDENT... I LOV MY MAIN COURSES ND DISLIKE D BORROWED ONES... I PASSED ALL BT FAILED ONE GUD COURSE I LOV NSC214.. A BIG F... BT I WAS GUD IN QSTNS IN CLASS BT FAILED D EXAMS COS I DINT READ I TOT IT WUD B LIK D GLASS QSTNS.. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by skyflydocy: 2:35pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
[quote author=skyflydocy post=41421378][/quote]my bro is everywhere...public medical skool will fail you cos of below average score but a private medical skool like I.U.O will fail you so you cud pay another eye popping fees.. 1 Like |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by alpontif(m): 2:37pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Some people are asserting here that Nigerian graduates from most Nigerian universities are Unemployable. They have a point. But that doesn't mean foreign trained graduates are better. It's all about the value you can add to any organisation. Before you go for an interview. Put yourself in the CEO's shoes, if you were in his position, will you be able to employ somebody like you?...Why? The answer to the why is the reason why you will pass or fail an interview. Guys, fork the grade you come out with, especially in Engineering. Employers are much more concerned about your Skills. Design Skills , Construction skills , Problem solving skills, management skills. You have got to be able to start adding certain precise values to the organization immediately. Most companies don't do graduate trainee stuff. So, what do you do while you are still in school? I ll tell you what I did. By my 200 level, I knew I don't want to put in the hard work it will take to get a first class or a 2.1. I knew that if I am not even serious at all, in any way, I will still make a 2.2.hell!, before my set, no one in my department has ever made a first class. The department only produced one three sets after my set. So I settled on getting a 2.2. So I skipped classes, skipped assignments, missed tests etc. I had a lot of free time. But there was a method to my madness. Even though you will rarely see me in class, I was always at the library, reading...not studying. What was I reading? I never read my my Course materials until usually 3 weeks to the exam. By that time , I will have photocopied class notes, and gotten past questions and solutions. So what do I read in the library then?. I read everything. From newspapers, to journals, to novels, to materials from other fields of knowledge. I know enough about economics for you to think I have an MBA, I know about the arts, from the renaissance to the contemporary, I can discuss the politics and finance of most governments, astronomy and other fields of knowledge is familiar to me. Ancient literature and modernist Architecture is no biggie to me. In short, I became very very very well informed. The only thing I may not converse on intelligently is football, and that's because I don't follow or watch it. At the same time as I was doing all this, I made sure I did internships where I can get skills, fork money. I got envied software skills, I got practical engineering training, I got rare softwares. By my 500 level, I was the goto guy on design softwares in my department. Even my lecturers dey consult me. This meant that by the time I graduated, I had what most employers wanted. I had the technical skills, I am educated in the real sense of it. I could fit into any organisation, and I was always thinking. By this time also, I have had like at least 200 connections on LinkedIn. This was when most working professionals in Nigeria do not even know what it is,not to talk of students. By this time I am already familiar with the wall street journal, Harvard business review, Global finance etc, and can educate you profusely on derivatives or hedge funds....etc. But I had a 2.2, but has that stopped me? No. Why?.. Because I add value to my employers. Instantly. No long thing. Someone like me doesn't look for jobs. You identify a company, you identify a problem they are facing, or you create an improved version of the solution, you identify a key decision maker, you connect on LinkedIn, you package the solution, you send it via dhl, you get a sit down interview with the person, you discuss a consulting gig, they won't let you go, you get a job. Fork grades. The important thing is know how to add value, that is what they will pay you for. But if you can, please make very good grades. Eg, You may find it hard to make it into Harvard business school or MIT Sloan if you don't have a first class. It is crucial. The education system has collapsed in Nigeria, graduates are only employable if they develop themselves. Not by what they learned or failed to learn in the standard school curriculum. I have interview several candidates who do not know how to use common AutoCAD. Tell me, who will employ you. Point is don't wait for the school to empower you. Empower yourself by getting the skills, by brushing up yourself, by been informed. That will make you stand out, and employable. 6 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by j1mmy: 2:40pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
HDee: The Nigerian mentality is to blame. some hints: A poor Indian or Chinese living in slums prefers to read JAVA programming with a candle and learn how to assemble phones while a TYPICAL Nigerian prefers to use that time to attend church to preserve their afterlife in heaven OR to send 419 email abroad OR to make babies he cannot feed! A Chinese or Indian graduate looks at global trends of employment before studying for a degree that will ensure employability WHILE a Nigeria picks degree like the one his ancestors studied - Think sociology, mass Comm, Biochemistry and other rubbish! A chinese or Indian wants to understand the origins of common cold or flu so they can make medicines for it and sell local and abroad while a typical Nigerian might associate the condition with juju or some supernatural force out to kill them. You are better educated from using your scientific mindset to deconstruct things rather than assuming everything comes from god and not worth verifying. How Asians view the world is different from how blacks view it - That is the education, the university is just theory, the world view is the practical! I have many more examples but you get the idea...lol 1 Like |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Nobody: 2:42pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
j1mmy: They are more employable because they have more knowledge not because they are more intelligent. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Femich18(m): 2:42pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
kilokeys: Engr Akinola nah my padi o...Though I was nt in Engineering dept Bt I knw him rite frm MEE 101 days....D man nah nw kind funny man |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by kishimi8(m): 2:44pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
this type of post can bring back bad memories, never had an F but had a semester where i had a horrible experience 5 E's all of which are 40 - 41 marks, thermodynamics , strenght of materials, dynamics and cant even remeber the last one. knew it was a missing script ish as i taught all my friends the courses and they blooody made B's ,in 200 lvl second semester engineering ABU. but hey i still graduated as one of the bast 10 and even got offered a job in the same dept, ., shit happens . |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Nobody: 2:46pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
I never had a F..but I did in waec and that was in yoruba |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by alpontif(m): 2:47pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
bobolizim: My bad, physical chemistry. Inorganic was second semester then.. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by j1mmy: 2:47pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
timonski: The difference between knowledge and intelligence: Knowledge is the collection of skills and information a person has acquired through experience. Intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by ademijuwonlo(f): 2:50pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
my first and only 'F' was in FA101(fine art). funniest part was that I could draw but I didn't do the assignment we were given on drawing, I tot I could swing it without doing the assignment but I had F wen the result came out. unknowing to me the assignment was 60marks while exam was just 40marks. I was devastated but it gingered me to be more serious. I still managed to finish with a 2.1 with God's help and dedication. it doesn't matter how we started but how we ended.... |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Revolver411(m): 2:50pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Had a two year streak of invisibility, then i was struck with an F in a course i could never fail even if i wrote the exams blindfolded.  . Mehn the world stood still to me when i traced my grade to my reg no. I still feel hurt anytime i remember it sha, but i gotta brace up and rewrite it next year. |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by olumzzz(m): 2:52pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Never had one |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by oofiliaaron(m): 2:56pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Juxtified:same here. I really thank God for that 1 Like |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by lovely17(m): 2:57pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Just finished First year no F thank God Dr Adewale  |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Nobody: 3:01pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Never had an F or even an E but surprisingly I graduated with a 3.49. Worst time of my life when I saw the result. KILOKEYS your advice here is awesome |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Nobody: 3:02pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
kilokeys:Those same idiot gave me 43 . when I complained, I was told to write that my CA will added. I got tired of going about looking for the remaining 20 plus marks |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Nobody: 3:02pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
When I saw my first f my legs started shaking joined with tears, dat was Eng213 Futo,I retook it with lower level and was successful |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by deepyuki(m): 3:05pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
some people will say that if you have an f it will give you a chance to write again and have a better grade but thats a lie because carryovers are not easy to manage. how can you be going to take class with the junior colleagues when you have your own courses to do. had two carryovers when i wrote again i managed to have one E and one D  [color=#990000][/color][left][/left] |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by Nobody: 3:06pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
Femich18:Na ur padi cos u dey help am sell drawing sheet |
| Re: How Did You Feel When You Had Your First "F" As An Undergraduate? by omojolowo4life: 3:09pm On Dec 28, 2015 |
queridosbabe: U must be a unilorin student. Biz admin to b precise. Wu tort u during ur tym? |
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