THE LEGACY OF EDUCATION

THE LEGACY OF EDUCATION

Education is still the best legacy. There is power in knowledge. There is a saying that goes thus; if knowledge is expensive, try ignorance. We will agree with me that it pays to be informed about certain things than not to have any at all. Your ignorance of a particular subject matter always makes you deformed in that aspect as you can never contribute positively to that cause. But today, many have forgotten the usefulness of being educated, they call education a scam. Many are even going into it for the wrong motives; my parents want me to go to school or I want to be like that guy in my street who speaks good English. 

There is nothing wrong about having good role models, but that should not be the sole reason of us seeking education-first it should be that there is a want, a desire in us to achieve something or to be informed about something, then the next step is to get educated on those things. We all have ambitions that’s why we go to school to get more knowledge on this so as to be outstanding in that aspect.

 There is a difference between a drop-out barber and an educated barber, though they do the same work, even the drop-out barber may have experience more than the educated one; but if both of them apply for a visa to the US at the embassy and there’s just one slot, who do we think it will be allotted to? This begs the question-WHY AM I IN IT? To make a difference, to be knowledgeable, and most importantly to be outstanding. 

Your course of study don’t determine your greatness in life. Never let anyone tell you because you are not studying medicine or nursing you cannot be great. That is one lie with which we deceive ourselves and this tends to become our drive. You are a botanist, an agriculturist, a nutritionist, whatever it is; you can be anything you want to be if you just stand out.  When we say there is no way a botanist can earn the same salary as a doctor, well it might be true even coupled with the kind of economy we have in our nation. But, Is one fulfilled just by the measure of their income or their earnings? NO, True fulfillment comes in how many lives you were able to touch, how many were impacted by this gift of yours. How many you have brought out to see this same light education has given unto you. Thus, please let us change our mindset concerning these things. 

Education will never be a scam. That the whole system in Nigeria has been corrupted in the sense that not every graduate gets a job or gets one that is deserved, does not mean we quit on being educated. One part of it is to get a good job-yes but that’s not the sole purpose- the sole reason here should be I want to be useful to my society, to family, and even to myself. If there is one thing I have realized, Education opens you to a lot of opportunities, a lot-you can shy from it because it seems that’s what everyone is doing these days but you still got to agree that Education sort of makes you fly where you are supposed to walk. It may not seem like it in our Nigeria of today but there is always a room for Change. Let’s all hope for this change. Let us not allow the present determine our future. If we strive to be great, then we will be great. Being an empowered youth is the goal and Remember, KNOWLEGDE IS POWER.

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