A few days ago, I was having a conversation with a close friend who's struggling to get into a university. She's at this point in her life where all she can do is wait for a new day and keep going. She doesn't feel like she's developing or growing, she's just living.
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I asked her what her plan for her life would be if she couldn't get into a university and she told me all the ideas she had to learn a new skill and grow a personal business of her own and I was impressed.
I hate to sound like an old snub but the kids getting into universities these days are hardly interested in what they'll be learning at school, especially the ones where I'm from.
Many of them have been their mates gain wealth from having tech skills or for some of them, fraud, and so they know that getting a university degree isn't the only means to wealth.
When I was getting into the university, it was seen as my only means of wealth. Everyone in my department believed that gaining that degree would put us among the privileged few who were destined for greatness but when we graduated our eyes became clear.
The kids today no longer believe that. For most of them, like my friend, it's just a 4-year sacrifice to get a piece of paper that may or may not open doors for them, for others it's just a means of freedom from their parents.
No one sees university education as important anymore and we can't blame them because the country doesn't favour the educated, it favours the resilient. The poor remain poor while the rich get richer.
My friend believes a lot of people should hear what I have to say because they may not know this already but I believe many people already know all this.
I learnt this lesson the hard way. I got out of school believing that the world was my oyster but just a few months after graduating, I knew my degree wasn't worth much since then I've tried to find ways to stay relevant in my little way and not be a liability.
There's no right way of getting through life because, in the end, there's simply death. So why not just live happily and just keep moving?
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