"Academic
excellence is overrated! I said it.
Being top
of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of
life.
You could
graduate as the best student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will make more
money than everybody else.
The best
graduating Law student does not necessarily become the best lawyer.
The fact
is life requires more than the ability to understand a concept, memorise it and
reproduce it in an exam.
School
rewards people for their memory. Life rewards people for their imagination.
School
rewards caution, life rewards daring.
School
hails those who live by the rules. Life exalts those who break the rules and
set new ones.
So do I
mean people shouldn't study hard in school? Oh, no, you should.
But don't
sacrifice every other thing on the altar of First Class.
Don't
limit yourself to the classroom.
Do
something practical.
Take a
leadership position.
Start a
business and fail. That's a better Entrepreneurship 101.
Join or
start a club.
Contest
an election and lose. It will teach you something Political Science 101 will
not teach you.
Attend a
seminar.
Read
books outside the scope of your course.
Go on missions
and win a soul for eternal rewards...
Do
something you believe in!
Think
less of becoming an excellent student but think more of becoming an excellent
person.
Make the
world your classroom....
Prof.
Abletor Sedofia
University
of Ghana
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