10 LESSONS TO ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.(UNIVERSITIES)
By Micah Tormor
19th December, 2021
1. It is more swag, flex and prestigious to be a student of LEGON or KNUST than to be in UEW, UCC, UDS or UPSA students. However, that does not determine who becomes great in future. Never compete with students from other schools. Build bones NOT bones.
2. If your program is Diploma or HND, be minded to further without any break. Most minimum job requirements are Bachelor’s Degree. Perhaps, your WASSCE results, or other factors did not permit you to pursue a degree straight away. Don’t be discouraged, just determine to quickly top-up upon completion.
3. Some of your female colleagues will use sex to get first class, better grades or obtain other advantages, just as you used “protocol†or Good Grades to gain admission. Don’t make yourself a “moral judge†in the school. Focus on your life and do your best.
4. Not all your classmates must be your friends. Don’t throw yourself or force yourself on anyone. Just go with the flow while respecting everyone.
5. There is no job guarantee for you after you study. Apart from Nursing Training, Teacher Training and Medicine students will be posted directly to fill vacancies in their respective fields, all others will search and compete for the few opportunities available. TAKE NOTE.
6. Let prayers lead you. In the school, there are a lot of people from all walks of life. Some are not humans, some consults spirits, burn candles, chat with ghosts in the night, etc. Attach yourself to a strong praying and Bible-believing Church.
7. If you are in a private university, the public impression is that you are not very intelligent. You did not meet the cut-off grades for your ideal program in a public university that’s why you opted for the private university. Don’t fight this impression because, after all, its 90% true. Focus on success in life. In fact some private universities more prestigious than most public ones
8. Never challenge a lecturer, at least, in public or in-front of your class .if you must do that, be extremely tactical such that your genuine intentions would not be misinterpreted.
9. Not all your classmates will graduate with you. Some will die, others will not be able to pay their fees, and a few others will travel abroad. In fact some will quit and pursue some other life regardless of whatever happens on the way, just keep moving.
10. Don’t take campus relationships overly serious to the detriment of your academics.
I am happy for you