''OAU says No!'' was the anthem of students of Obafemi Awolowo University months ago until they started saying ''OAU says Yes!'' after getting bored at home for two months. As if the erstwhile ASUU strike was not enough, we were sent packing again for trying to stand up to our rights- the right to say no to financial injustice and the right to stand against economic rape on the maiden of public education and the legacy of chief Obafemi Awolowo whom this citadel of learning was named after.
It's the fifth week of resumption and i bound to write my first test and begin work on my final year research project work. When i compare my lecture timetable with that of my colleagues from other departments in the faculty, i am baffled with the passion and energy my lecturers put in delving out the knowledge of Psychology and the consistency they show in turning up for lectures. From Monday to Thursday we are moving about, from SSLT1 to Law 209. Gradually the time draws nigh for me to say my goodbyes to sitting in lecture halls and running helter skelter on top Assignment issues.
As much as many of us final year students are enthusiastic about graduating, i believe we should not miss the wonderful benefits that still accrue us of being undergraduates. Thanks to the previous incessant strikes, many of us have 'seen things' outside of the university environment and have created plans for a great future post graduation. The benefits from still being an undergraduate should be maximized to the apex of utility in order to have a complete tertiary education experience. Out of such includes creating a social network of contacts, learning skills such as graphic designing, website development and java programming, participating in extracurriculars (not necessarily sports) towards planning of initiatives and events etc. The list is literally endless. The point is to use what you have now to get what you want.
''It's not what you don't have that limits you, it's what you have but don't know how to use.''-Steve Harris
Your Life Coach
Oluwatobi O. Gbemisola
It's the fifth week of resumption and i bound to write my first test and begin work on my final year research project work. When i compare my lecture timetable with that of my colleagues from other departments in the faculty, i am baffled with the passion and energy my lecturers put in delving out the knowledge of Psychology and the consistency they show in turning up for lectures. From Monday to Thursday we are moving about, from SSLT1 to Law 209. Gradually the time draws nigh for me to say my goodbyes to sitting in lecture halls and running helter skelter on top Assignment issues.
As much as many of us final year students are enthusiastic about graduating, i believe we should not miss the wonderful benefits that still accrue us of being undergraduates. Thanks to the previous incessant strikes, many of us have 'seen things' outside of the university environment and have created plans for a great future post graduation. The benefits from still being an undergraduate should be maximized to the apex of utility in order to have a complete tertiary education experience. Out of such includes creating a social network of contacts, learning skills such as graphic designing, website development and java programming, participating in extracurriculars (not necessarily sports) towards planning of initiatives and events etc. The list is literally endless. The point is to use what you have now to get what you want.
''It's not what you don't have that limits you, it's what you have but don't know how to use.''-Steve Harris
Your Life Coach
Oluwatobi O. Gbemisola