BETTER DAYS AHEAD…
I was home when I got a
call from a friend that my name came out and it’s on the NYSC list so I should
come and start the immediate process of my service. She was still going off on
how glad she was that finally I had graduated after so much frustration. My family
was relieved but like me, excitement wasn’t easy after so many promise and fail
situations. I wanted to be happy, I deserved it but after the torture I had
undergone, I wanted to hold my certificate leave the school and have that grant
me access to the state I would be posted to for service.
When I went to start the
official process, unlike before, I came in very humble and meek. As I started
the process, I was always looking over my shoulder waiting for that pin to drop
for someone to say “oh! Come here, go and bring these 50 outstanding courses or
whatever…’ but nothing happened.
Even when all these things
were happening to me, my GP worried me. I worked so hard for a 2.1 but with the
way I had to write spill over courses I knew my grades will fall and knowing
Madonna I’ll be lucky to graduate with a pass if not attendance. This bothered
me tremendously. How would I hand in my result for employment with a pass when
there were people graduating with a first class, having a distinction in
masters, working towards a PhD and are 21 and younger?! Even employees demanded
so many years of experience, first class or 2.1 Masters an added advantage and
must not be older than 23. And here I am with a pass for the same job. It’s a
hard life out there for job seekers because you have to bring something totally
different to the table. What did I have? But I told myself that my grade will
not define who I am or what I become. Even though I know it was going to be
though explaining my abilities to my hopeful employers, but I said to myself,
my work will speak for me. What I will bring to the table or to an organization
will never be compared to what someone else will bring. I will work, I will get
a job doing what I like and they will not grade me by what I graduated with.
And with that I knew I was enough and my grade had no business being the judge
of me. With that mindset I closed and killed that fear.
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