Well, it is nearing the end of the two year in a tertiary institute and ha.. one does not seem smarter.. The first year passed ever so quickly, such that it was over even before one could get used to such a life.. What's more is that the second year pretty much started off with us with our noses to the grinding stone.. We were leaking blood.. One thing I have got to admit, the administration appears to need some adjustments. You see, there is a significant number of students who by some divine intervention managed to get into the second year even though their subjects are suffering!! This is a cause for concern, given that the top 20% of students are supposed to be here after their previous six years of education. Still, in their second year, they are not faring any better in their subjects than before. If only they could change their subject combination. It would SO benefit them!! imagine getting Us for one whole year and then trend continues in the first half of the foloowing year.. It is such a pitiful life..
I sincerely believe that life is too short to be spent working at computers to research for projects as well as to waste one's valuable eye power to memorise subjects which would not even be relevant to one in one's later career. The definition of the word 'prime' should be change to that between the ages of 15-20. This should be the period where one should be enjoying oneself. Saving up for the future, or preparing for then, by reading up and gaining knowledge is a tiresome process, not to mention one that is very repeatitive. The moment you learn something new, it is considered outdated in the next minute. Wow.. So fast.. Life should be taken a quarter mile at a time for what use is one's knowledge if it is at the expense of one's enjoyment??? In one's old age when one is supposedly supposed to reap what one has sown,, one could be diagnosed with numerous ailments that prevent one from gaining from what one has worked for. Loss of vision, health(today's environment is already so unhealthy with so much pollution; the future would be much worse given the cumulative effect) etc.
Students should be instead encouraged to form social relationships and engage in sports or anything out of the ordinary.. After all, a teenager's life is when he/she is the most physicall active and therefore should maximise this gift to its full potential. Talking about sports, I say if given the choice, many students would prefer to do sports then studies. One gets to do what one likes and gets paid the same, if not more, then his/her academic peers by joining and winning competitions. We have a large pool of students just waiting to release their talents into the sporting world but where are the talent scouts? They simply do not visit schools!!! The end result? Importation of atheletes, deprieving those born and bred here of their chances of making a mark in the sporting arena. Such is life.. Controlled by bigger forces that are more interested in the 'greater good' than the actual overall good..
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