Is education still the key?



I thought it was a simple process, it thought the process to achieving success was: Going to school, ensure you become the best you can be in school, Finish school and then become successful. Of course, that was the key back then, try asking our men of old and they will tell you that is the process. Once you are done with school and you have gotten good grades then you are sure to get a good job. That was what our fathers told us “Education is the best legacy”.

I was in a bus some days back, a public bus to be precise. I thought the well-dressed guy sitting just beside me was also a passenger, I was shocked when he got up and asked us the real passengers for our transport fare. What got my attention wasn’t exactly the fact that he was well dressed, his use of English swept me off balance. Yes, I am not a conductor but I was sure then that if I am to be in a debate with that young man in the bus that morning, a debate which counts base on your fluency in English language, I won’t be worthy to untie the lace of his shoes. Thank God I was to drop at the last bus stop (The point where the bus itself is to stop), I so much longed to speak with this educated conductor. I stylish waited behind like I was looking around for something until the coast was clear before I took my shot. “Good morning” I greeted the young man who was now busy counting the money he had made from the first trip of the day. “Good morning” He greeted me back as he rose his head to stare transiently at me. I paused, I didn’t know how to present my case, I didn’t want to sound rude and I didn’t want him to feel offended. “Are you the conductor to this vehicle?” I blurted out my question. He immediately stopped counting, look up at me and nodded with a smile on his lips. “I have been the conductor for some months now, I can’t just stay idle after my graduation from the university” He told me. The surprising thing was how he maintained the smile on his lips all along. That was it, he is a graduate, a graduate of a prestigious university of our wonderful country. Hmm, that guy I spoke with that morning is someone who had the best legacy “Education”. Didn’t they tell us that education was the key to success? Didn’t they lie to us that if we are educated then we are meant to be successful? Didn’t they paint education to us as the ultimate all? What then are our educated youths doing in the bar every night drinking themselves to stupor due to frustration? What then are our educated youths doing in the police cells? I thought if I am educated then I should be successful. Isn’t education the key anymore? What then is the new key? I think I know it.

No and yes

Ask me why?

merit12:
No and yes
Ask me why?

why?

merit12:
No and yes

Ask me why?

why

wiconse:
why

because nothing and I don't know the correct answer


Better still ask buhari o atiku

Agbemiga27:
why?

because I am confused and I don't know why

Well, the fact is most successful people we have in the world are business men and women and most are not professor or Doctor. Working for government or private body is not the key to success, if you really want to be wealthy then you got to be your own boss: education is just like catalyst that will help in reasoning.

Education is not the only key to making it in life.
Education however leads to a more fulfilled life, successful or otherwise.
I may not have money but I can write a book detailing things I’ve experienced.
I may not have a business but I can sit down with successful business men and hold a regular everyday conversation — knowing fully well when they start talking about their trade I can pick the idea behind it little by little.
Proper education also teaches the individual that learning is a lifelong process, not only what they come across in the four walls of a classroom.

Education isn't the key



There are different reason why the key to a door can be changed. Firstly, the key might have probably become old and weak and so needs replacement or the key must have been made useless by some system or probably the lock to the door was changed. I guess the most probably illustration to use here is the second, the key to success has been made useless, our educational system has been made useless. I won’t like to go into our educational system for now, I might do that in another blog post. The key to that door called success has been changed and now we fall out of the way trying to look for the new key. This is why you see youth of nowadays do different sort of things like stealing, prostitution, advanced fraud and the likes. Forgive me, I am not trying to be on their side, I agree that some of them are probably lazy and so go into different stuff. I also agree with myself and I also want you to agree with me that some of those who indulge in all these illegal things aren’t actually lazy, they have tried all they could but all to no avail and now they have been forced to believe that the key to success should be one of those numerous illegal means. Its true there was a time that education use to be the key to success but not anymore. There was a time when you just have to call to school, do well in school and then you get a good job but as I said earlier, “There was a time”.

Recently, I had the chance to have a one on one conversation with one of those who probably a decent guy will tag ‘Bad boy’ and I discovered something. Most of those we consider as bad aren’t actually bad, they have been frustrated on the journey to looking for this particular key to success. I have also gotten the chance to speak with some students and I always ask them one striking question “So now, you go to school, finish and get a good job bah?” I will always ask them and they will smile at me and reply “Yes o, I just have to be the best and that’s it”. Most times, I laugh at their replies. Don’t they see the guy with rough hair walking down the street with nearly tattered clothes? Don’t they know he is also a first class student? The girl managing a small hair dressing shop by the road side, did she forget to tell them she was the best during her time?

It is true that there are some few educated persons with actually good jobs in good firms and industries but many of those some actually got the job by knowing someone important. I guess knowing someone important isn’t the key to success, to me, that sounds like one of those illegal means most of our youths take while looking for the key to success. So I am a first class student and you managed to scale through school but you ended up working in a good firm because you know someone and I don’t. I tell you the truth, that isn’t the key to success, rather it is one of those illegal keys.

The door to success is still very much there, but the lock has been replaced because the previous key has been made useless. Education is no longer the key. Education as I see it just gives us awareness about a door called success or better put, education is just a step leading to the door called success. What then is the key to success?

Gabispot:
Education isn't the key



There are different reason why the key to a door can be changed. Firstly, the key might have probably become old and weak and so needs replacement or the key must have been made useless by some system or probably the lock to the door was changed. I guess the most probably illustration to use here is the second, the key to success has been made useless, our educational system has been made useless. I won’t like to go into our educational system for now, I might do that in another blog post. The key to that door called success has been changed and now we fall out of the way trying to look for the new key. This is why you see youth of nowadays do different sort of things like stealing, prostitution, advanced fraud and the likes. Forgive me, I am not trying to be on their side, I agree that some of them are probably lazy and so go into different stuff. I also agree with myself and I also want you to agree with me that some of those who indulge in all these illegal things aren’t actually lazy, they have tried all they could but all to no avail and now they have been forced to believe that the key to success should be one of those numerous illegal means. Its true there was a time that education use to be the key to success but not anymore. There was a time when you just have to call to school, do well in school and then you get a good job but as I said earlier, “There was a time”.

Recently, I had the chance to have a one on one conversation with one of those who probably a decent guy will tag ‘Bad boy’ and I discovered something. Most of those we consider as bad aren’t actually bad, they have been frustrated on the journey to looking for this particular key to success. I have also gotten the chance to speak with some students and I always ask them one striking question “So now, you go to school, finish and get a good job bah?” I will always ask them and they will smile at me and reply “Yes o, I just have to be the best and that’s it”. Most times, I laugh at their replies. Don’t they see the guy with rough hair walking down the street with nearly tattered clothes? Don’t they know he is also a first class student? The girl managing a small hair dressing shop by the road side, did she forget to tell them she was the best during her time?

It is true that there are some few educated persons with actually good jobs in good firms and industries but many of those some actually got the job by knowing someone important. I guess knowing someone important isn’t the key to success, to me, that sounds like one of those illegal means most of our youths take while looking for the key to success. So I am a first class student and you managed to scale through school but you ended up working in a good firm because you know someone and I don’t. I tell you the truth, that isn’t the key to success, rather it is one of those illegal keys.

The door to success is still very much there, but the lock has been replaced because the previous key has been made useless. Education is no longer the key. Education as I see it just gives us awareness about a door called success or better put, education is just a step leading to the door called success. What then is the key to success?

let just say making use of a particular want in the environment and then turn it to money

Gabispot:
Is education still the key?



I thought it was a simple process, it thought the process to achieving success was: Going to school, ensure you become the best you can be in school, Finish school and then become successful. Of course, that was the key back then, try asking our men of old and they will tell you that is the process. Once you are done with school and you have gotten good grades then you are sure to get a good job. That was what our fathers told us “Education is the best legacy”.

I was in a bus some days back, a public bus to be precise. I thought the well-dressed guy sitting just beside me was also a passenger, I was shocked when he got up and asked us the real passengers for our transport fare. What got my attention wasn’t exactly the fact that he was well dressed, his use of English swept me off balance. Yes, I am not a conductor but I was sure then that if I am to be in a debate with that young man in the bus that morning, a debate which counts base on your fluency in English language, I won’t be worthy to untie the lace of his shoes. Thank God I was to drop at the last bus stop (The point where the bus itself is to stop), I so much longed to speak with this educated conductor. I stylish waited behind like I was looking around for something until the coast was clear before I took my shot. “Good morning” I greeted the young man who was now busy counting the money he had made from the first trip of the day. “Good morning” He greeted me back as he rose his head to stare transiently at me. I paused, I didn’t know how to present my case, I didn’t want to sound rude and I didn’t want him to feel offended. “Are you the conductor to this vehicle?” I blurted out my question. He immediately stopped counting, look up at me and nodded with a smile on his lips. “I have been the conductor for some months now, I can’t just stay idle after my graduation from the university” He told me. The surprising thing was how he maintained the smile on his lips all along. That was it, he is a graduate, a graduate of a prestigious university of our wonderful country. Hmm, that guy I spoke with that morning is someone who had the best legacy “Education”. Didn’t they tell us that education was the key to success? Didn’t they lie to us that if we are educated then we are meant to be successful? Didn’t they paint education to us as the ultimate all? What then are our educated youths doing in the bar every night drinking themselves to stupor due to frustration? What then are our educated youths doing in the police cells? I thought if I am educated then I should be successful. Isn’t education the key anymore? What then is the new key? I think I know it.

Please, let's not confuse schooling with education. We are schooling in Nigeria but not getting educated.
Education definitely opens doors.

Gabispot:
Is education still the key?



I thought it was a simple process, it thought the process to achieving success was: Going to school, ensure you become the best you can be in school, Finish school and then become successful. Of course, that was the key back then, try asking our men of old and they will tell you that is the process. Once you are done with school and you have gotten good grades then you are sure to get a good job. That was what our fathers told us “Education is the best legacy”.

I was in a bus some days back, a public bus to be precise. I thought the well-dressed guy sitting just beside me was also a passenger, I was shocked when he got up and asked us the real passengers for our transport fare. What got my attention wasn’t exactly the fact that he was well dressed, his use of English swept me off balance. Yes, I am not a conductor but I was sure then that if I am to be in a debate with that young man in the bus that morning, a debate which counts base on your fluency in English language, I won’t be worthy to untie the lace of his shoes. Thank God I was to drop at the last bus stop (The point where the bus itself is to stop), I so much longed to speak with this educated conductor. I stylish waited behind like I was looking around for something until the coast was clear before I took my shot. “Good morning” I greeted the young man who was now busy counting the money he had made from the first trip of the day. “Good morning” He greeted me back as he rose his head to stare transiently at me. I paused, I didn’t know how to present my case, I didn’t want to sound rude and I didn’t want him to feel offended. “Are you the conductor to this vehicle?” I blurted out my question. He immediately stopped counting, look up at me and nodded with a smile on his lips. “I have been the conductor for some months now, I can’t just stay idle after my graduation from the university” He told me. The surprising thing was how he maintained the smile on his lips all along. That was it, he is a graduate, a graduate of a prestigious university of our wonderful country. Hmm, that guy I spoke with that morning is someone who had the best legacy “Education”. Didn’t they tell us that education was the key to success? Didn’t they lie to us that if we are educated then we are meant to be successful? Didn’t they paint education to us as the ultimate all? What then are our educated youths doing in the bar every night drinking themselves to stupor due to frustration? What then are our educated youths doing in the police cells? I thought if I am educated then I should be successful. Isn’t education the key anymore? What then is the new key? I think I know it.

Education is still the key. However in naija we pay too much attention to formal education. Even a business owner has to learn the rudiments of running a business.

The ultimate key



Sorry I haven’t been active for a while, I had some thinking to do. Back to our talk on the key to success, we have said that education isn’t the key to success as it used to be a long time ago (or was it ever the key? Could it be just that those of old don’t actually know what success is and think education is the way to it?).

I think we should first know what to be successful means. It might shock you to know that to be successful doesn’t mean to be wealthy (I got you there, you thought success was only about money). In our generation of now, we have minimized success to be the possession of material things like money and the likes. Don’t get me wrong, I never said possessing money and other material things is bad, it isn’t just a measure of success. Is it success to have all the riches in the world without peace of mind? Are you successful when you have all you want but still live in fear? I want you to know that to be successful doesn’t mean to have all the money in the world.

I will also want you to know that to be successful does not mean to have the biggest mansion and drive the latest and most fancy car. A family that lives in their small three bedroom flat apartment can be said to be successful in life than a family that owns the biggest mansion in the city and the latest cars in town (Officer, I can explain myself)

I think this is where we get it wrong, success isn’t measured by things you can buy, and success isn’t directly proportional to the amount of wealth you have attained in life.

I will tell you what success is and then the key. Have you ever had a day, a day that ends with you on the bed with a smile on your face (Oh dear, I don’t mean the smile you put on when you are thinking of a girl, what is wrong with you?)? A day that you think I have accomplished all that needed to be accomplished for today? A day that ends with you going to bed with peace of mind?

Have you also had a day, a day in which you got all you want but still go to bed feeling incomplete? A day wherein you had everything you requested for but still go to bed without peace of mind?

If you can relate to the two illustrations above, which of these days can it be termed that you were successful?

What is wealth when you have no peace after getting it?

Don’t let anyone cheat you, success isn’t possessing money. If you let anyone make you believe that success is the mere possession of money and mere materials things then you will be badly cheated in life. You might have those things you desire to have but you will always see that there is no peace within.

Success is a state of total accomplishment. When I mean total accomplishment, I mean total fulfillment. A state wherein you know that when I die today, I die a happy man and not a state wherein you know that when I die today, I die to face the torment of fire and I die unhappy. Success is to be in that state where you look at your small family and burst out with laugh of joy (Don’t get me wrong here, you can also have all the wealth and still feel totally complete).

You can get all the money in the world and not be successful and you can also get all the money in the world and be successful.

Now, to the talk of the moment. What now is this key to success? Our society has cheated us into believing that going to school is the key to success. They have cheated us into believing that getting a white collar job is success. I have seen people who spent the important part of their lives working in a company, institute or firm but grow old filled with regrets and live on something they call “pension” (That’s not my business anyways).

The key to success is not something we can’t see, the key to success is you. Yes You. All you need to be successful have been planted in you, going to school is just to help you spice up all you already have. Think of that small thing you can do so well, yes that thing, no matter what it is, just think of it, no matter how useless you think it is. That small thing you think is useless, aren’t you surprise you can do it and some other can’t do it? Aren’t you surprise some people struggle to learn it meanwhile it just flow from you like water? Don’t you think that’s is your key to success?

Start thinking today, I can do this, how do I make it big? Write down your goals (please, don’t let your goal be getting employed in Baba Rojus block industry or other industries), start small, and don’t rush. Take at least a step towards your goal every day. You might fail at some point but that’s why it is success, failure help you spice up your success story. The only time you are a complete failure is when you finally give up. You might have a white collar job to help you gather resources to start your own institute, firm, industry or any other. Don’t think on being employed forever, that isn’t success, the key to success is in your hands. Don’t also forget to add God into your something small, let God lead you and direct you, be faithful to God.

I just thought of something, some funny friends might want to say “Gabi, I can steal very well, that’s the small thing I can do. I hope it will bring me success?” Remember what I said earlier, success isn’t about getting rich, it is about getting rich and having peace, it is about getting rich and feeling complete and it is about getting all you want without living in fear.

You can carry me along on your success story, call me: 08188317495.

And please get ready for my next article: “I don't yet know the title”

Gabispot:
Is education still the key?



I thought it was a simple process, it thought the process to achieving success was: Going to school, ensure you become the best you can be in school, Finish school and then become successful. Of course, that was the key back then, try asking our men of old and they will tell you that is the process. Once you are done with school and you have gotten good grades then you are sure to get a good job. That was what our fathers told us “Education is the best legacy”.

I was in a bus some days back, a public bus to be precise. I thought the well-dressed guy sitting just beside me was also a passenger, I was shocked when he got up and asked us the real passengers for our transport fare. What got my attention wasn’t exactly the fact that he was well dressed, his use of English swept me off balance. Yes, I am not a conductor but I was sure then that if I am to be in a debate with that young man in the bus that morning, a debate which counts base on your fluency in English language, I won’t be worthy to untie the lace of his shoes. Thank God I was to drop at the last bus stop (The point where the bus itself is to stop), I so much longed to speak with this educated conductor. I stylish waited behind like I was looking around for something until the coast was clear before I took my shot. “Good morning” I greeted the young man who was now busy counting the money he had made from the first trip of the day. “Good morning” He greeted me back as he rose his head to stare transiently at me. I paused, I didn’t know how to present my case, I didn’t want to sound rude and I didn’t want him to feel offended. “Are you the conductor to this vehicle?” I blurted out my question. He immediately stopped counting, look up at me and nodded with a smile on his lips. “I have been the conductor for some months now, I can’t just stay idle after my graduation from the university” He told me. The surprising thing was how he maintained the smile on his lips all along. That was it, he is a graduate, a graduate of a prestigious university of our wonderful country. Hmm, that guy I spoke with that morning is someone who had the best legacy “Education”. Didn’t they tell us that education was the key to success? Didn’t they lie to us that if we are educated then we are meant to be successful? Didn’t they paint education to us as the ultimate all? What then are our educated youths doing in the bar every night drinking themselves to stupor due to frustration? What then are our educated youths doing in the police cells? I thought if I am educated then I should be successful. Isn’t education the key anymore? What then is the new key? I think I know it.

You won't get the answer until you get the real definition of EDUCATION right.

The answer is also based on what every individual views EDUCATION to be....

.(like you stated. ** I thought if I am educated then I should be successful.**
**I thought it was a simple process, it thought the process to achieving success was: Going to school, ensure you become the best you can be in school, Finish school and then become successful. Of course, that was the key back then, try asking our men of old and they will tell you that is the process. Once you are done with school and you have gotten good grades then you are sure to get a good job. That was what our fathers told us “Education is the best legacy”.** )

Anyone who believes EDUCATION is only going to school, earning a degree and waiting for a white- collar Job is still not getting it, might be frustrated or may not just last in the organization.


***“I have been the conductor for some months now, I can’t just stay idle after my graduation from the university” He told me***..........He already stated it that he didn't want to be idle which is good, it doesn't mean he already gave up on the course of Education, it was just a way of meandering the rough academic and economy *downpour* we can't but experience in this country.


The impacts of EDUCATION to a Nation is so great an effect that one can conclude is not the key based on the conditions attached to it in this country NIGERIA. Don't let the country state of *Academic -health* limit your thinking.

EDUCATION is beyond what you learn in class room.

RIGHT EDUCATION will unlock your innate cave of KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION...... any successful man who underrate the role of Education (knowledge acquisition) in any FORM may not last.

You can make research on the importance of EDUCATION....

SO YOUR MINDSET ABOUT EDUCATION WILL BE THE INSTANTANEOUS ANSWER TO WHETHER IT IS OR NOT THE KEY.


What then is the key??

EDUCATION coupled with [self discovery ( your passion), right Information, clear vision, right Networking, focus, hard work, right knowledge and skills acquisition and CONSISTENCY is the KEY.

Gabispot:
Is education still the key?



I thought it was a simple process, it thought the process to achieving success was: Going to school, ensure you become the best you can be in school, Finish school and then become successful. Of course, that was the key back then, try asking our men of old and they will tell you that is the process. Once you are done with school and you have gotten good grades then you are sure to get a good job. That was what our fathers told us “Education is the best legacy”.

I was in a bus some days back, a public bus to be precise. I thought the well-dressed guy sitting just beside me was also a passenger, I was shocked when he got up and asked us the real passengers for our transport fare. What got my attention wasn’t exactly the fact that he was well dressed, his use of English swept me off balance. Yes, I am not a conductor but I was sure then that if I am to be in a debate with that young man in the bus that morning, a debate which counts base on your fluency in English language, I won’t be worthy to untie the lace of his shoes. Thank God I was to drop at the last bus stop (The point where the bus itself is to stop), I so much longed to speak with this educated conductor. I stylish waited behind like I was looking around for something until the coast was clear before I took my shot. “Good morning” I greeted the young man who was now busy counting the money he had made from the first trip of the day. “Good morning” He greeted me back as he rose his head to stare transiently at me. I paused, I didn’t know how to present my case, I didn’t want to sound rude and I didn’t want him to feel offended. “Are you the conductor to this vehicle?” I blurted out my question. He immediately stopped counting, look up at me and nodded with a smile on his lips. “I have been the conductor for some months now, I can’t just stay idle after my graduation from the university” He told me. The surprising thing was how he maintained the smile on his lips all along. That was it, he is a graduate, a graduate of a prestigious university of our wonderful country. Hmm, that guy I spoke with that morning is someone who had the best legacy “Education”. Didn’t they tell us that education was the key to success? Didn’t they lie to us that if we are educated then we are meant to be successful? Didn’t they paint education to us as the ultimate all? What then are our educated youths doing in the bar every night drinking themselves to stupor due to frustration? What then are our educated youths doing in the police cells? I thought if I am educated then I should be successful. Isn’t education the key anymore? What then is the new key? I think I know it.

Education changes your thinking faculty.

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