Dairy Of a Jambite

THE DIARY OF JAMBITE.

                        .(Rebranded again) 

. (A touching life story of mine SenGin) learn from my life struggle... 

It was awesome to see Emeka rejoicing and waving his graduation cap right in the sky, and I sat down watch him walk around with my crush back then. 

Emeka was our king of art, in fact he is our hero cause I myself hide myself at his back just to avoid being making the next HeadBoy (senior prefect). 

I was his padi of his life, he introduce me to all various competition, through him I sat down with governor of Lagos state his Excellency Baba Tunde Raji Fashola who is now a Minister of power, housing and works, I remember visiting the state house and sitting with the Lagos chief judge and the deputy governor and a students from British international high school, when we went for Young leader writer award, right there I discover my taste for politics and sat in most VIP lounge chairs with other private school and having my well public school uniform well ironed with my aspirations of becoming the next Head Boy, which I was indirectly avoiding. 

After Emeka congratulations and he sat down with me he share the last moment with me and told me I will be leaving Nigeria cause I got scholarship from an organization and I started focusing all my effort to be like Wole Shoyinka and this made me dare the impossible by breaking the record of being the first public students to get straight A1 in literature which no students have ever gotten in that school for close to 13years, fine I got it and was given award and recognised by the Lagos state government educational board.. ( now some of you know how I got my connection info abi) 

 After graduation or before graduation a teacher said to me," In public secondary school of 156 students in SSS3 that this is what happens :

* 5% will go to federal university 

* 2% will be out of the country doing one thing or the other .

* 25% will be in polytechnic institute 

* 33% will be nuisance to themselves and public disgrace, engage In my criminal activities. 

*25% will be married, gotten unwanted pregnancy, be a father, be  a mechanic. 

*15% will be an entrepreneurs who set up their own business since their head no carry school... He said that public secondary school life circle I told you so you will now decide which one you want to belong to... 

THE BITTER SWEET TRUTHS.. 

After graduation or before graduation I was already saying after high school nay university, but no be so, cause after my WAEC&NECO  exam I was just sitting at home at least I learned how to fix phone but no money sha,. 

After my release of my result and I saw how I failed mathematics and crk with a D7 and had straight A's and B's in other subject in WAEC, then I already know my dream for university of Lagos was shattered , I wrote jamb with score of 287 got all and started meeting my uncle's and some people I know, they were like congratulations boy and my dear " government never pay us and how much do u have so we can support, I had only #300 yes just #300 funny right but the fact, I don't even know what is bank account not to talk of opening one, I did all I could to get cash but bounce back to #300, that admission had to go just like that, cause I wanted to use Neco result instead of WAEC, then I remember what our teacher told me about the high school life ❍circle, I was scared and how will it be that the outstanding art student have not gained admission but they don't know what happened...

 I continue the struggle again this time around I manage to open bank account and start my first job as a café attendant and was receiving #8000 and saving #5000 and using the rest for upkeep and buy textbooks, I took another jamb hoping they will support me again, after it I got 288 same law but was combining results WAEC and Neco and picking university of Nigeria, Nsukka UNN. but same scenario again, than I had only #34,500.670kobo and how can that pay bills of #150,450. but I let go too. 

After serious thinking and cries, bitterness and hate, I decided to catch my life by myself and say to myself if I fail then I will join the nuisance, I lied about my school issue only those who knows understand, cause your peers will sit down and gist about funny students and lecturers and here I am sucking it all and been a strange person among them but I never gave up, I kept on pushing... 

I decided to take a year and work full time just to gather money to support myself and education and hell with everyone..

 I did 3 conservative job which I earn close to #25000 a month,  first one was 

* supermarket : sales Rep 

Second one is 

*Blogger: writing journal and poems and articles 

Then the last one is 

*Lesson : I was teaching pupils, primary school home coaching and same time still learning computer..  well the supermarket and coaching gave me more money, so I save more than I required, and I decided to brush my result by taking another Gce that external exams and I wanted one sitting result... And prepare for jamb the following year, and I had sacrifice one for one which was the supermarket cause is time taking. I thought about what course to do again apart from law and I remember I dream of owing world class five ★☆★star hotels ,Airline business and cultural festival center so I thought which course suit it, then I now found out archeology and tourism in university of Nigeria nsukka, UNN. Which I know I will do one year internship that IT program in any classic five or four ★★★★★ star hotels in Nigeria, which will expose me hotel and airlines service.. 

then I put it and got it... it end in praise now they are interested In supporting me.. 

MY BITTER SWEET ADVISE TO ALL STUDENTS..

trust nobody who tells you I will help your education dear pls work and gather some money in order to avoid story that touch the heart, many of you are interested in writing jamb but getting the jamb money nay war, and u have not thought of how u will finance your academic once u enter, u think is easy.. sorry dear. there is more to it than writing jamb, federal university is cheap but remember there is other payment u will make that is not included in the school fees remember u will buy textbooks and it varies from #2000-8000 not those textbook of #500-1000 noo, ask yourself this basic questions 

 1 How much do I have to start with self and if my people are to support me, won't I at least add something to it. 

2 How much is the total university school fees, how much will I get some materials, at this level u must be 100% close to someone offering ur dream course so they will put you through once u enter so it won't be hard for u, cause some material u will collect from them at this level u will have to behave normal cause, psychologically university students don't like being disturbed by aspiring jambite so follow them with sense but not all time u dance to their tune be independent and call once a while nor text them and make sure is cool, I bet you that person will definitely create time for u and help u out .use this.logic I gave u.. 

3 Am I fully prepared for this journey called another life, cause university is another world on his own.. be plain to urself, u can encounter anything, good turn bad, bad turn good.. depending on ur level.. 

Can u Hold on to old friends and can u kill that small pride that says I don enter university so everyone must bow to me cause am the only one attending university here.. stop it. 

..  *** if you sit down and go through this story I wrote and the lesson in it, I bet you nobody can stop you from achieving your dream and I know before his Excellency president Muhammad Buhari leaves office I will surly sit down with him sharing my ideas about Nigeria educational system... that I look up to, if u can dream it, see it, then u will get it to become reality if u don't give up.. 

2019/2020 jambite pls think very well before u purchase the form, put federal university u know very well and their tuition fees is not expensive ,school like * university of Lagos, university of Ibadan, university of ilorin, Oau, their fees varies from #17000-#25000..

university of Nigeria is a bit fair #64-70,000)compare to university of port Harcourt, uniport close to #100,000+ excluding acceptance fees.. gosh that university is gat dem expensive.. university of Lagos is very cheap just #55,000 then for year 2 is #15000 or so for non- science while science is #19000 ...no wonder is very competitive and high.. 

all the same do your research before u enter any university. 

have a sweet New year and love you all

SenGin..Oba Fowosere 

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