Olaoluwa talks about being productive with the aasu strike

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ASUU Strike: What are you doing at home?
I felt really concerned about this issue and
decided to make use of my pen. Perhaps this
might help someone. This strike has gone
beyond a month now and most undergraduate
have been doing nothing at home. Well, I am
not writting this to the government neither
am I writting it to ASUU or the youths out
there. This lines are directed to YOU. I mean
the YOU that is reading this piece at the
moment.
Let me tell you a blunt truth. If you are at
home doing nothing now because of ASUU
strike, it is most likely that you will also be
doing nothing after you graduation. That simply
means you are not valuable enough to be
hooked by a company for employment. Well,
lets leave that for another day.
Lets consider for a while those things that are
taking people's time at home: seasonal films,
soccer manager, play station, 2go,
facebook . . . Which of these is holding you
down from being valuable? After serious
consideration, you will discover that all these
are products of great minds and busy hands.
What are you busy doing? ASUU strike should
be a blessing for you. Why cant you take
advantage of this period and also put your
name in the hearts of people.
As an accounting student, what will it cost you
to walk up to a bank close to your house and
tell the branch manager you are willing to work
with them for free? Irrespective of you level
at school. Go to as many banks as possible. Go
back as many times as you hear a NO. I dont
thing this would cost you anything. Dont you
know this would add a bullet of experience to
your CV as a graduate?
As an English or art student, have you checked
al the radio stations in Ibadan, Lagos, Akure or
Abeokuta and they told you they dont need
you? There is no harm in trying. All you do at
home is to listen to music on Splash FM and
you are happy? Really funny!
Listen, you can be great in life without having
a degree. So dont let ASUU vs FG hold you
down. Dont be deceived. You have everything
you need already. You can read. You can write.
You can speak good English. Oh! You can even
use the internet. And funny enough you also
have a phone that can be used to surf the
internet. What else do you need? Tell me. You
think you need a degree to get busy? I laugh.
Make use of google to see how many Nigerian
graduates are jobbless. Some are even at
home now waiting for NYSC. That is their own
excuse for not getting busy.
My dear, you dont have an excuse. Dont wait
for FG. They are doing nothing and they wont.
Make you moment count. Dont waste you like.
Get up and find something to do. Go out now.
You are already educated. A degree wont make
you educated. You have it already.
Go and ask how much pepper sellers are making
per day. Go check how much tailors are making.
Bricklayers, Akara sellers, bukaterias,
barbers, salons, mechanics etc. These are
people you will regard as 'uneducated'. What
about you that knows the laws of physics,
knows why water is colourless and why calculus
can not be used in literature? It is a pity that
are you using all that on soccer manager and
vampire diaries. You use your laptop as a toy
instead as a tool.
Why cant you apply those things you have
learnt in school to everyday trade in your
neighborhood?
Why cant you call your friends around to form
a team and form a company?
Why cant you learn something? Fashion
designing, programming, craft etc.
Why cant you develop your selling and
negotiation skill?
Why cant you buy and read a book today?
Why cant you volunteer to work in a company
around you for free?
Why cant you think about you life for once and
forget degree, ASUU or FG?
Why not NOW?
Olaoluwa Balogun
08037141630.
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