You need to see the joy on olodos' faces when a very academically sound person doesn't succeed in life. They relish it. It's almost as if it gives them more reasons to talk down on education and intelligence.
When we were graduating, after I finished as the top student in my class, many of my coursemates were really eager to see how I would turn out. In fact, I would always hear them gossiping: "No be by Best Graduating Student. To make am for life no be by acada. Street na military. We go see."
I'm glad I turned out really well. Even most of those who went to Ghana for "updates" after school and eventually resorted to fraud can't measure up to my accomplishments. Till today, many of them still randomly call me and jokingly ask, "Senior man, you just dey chop dey go. You no wan give men update na!"
Deep down, they genuinely believe I must be secretly involved in fraud. This is the society we live in, where many young people have come to believe that you can't succeed legitimately, and that every young man who is doing well for himself must be involved in fraud. Even many elderly people and police officers aren't exempt from this line of thinking.
I haven't seen a country that is trying so hard to make education unattractive like ours.
"School na scam."
"No be by BSc. You get BTC?"
"Education is the key to success. Oya, use the key start Benz na 😂."
"Lecturer pack 1999 Camry, student don pack Lexus beside am."
If we continue this way, in a few years, there will be nothing left of our educational system. We are so money-centred that we don't even realize education can be an end in itself and not necessarily just a means to an end.
Everything has become, "How much do you have in your account?" or "Use your intelligence buy Benz na."
This is one of the reasons it really hurts me to see highly intelligent and brilliant people end up poor. I'm always rooting for academically sound people to succeed because I genuinely want people, especially young people, to see that you can make it legitimately through hard work and academic excellence.
Any society where only the olodos become financially successful while the brighter minds, the ones who believe in due process, continue to struggle is a society that is bound to fail.
My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
James Rodriguez looked like the best technician on the pitch vs a team with Bruno Fernandes & 2 of PSG’s back to back CL-winning midfielders.Passes that kept splitting Portugal’s defence.Crazy to do that at 35 years old & not even playing regular football this season.Pure talent.
Siento que el 99% de televidentes no es consciente de que los jugadores iraníes tuvieron que DORMIR EN OTRO PAÍS porque EEUU no les permite pernoctar y ni aún así lograron descalificarlos del todo. Ni Hitler en los JJOO de Berlín 1936 había sido tan antideportivo.
Ayer fuimos a un sucucho parisino que en el subsuelo tiene un piano, había una chilena muy simpática que quería cantar y le digo CANTATE UNA DE MON LAFERTE
Y la piba me dice: Yo SOY Mon Laferte
Era ella fr
In awe of the Lexus LS 460 what a machine!!.
Its craftsmanship, presence, and engineering heritage are remarkable. It carries a rich legacy as one of Lexus’ true flagship expressions of refinement and quiet authority.
I think I should go inspect for educational purposes 🤭
These Police Officers just parked me at Bolade, Oshodi, pointed guns at me, and forced me to transfer N100,000 them. When my bank app showed "exceeded transfer limit", they dragged me to a nearby POS to do it with my card.
They initially demanded 150k each.
They were 4 in number.
These are the names I could copy:
Francis Adekunle
2087495551
Kuda
Friday Ikpe
9136237110
Okay
This is the phone number of the notorious Officer Friday Ikpe 09136237110. I got it from his opay
@PoliceNG@BenHundeyin@Princemoye1
Please my mutuals, if you see this on your TL, help repost or tag other relevant authorities until these criminals are apprehended.
Some days ago, I went with my mum to buy a new fridge and we settled on one that cost about ₦850,000
While it was being loaded, I noticed a man, probably in his mid-50s, lifting the fridge onto a truck under the scorching afternoon sun.
His shirt was totally soaked with sweat.
Beyonce releases a full 7 minute vlog documenting JAY Z's hair journey going from locs to an afro for his Roots picnic performance 🔥
She reveals that the transformation took 7 whole days, and that Hov done so to honor his late father.