Someone earns a first-class. “Oh, it’s a private university. Come to a public university.” Someone earns a first-class in a public university. “Oh, it’s UNIZIK. Come to ABU.” Someone earns a first-class in ABU. “Oh, it’s in Economics. Come to my department, Mass Communication.” Someone earns a first-class in Mass Communication at ABU. “Oh, Chale, some will make it in school, some will make it in life.” 😂 Someone makes it in both school and life. “You’re not the first person to.” The sooner you understand that the goalpost shifting is not about you, but about soothing themselves and finding covers for their choices to settle for less, the faster you will learn never to take these mediocrity evangelists seriously. Let them keep making excuses. You keep making your As, wherever you find yourself. Excellence is the identity that best defines you. Do not let any random mediocrity merchant make you feel any less for making a great choice. Do not give them that win. @kamanya_thinks

Let’s be honest , being a data analyst is more about thinking clearly when everyone else is panicking and less about crunching numbers

My job is to warn you. Regarding the conversation about getting a first-class, there is a manipulative counter-narrative currently being peddled that I need to call out and address. And here is how it goes: Someone will say, “Get a first-class if you can.” And the response will be: “The focus shouldn’t be on grades; it should be on skill.” Subtle. Sounds positive. Who can disagree with that? Well, the person who can disagree is the one knowledgeable and discerning enough to see it for the trap that it is. When Adekunle Gold said that there is something about this place (Nigeria) that drains your excellence, that seeks to pull you down until you become like everyone else, this is exactly the kind of subtle, deceptive programming that makes it happen. Here are the flaws in this narrative: 1.It suggests that skill (learning) and signal (grades) cannot coexist. And it gets worse. 2.It implies that the absence of signal automatically means the presence of skill. So, here is the conclusion they want you to draw: •Everyone who did not get a first-class was focused on skill. •Everyone who had a first-class was only focused on signal. Of course, that is nonsense because it conveniently leaves a lot out. Look around you. There is hardly a first-class student you know who is not deserving of it. You do not even doubt their skill within their subject area. You elect them to lead your presentations. You ask them for help with your projects and assignments. You probably even pay some of them for their tutorials. Yet, someone will push a dubious narrative that contradicts all your empirical observations, and you will think they have a point? What point? These days, I am too busy to engage or educate foolishness. Float one of these narratives here, and it will be the last time you see my post. This is not the space where you will find recruits. May your mediocrity perish with you. And to you who still have the chance to script a beautiful story for the academic phase of your life: Do everything possible to ensure that your signal matches your substance and skill. You do not want to be that eaglet mistaken for a chick because you are stuck in a poultry farm. That is what the fight for a first-class is. The fight to be accurately recognized for the ingenuity you embody without unnecessary explanations. Earn the signal that befits your excellence. You do not want the terrible consequences of this impatient world of opportunity meeting the most mediocre representation of you! @kamanya_thinks

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You’re very correct sire Tysm