Life after school, how prepared are you?

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This isn't my planned article for today being the first day in a new month. But after having a conversation earlier today with a brother who has been looking for a job after 5 years of leaving school, I felt the need to write on this subject which I believe will benefit most people who are still in school here.

It is appalling to know that many people graduated from school without acquiring any education needed to survive in life. Many went there in search of degrees and paper honors without getting the necessary training to face after-school life. One may succeed in getting a first-class honor or degree but if these are not accompanied by the right training, which is skill acquisitions and the training of the mind such honor or degree has no value in real life. Any education that is not backed by skill acquisitions and mind training in critical thinking will only yield frustration and stagnation because as a man thinks in his heart so he is. Education without the training of the mind in critical thinking is education leading nowhere.

Critical thinking is the foundation of successful graduation from school because you cannot raise in life beyond your level of thinking. Your success or failure is directly related to your thinking ability. So many youths graduated from school with the hope that they are going to reign in life with degrees and paper honors only to be surprised to find out that the world revolves around thinkers. There is little or no regard for paper honors, until you can prove it you can not owe it. Proving it is where the mind comes to play. While undergoing a study or education it is important to engage in a mental training process. Unfortunately, no one is going to teach you this, you owe yourself a duty to train your mind in critical thinking because this is the only thing that you need to face in your future. So many think they were prepared to succeed while passing out from school, only to find out that they were viewing the world from a class and have not got a clear picture of how the world works. The world doesn't work the way many thinks while in school, the carefree life, the flexing, the runs, and partying blindfolded many who later found out it was not as was told. Hence, the frustration to starts all over again learning how to survive after spending 5 to 6 years in college.

It is saddening to see today a lot of school graduates find it hard to scribble an acceptable application letter for a job without relying on Google, even the curriculum vitae need to be uploaded from the Internet and then edited to suit one purpose. Where have things gone wrong, was it the education system that is at fault or the individuals? Partly the education system in most underdeveloped countries could be said to be at fault, yet the individuals need to realize that education is beyond the four corners of a classroom. Given this, you soon found out that the school system lied to you, and you must start all over again. One thing that people failed to realize earlier is not knowing that education is not meant for the acquisition of certificates but the necessary training that is needed to start life in sound footings. Certificates or degrees are only a testament to the training you have undergone, and if you can not prove it you can not own it.

The training and development of the mind must be a crucial aspect of any education for it to have a lasting impact on life. It is crucial upon the fact that there are not many jobs opening nowadays, you need to learn to think of a way to survive in face of joblessness. The thinking that your certificates or degrees will bail you through in life is only a lie wrapped up in a decorative suite that many wear today while suffering and smiling. The culmination of this is depression and suicide. And those who couldn't bear the frustration go into crime and fraud to survive. It is important to note that only a few scaled through in life with their certificates or degrees, and that's because they were either connected to someone who knows someone or they got lucky by being able to prove it by engaging their minds while scaling the corporate ladders in their organizations. They also never stopped learning and developing their minds by reading and getting more training in their fields of practice.

The time spent in getting additional necessary training besides the four walls of a classroom must not be considered a waste. It is even better to start early even while still in school. You can ask yourself this question, how do l survive after school? This question requires critical thinking skills to discover what is your passion. This is what differentiates achievers from others, the ability to engage the mind.

Everything is time-bound, so is your success in life. The earlier you learn to use your mind in regards to your future the better for you. Everyone has the same amount of time in life, which is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Time is a measurement of growth based on your thinking ability, and although everyone has 24 hours a day, yet everyone experiences a different degree of success every day. The reason is the difference in thinking. When you relearn everything you know about education and success, things start to make better sense. When a person asks why he hasn't achieved much after spending so many years in school, what he should be asking is how much time has he given into thinking? If he hasn't thought much, he hasn't given enough to achieve success!

In today's world, it's uncommon to see younger superiors managing older subordinates. What happened here is the sharp minds the younger possess. Age becomes less significant in terms of critical thinking once we are out of school because most people stop engaging their minds once they leave school! Those who continue to grow their minds will eventually surpass their seniors who stay put in personal growth. You don't have control overtime to make it favor you, but you certainly have control over the growth of your mind. This is the difference-maker in life.

Conclusion

Education is not only to acquire certificates and papers. This is where most people missed it while in school. There are very few people who studied the basics skills for survival in life at school, and in fact a majority of them have no idea what they were doing. Everyone thinks that if they study hard and get good grades, they will be successful in life. They may or may not be wrong.

It is more important to have the basic skills to understand the way that society works, understand how to manage your money wisely, manage the relationships you have with other people, how you use your time wisely. It is this critical knowledge that makes you stand out from the crowd. Therefore it is highly important that you make sure while you are still in schools to equip yourself with skills in all areas of life so that you can start to experience the joys of living a full life after school.

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You just finished work here. I had thought on going to do my Masters immediately after I finish my service, but I now have a re-think. Acquiring skills is the ultimate...

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3 years ago

Yeah, go get some skills, the world is wide enough for everyone. you can always have your master's degree at any time.

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3 years ago

Most student believe they are owed a Job after graduating. Which shouldn't be.

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3 years ago

That's what has killed our graduates today

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3 years ago

The education system have crumbled therefore any body depending on just the four walls of a class room is not getting it right. Moreover education around here is more of theory with little or no practical

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3 years ago

Hmmm oga me na true you talk of because nowadays certificate only can't fetch enough money to sustain on Imagine Dangote staffs their salary is been divided into two ever since covid started Assuming some of them has another skills won't they make money from it as well Me now my certificate is under my bed because anywhere I carry am go them go say make we enter hotel room first but as me I no get body for that I went to learn work and now am a boss of my own

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3 years ago

You deserve a dollar for this comment, unfortunately, I don't have much at the moment

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3 years ago

Hahaha 🤣 you have given me more than enough o thank you so much

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3 years ago

I believe school is just to enlighten one I don’t believe it can be a source of income anymore I have many graduate as brothers but they still end up coming back home empty handed

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3 years ago

The school has never been a source of income at any time, its our orientation about education that made us regard school as a means of income. Education is meant to equip us with basic skills to make a living.

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3 years ago

School will not teach one how to make money but you have to find out yourself different skills you can venture into to prepare you after school. Education isn't only by acquiring certificate alone but to be able to depend on something for a living.

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3 years ago

This is alarming and it's still happening and from the look is things, students are not willing to adapt, only few understand this fact and taking steps already. Seen most people that finished nysc, hunted for jobs but no positive result, then return to an apprentice stage to adopt a skill

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3 years ago

Ohhh this is great! We should have our education in order to have a bright future, having the education can lead us having a good job. This reminds !e about how I will plan for my life after i finished my study. So much helpful

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3 years ago

This article is so genuine; so many young people think that a job is waiting for them when they finish university, but that is not the truth. If you have first-class with no skills, then you have wasted so many years of your life. It is crucial to learn other skills apart from the ones we learn in school

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3 years ago

I get your point and it is time people understand that they need more than just the lessons in the four corners of the class wall to survive in this world where surging becomes difficult.

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3 years ago

I have been trying to think about this for sometime. How people just leave that question for when they graduate. This is a question we as students ought to ask ourselves everyday

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I'm in my final year in the University I've been preparing and I'm really striving hard this time

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3 years ago

People who does not know have good grades in school are placed higher than those who have better grades.

We are in school to get certificate but not to get jobs. Many out there are having problems in getting jobs while some who have worst results have better one. Some people who went to school have forgotten that that have certificates just because of the way the society has treated them.

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3 years ago

Wee need to get educated but it is not a yardstick for acquiring jobs. You have to strive had in other to get a job even after having nice result in schools.

Today, man know man has taken over the world. This is as a result of having a godfather in a place you wished to work.

In this recent days, graduates are all over the places and the four corners of the world searching for jobs without having one. This is why most people tend to learn handiwork.

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3 years ago

Most people are being trained to get the certificate without putting their heart to learning. You won't believe it sir that some were asked on national TV to explain the meaning of the abbreviation C.V and they couldn't. Others couldn't even sing the national anthem. If you watch all these interviews where they deliberately pick out flaws, you'd be shocked to see most can't even tell you the full meaning of NYSC. What are they really learning??????????? Social media has taken over so many people's productive time.

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3 years ago

It's terrible how how people approach education these days, and the thing is that the majority believe that they are owned a job after graduation. Thanks for the contribution.

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3 years ago

A lot of reorientation needs to be done.

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3 years ago

This is all so true, sir. Not all who got certificates knows what they actually doing same as not all who graduated college knows the correct manner.

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3 years ago

It all boils down on the individual... We can do better as the article rightly said.

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