What should I go for?.

All through Sarah's growing years, she had no idea as to what she actually wanted to study or do with her life. She sat for (WASSCE) West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, made all her papers save literature and sat for (JAMB) Joint admission and matriculation board examination, she did her four supposedly core subjects; government, economics, English and CRS) Christan religious studies...

During her registration for JAMB, she still had no idea whatsoever on what she actually wanted to study, her mum had followed her to the JAMB registration center to assist her in filling her form and other details. So guess what Sarah was planning to study, okay; yeah, Public administration" a course, she knew nothing about, no research, no nothing. For her registration back then, she had to fill in her institution choices and she did; picking UNILAG (University of Lagos State) as her first choice, followed by (LASU) Lagos State University as her second choice. (YABATECH) Yaba college of technology was her third choice and she picked one other as her last choice (the final choice wasn't mentioned as a result of its irrelevancy).

Sarah passed her JAMB after scoring 232 in total. Just as said earlier, she chose UNILAG as her first choice of institution... During the period when Post UTME were being written, there was a bit of financial crisis she faced, so her mum couldn't purchase the post utme form for the other institutions, thereby having to put all hopes in one basket (UNILAG). She was able to purchase the form for her first choice of institution only and went to seat for the exams, Sarah wasn't someone who was actually good at maths, and for UNILAG post utme, maths was a compulsory one, together with general knowledge... Their post utme wasn't like jamb, where you'll have to choose the subjects you wish to read and write for. She successfully sat for the exams and passed but for some little points that hindered her beating off the cutoff mark. To cut the long story short, Sarah wasn't given the admission to the prestigious University. There was nothing left for her to do, especially since she didn't seat for any other University examinations, she resolved in her mind that, she'd let it sly and forget about school but Sarah's mum had different plans, and yeah; she worked her way through in getting Sarah admitted to Yabatech as a part-time student...this was quite easy especially since part-time didn't require JAMB or postutme, it required only the O level result or WASSC to be precised.

Sarah got into the school without knowing what she was studying... The first day she entered the school premises, she kept asking her mum; "what am I studying?" Her mum gave no response to her inquisitiveness and just told her to enter the class... Sarah was bemused and just wanted to know what she was studying... no plans, no goals, no visions, no nothing... She was just there following the lead of her mother...

It was later known to Sarah through her elder brother that she was actually studying "Office technology management." At that point, she never even knew what it entailed or what it was all about... After all, it's just to be in school and graduate right?? Oh, well I guess that was all it was about...

Highlights:

Sarah had no plans, no visions, no purpose for her future, she was just there following the lead of her mother, believing her mother to be able to decide for her...

She never knew what she wanted to study even when she was filling the form for her jamb examination

Because her mother never saw her as someone who could make the right choices, her mother felt she was in the best position to choose and decide what Sarah would study.

Even up to the moment she entered the school, Sarah never knew what she was planning to study, no research on what it's all about, no nothing...

Sarah had no say in this, because she didn't even know what she wanted for herself.

Advice:

School isn't just about the graduation amongst all others, except you've got other plans: like probably you have a trade in mind, for some people school isn't their thing, they are just going there to get the degree or the certificate but then for people who are actually planning to do alot through their certificate and degree... Make research, find out your purpose, learn to know if that's what you love doing most...

Most of the reasons why people get carryovers and don't do well academically is sometimes because of the fact that most of them are not enjoying their course of study...

Back to the story:

And yes, Sarah is doing well now, quite alright, her best course subject is "shorthand" she enjoys drilling in shorthand but still that isn't really it for her, Sarah has finally realized after four years; what she actually wants to study... And she has written WASSCE once more, this time; making all her papers... Sarah wants to study "English and literary studies" but guess what: her mum still wants Sarah to study "law"

And this leads me to the end of this Non-fictional story. Thanks for reading so far...

I would love to know what advice it is, you have for Sarah in the comment section.

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