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GRADES AND CERTIFICATES: WORRIES OF TODAYS STUDENTS.
It’s
so pathetic and uncomprehend able how students of higher institutions depend
solely on their grade points or cumulative grade points to help them out in the
race for sustenance outside school.
As
a student of a higher institution, a federal institution for that matter,
because you may want to think my research setting isn’t broad enough. I have
come to the realisation that students don’t think out of the box. They only
seem to ruminate and ponder on the present while living the future to work its
way out. It’s that bad that they value
the grade points even more than the final certificate they will be entitled to
at the end of their academic pursuit. All this isn’t to mean that I am not a
fan of education, because I wouldn’t want to try ignorance either, all I am
emphasising and accentuating on is the fact that students of this dispensary
are “hind sighted”.
It’s
crystal clear that the society we have found ourselves in today has nothing to
offer, why then do we dogmatically follow a line to creating more difficulty to
the problematic society? Countless graduates are out there without anything to
put food on their tables, and this are the same people who passed through
higher institutions like the present hind sighted ones. Yet the latter doesn’t
seem concerned about the situation, all he or she fights for is making it out brilliantly
and joining in the tussle out there, how myopic this is.
I
quite agree that you have to be intelligent, it’s one thing the society
requires, also coming out with good grades isn’t a bad idea, but coming out of
a universe into another without having anything learned to implement in the
next stage of life is what is of paramount importance in this discuss. Higher
institution is a universe on its own, so good it has all you can think of. The
problem then is why someone would pass through a system for years and have
nothing to produce for those years other than a good grade point metamorphose
into a good certificate. We have seen graduates who have graduated with good
results and yet have carved niches for their selves outside the school
universe. Isn’t that interesting to hear?
A
young man graduated just recently from the University of Ilorin, he graduated
with a first class from the progressive faculty of law. You would think he has
made himself a hot cake, of course he is, but the society we are doesn’t
recognize that, and so you have to help yourself out. Do you know what this guy
did? He helped himself grow in the craft of writing and blogging and today he
can drop his law certificate and face what has brought food to his table. And
that is basically my point; he doesn’t have to keep throwing his certificates
here and there.
There
are so many things to learn in higher institutions, some become better writers,
a particular set invest their time in entrepreneurship, and some learn
political crafts and a host of others help their selves in other aspects. How
then do we still have graduates who still depend on government or people for
job?
When
a deep insight is given to how students of developed nations balance work and
schooling together a lot would be understood. Most times it’s not about the
money it’s about the experience they gather, and how they can use that in
making their selves better people and a less burden to their society. Would you
even dare try that in academic settings in Nigeria? That’s not my route on the
discuss; my say is about students who don’t get anything done when in school,
most of who regret at the end. I know of a young man, who does more than enough
for himself to become a better person, and with hard work, dedication and
academic seriousness, he has climbed heights today. Many of the great men and
women we see out their today, taught of distinguishing their selves while in
school. You have first class in English language; do you know how many other
first class students each university will produce from that same department?
The point is you distinguishing yourself from others.
Wouldn’t
it be mind perturbing to see someone who isn’t doing something to make him or
herself a better person advising a foresighted student that he or she wastes a
lot of time? Everything that brings about success is regulated; it just doesn’t
come out of mistake. For a person to be foresighted, they surely would be
academically sound, don’t you get? “It takes only a sound mind to think in a
sound manner”.
It
should be noted that some parents are the cause of the narrowed thinking of
their children. They would tell their children to read and careless about the
future, as if that was the way their own success flew at them. Seriously
parents should begin thinking otherwise, let this children face little tasking
situations in school to see how well or bad they may tackle those times. No
wonder some higher institution students call their parents at the slightest
challenge. Now tell me, how such unrefined students can input changes in the
society.
Come
to think of it, people complain of not getting employed, they complain of been turned
down at any opportunity and they can’t give solutions to applied questions or
simple questions during interviews, this are the “GP PEOPLE” or the “FISRT CLASS
IS A MUST SET”. What are we then saying? Should you be in the post of a general
manager, would you employ those set of people? And as a matter of fact, what
then is there impact to the society?
It’s
simple, if you leave the system- Universities, Polytechnic, Monotechnics,
College of educations etc. without feeling the necessary holes, there is much
possibility for regrets. No wonder why some lecturers compulsory presentations
in their grading patterns, this is for no other reason than to build students.
It is high time students thought about the benefits in thinking outside the box
than been myopic and narrow-minded in reasoning.
Tijani
Sheriffdeen is a young writer; he nurses scintillating passion for literature,
journalism, photography and activism. He is currently an anatomy undergraduate
student at the University of Ilorin. He hails from Oyo state.
