It was Friday, in a very sunny weather at UDS, Wa campus to be specific. After several failed attempts by myself and some other students(Bsc planning, 2013 year group) to have a feel of lectures as Freshers, at last, it happened.
A lecturer came in, greeted us, and with a sparkling smile, started enlightening us on university life. You can imagine how concentrated we were.
After thoroughly engaging us in what looked like a joyful but hectic and tiresome university life ahead of us, he ended with this statement in response to a question from Anaba Valentine (Bsc planning, UDS): “University life is a mixture of everything, the good, the bad and the ugly. The joy, the struggle and the sorrows. If you can strive for the good be strong, but if you experience the bad, don’t lose hope, “After all, what’s first degree”
Forgive me for the long retrospective analysis, but I felt this was necessary in such a moment in our lives as students where most of our colleagues don’t see life worth living anymore.
As humans as we are, we can’t always be perfect and exceptional, because after everything, we are just dust. Striving to be that first-class student, that top student. Striving to be in that lovely university relationship, striving to constantly maintain some standard of academic performance: Is all good. But if you don’t achieve any of these, you don’t wail or take your life, but you simply pat yourself for the effort, for the try and for the dedication, and look up to the goodies of the future.
There have been several instances where the best students from the start, ended up at the bottom and vice versa. There have been so many situations where the best of relationships created enmity, hatred and greed. There are uncountable models and simulations of degree holders struggling with SHS students for jobs. The list goes on and on and on…. So why should you kill yourself for any of this?.
I’m not trying to insinuate that any of these ambitious dreams of university students are not good. Neither I’m I trying to kill the spirit of the numerous ambitious young men and women on the campuses of KNUST, UDS, UG,UCC,UEW,UMAT, etc. But I’m simply trying to let us know that, our life is too precious than any of these. There are greater things we can do without necessarily holding the best of degrees. There are greater relationships we can attain without necessarily having one at the tertiary. If you can get them that’s great, but if you don’t, it doesn’t mean you are failure.
Let’s all try as much as we can to make the best out of our life. But in that process, should we fail, or be destructed. Let’s not lose hope, but let’s stay focused and determined like never before. *Suicide is not the way to go*. Life is worth more than first degree. As long as there is life, there is hope. If many people can make it without even sitting in the classroom, why should you take your life because of your inability to make the best of grades or relationships?
Society will always judge us, our colleagues will always put pressure on us. Some will even mock us in the most challenging moments of our lives. But if we can smile at the storm, and sail through the oceans of pain, We’ll definitely prove them wrong.
our life is too precious to lose. After all, what’s first degree?
May God help us all.
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SAY NO TO SUICIDE
By:
BIOH DANIEL
UDS
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