This is based on my
experience & other
information I gathered from some students in my school & around me, & I’ll be sharing it to ya’ll. Enjoy as you read & please whatever needs fixing should be fixed.
1: Failure 2 set their
priorities right: Most students find themselves in d university or college & tend to think live is just a straight road without setting goals/something to achieve, they just go to class just because when you are in school you must go to class, some don’t even go at all. Setting your priorities right means planning ahead of time, know
what you are in for & how
soon you can achieve your
goals.
2: The type of company they
keep: higher institution I a
place where you will surely
get to meet people of
different background, ethnic
group and belief, and it takes
a bad type to know who is
bad to keep up with. Being a
fresher is not a crime, but
most fresher won’t stop
forming “NA WE DEY HERE”,
yeah cos they wanna be heard
about, and they tend to walk
with people who can only get
out of their lives without
adding a pinch.
3: Over engagement: Hmmm,
at this junction I have to
clarify the difference between
school and a worship place or
a business arena, yeah we
understand that fingers are
not equal, reason why some
student fend form them while
all you do is just to put a call
through to your dad or mum,
but I’ve come to realize that
studying and business might
go together but not as
expected, more so, some
students have turned their
worship place into a lecture
room, they call it serving God
brings perfection and success,
but I,ll remind you now in
case you forgot that your
primary mission in school is to
read well and graduate with
something worth it.
4: Failure to understand
yourself: well, you might ask
what that mean, am gonna tell
you, understanding yourself
means knowing what exactly
work for you, are you the type
who takes a coffee before you
can read, perhaps you can
hardly read with candle, do
you even read at night? , oh
oh oh so you’ve been working
against yourself just because
bro Jack goes to night classes
doesn’t mean he knows more
than you do, I tell you now
that I met lot of scholars in my
first year who can’t do
without clubbing every
weekend, yet they are doing
really well in their studies. So
sit yourself down and
understand your philosophy.
5: Social life: well, I can’t
blame it all on facebook, IG,
whatsapp even 2go, gosh this
social media apps are just not
gonna stop to make and mar
people’s dreams, technology
has so much grown in the last
few years, students now
connect with anybody
anywhere in the world “the
world is global” that you just
said abi? Yeah but I still don’t
get why you stick to your
phone chatting and reading
lots of gist while you should
be in class or even writing a
test, a Prof, sometime asked
why students now fail
woefully, a student whispered
to my ears and said “there
was no FB, IG and 2go in your
time” I couldn’t help but
laugh.
6: The extroverts: I don’t
know how to categorize this
well, but am gonna try to
make you understand, gaining
admission into higher
institution is enough to call an
achievement, but I tell you
that’s just the beginning of
your quest, in remember how
many people I called during
my first year just to tell them I
gained admission, even
people I don’t really talk to , I
later thought over it and
asked “why am I doing this”
try to ask yourself the same
question. Perhaps you are the
type who can’t just keep your
happiness to yourself, I dare
you to start doing that now,
who knows you might just
get lucky to change
7: Lack of parental advice or
care: This should be for the
parents, you have done well to
pay for her school fees but on
the part of caring oooooops
you have done woefully bad,
when last did you call her to
ask if everything was fine,
when last did you even visit
her in school, I tell you
students change in a blink of
an eye, don’t be afraid if she
returns home acting all weird,
yeah you caused it. Do you
even call her to encourage her
to press on and not to get
tired, oh “no one was there to
tell me all these” is what u
keep saying, stand up and fix
this aspect.
8: Misuse of freedom: Now
you are in school and no one
to say “hey Dave, wash those
plates” hmmmmm, well you
might be free indeed but how
do you manage your freedom,
playing video games when
you ought to be in class,
seeing a friend at 10pm or
even smoking and drinking, it
doesn’t help you a bit, try to
fix that
9: Lack of Self-confidence:
This is the major reason why
student fail a lot, even after
you’ve read every material
expected of you, you still feel
empty in the skull, it’s not
because you are dull but
because you have not built
your self-confidence, are you
the type that rehearse just a
single sentence just to
approach your lecturer to
clarify.