The horror after University

You spent sleepless nights, worked several jobs, borrowed millions in loans. You stand on that glorious day to collect the fruits of your hard labour. You are ready now to take on the real world and let your mark be seen. Pause! What did university really prepare you for? You don't know how to do some of the simpliest things in life. How do you look about housing? How do you look about insurance? How do you know when you are getting the best deals? Who do you run to? You run to your parents and they ask you if you didn't learn all of this in school.

Throughout the many years of your university life you learn many things as it relates to passing your exams to get your degree but when it comes to practical things for everyday life you are still clueless. When you get lost in your university life you need to remember that the real life is going on all around you and it will not wait for you to play catch up.

The next thing you are faced with after graduation is the lack of employment, being underpaid or not getting any jobs in your field. You feel as if you wasted your time getting ready to step into the real world and now the real world had no space for you. You find yourself working in a job that gives you nothing and you feel empty. Many university graduates are faced with regret after having to spend months at home after getting their degree crying over loans that they can't pay.

I remember a situation of a young graduate who got a job at a company and was being underpaid despite the fact that she was the only one who actually had a degree in the company. She was treated as if she was beneath them,they treated her as if she was not entitled to anything. She ended up leaving the company and spending her days crying over the current state of her life. Many graduates struggle with depression everyday. Friends and family members continually pressuring them to get up and do something without giving them any tools to do so.

Our universities need to become more practical, teach more life skills so that graduates can be more equipped to deal with real life situations. Graduates also need to see the importance in acquiring skills outside of their areas of study just in case.

TVJ Schools' Challenge Quiz Prizes

The buzzer ignited the excitement in my veins for many years. I grew up watching TVJ Schools' Challenge Quiz and I saw it as a means of once again unifying the nation through friendly rivalry. As the years rolled by things started to change and the blatant favouritism could be seen coming from our television screens. The power of some of the more prominent high schools would allow them to end up in the winning circle. Apart from the fun element turning into some what of a war each year, what has changed drastically is the awarding of the various prizes at the end. Throughout the years we could expect to see students from some of the participating schools coming forward to collect their various prizes at the end of the competition. We looked forward to hearing what the students would be awarded for their hard workout throughout the season. Apparently, this was deemed to be too much of a problem to broadcast so it was eliminated completely. All we see now is the winner collecti

This World

A world where people don't love you if you can't supply them with all the material things they need. A world where people marry just to get citizenship in a country. A world where the most educated aren't the ones given the best of jobs. A world where the television and internet are left to teach our children values. A world where the leaders of the church spend more money on church buildings tha n feeding the poor. A world where children receive guns before they receive a book to read. A world where in one half of the world people fight for an apple to eat while in the other we pick,choose and refuse what to eat. A world where we cry when we have no new clothes or shoes but some have never felt the warmth of a shirt and pants on their cold flesh. A world where politicians get increases in pay while the citizens are placed on wage freeze for years. A world where everybody proclaims they can't trust anybody. A world where girls value are always occupied with their look

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