I Will Never Allow a Failed Exam Determine My Faith – A Must Read For all Students @Mayourspeaks

They want us to SCHOOL. They want us to go where we will be taught how to calculate, read and write. How to struggle for success than watch out for excellence,how to walk behind people than lead them by teaching us how to manage other resources than our life. This is a pail of cold water that will wake us all up from our deep sleep,it will not be a cool experience. Our schooling should not interfere with our education. This is a vicious beast that has been feasting on our potentials for years long and it’s high time we curb it in death and everlasting silence with a new voice and attitude. Schooling is not a guarantee that all of our graduating youth will acquire success. Success in it’s own world has no rules or protocols and we need no one to tell us to follow rules to succeed because there is no rule. It all comes from the Inside and what will become of a life you live that suits you not and you cannot have a feeling of freedom to choose your own path than join the mad train of mad crowd with mad imagination due to mad tutoring and teaching. Schooling should not interfere with our Education. School can’t give it all,so don’t give all of You to it. I am Sure there is a kid out there in a heated discussion with his mother “Saying, why does he have to study subjects he will never ever use in his life” ? And she will look at him blanked eyed, stifle a sigh, think for a second and then lie She’ll say something along the lines of: “You know to get a good job, you need a good degree and these subjects will help you get a degree, we never had this opportunity when I was younger”. And he will reply: “But you were young a long time ago, weren’t you mum?” And she won’t respond although what he implies makes perfect sense that societies needs would have changed since he was 16 But she will ignore him, grip his hand more sternly and drag him to the car Pythagorean theorem, Pathetic fallacy, and does not know the value of “X” She will rely society to tell her child who has one of the sharpest mind in the school, is hyperactive, unfocused, easily distracted and wayward Students! •How many equations, subjects and dates did you memorize just before an exam never to use again? •How many “A” grades did you get, which were never asked for when applying for a job? •How many times have you remembered something 5 minutes just after the teacher said: “Stop writing” Only to receive your results a month later to realize that you were only 1 mark short of the top grade? Does that mean remembering 5 minutes earlier would’ve made you more qualified for a particular job? Well, on an application form it would have We all have different abilities, thought processes, experiences and genes. So why is a class full of individuals tested by the same means? So that means RONKE thinks she’s dumb, because she couldn’t do a couple sums Huh, the irony! Exams are society’s methods of telling you what you’re worth, But you can’t let society tell you what you are Cause this is the same society that tells you that abortion is wrong, but then looks down on teenage parents! The same society that sells products to promote nature hair, looks and smooth complexion with the model on the box, half photoshopped, and has fake lashes and hair extensions •With pastors that preach charity, but own private jets •Imams that preach against greed, but are all fat •Then why increase tuition fees every single year? Huh, the irony! •Test us with tests, but the finals are never final Because they never prepare us for the biggest test which is survival! “Why am I studying something that doesn’t fuel my drive?” But when confronted with a maths problem his eyes come alive •So this one is for my generation, the ones who found what they were looking for on Google, the ones who followed their dreams on Twitter, •Pictured their future on Instagram, accepted destiny on Facebook. This one’s for my “failures” and “dropouts”, for my unemployed graduates, my shop assistants, cleaners and cashiers with bigger dreams, My self-employed entrepreneurs, my world-changers and my dream-chasers! Cause the purpose of “Why I hate school, but love education” was not to initiate a worldwide debate, But to let them know that whether 72 or 88, 44 or 68, This is what they make us believe,this is what they have taught us,this is what they want us to know,this is what they want us to pass on to our children and our children to their children and they do not want this nightmare to end. I WILL NEVER ALLOW A FAILED EXAM DETERMINE MY FAITH Written By: Adenekan Mayowa (@mayourspeaks) Reference: Sulibreaks @Sulibreaks Rokeeb @Rokeeb_lawal Posted by niyi taiwo@ AcademixGist on August 11, 2014. Tags: @Mayourspeaks, Exams