When I graduated from high school, my fathers plan then was for my sister and I to go school in Ghana, but things turned out differently and we decided to school back here in Nigeria, to be honest I know no one knows what happens the next seconds or minutes and I don’t know how things would have turned out, it could have turned out in a good way or even a bad way. Anyways I’m grateful for the school I went to and the people I met over there.
I met both the good, bad and the ugly, surely live would have been different if I had gone to school in Ghana, I would have met different people entirely, learnt about their culture, eaten their type of meals which I find really strange mainly by just looing at the photos, lol. But all thesame it would have been a diffrent ride entirely, by now I would have looked for a sweet Ghanian name and given to myself.
Without going to Novena, my life would have totally taken a different course entirely, maybe I wouldn’t have studied microbiology, and I believe the life experiences and lessons that define who I am today wouldn’t have happened or would totally emerged from a different angle.
The people I met at school also played an important role in my four years journey, my friends and coursemates came from diverse backgrounds, I had friends from different states, like Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Taraba, Edo, Bayelsa and so on. Most of them I don’t really speak to now but the first three states mentioned I do speak to them up until now. We together through thick and thin, we laughed together, made stupid jokes, on someedays we get mad at each other, other days we we ate from same plate.
We went to late night reading together, we did projects and practicals together, shared struggles, learned team work, learned empathy and improved on communication, this relationships truly enriched my years in that school and not only within my academics but also my social my life. If I had attended a different university I might have met other people and they could have been equally inspiring. My school gave us the students space to explore personal growth, lifestyle and even business too, I remember selling oil perfumes in school back just to make extra cash to meet up smaller bills.
Arriving at same spot if I had studied at another university wouldn’t have been the other of the day, I wouldn’t even had studied same course, I would have gone for something better. The different blend of people, culture, personal growth shaped my life to a different dimension, so going to a diffrent school would have done same but to another dimension entirely too.
Every decision, frienship and challenge there in Novena contributed to the person I have become today.
All thesame I totally grateful for the school I attended, the friends I made there, without Novena my journey would have been totally different and interesting in another way.