MUST EVERYONE BE A SCHOLAR 2?

  children forced to become scholars

Sitting with her face resting between her legs, she was weeping profusely. Becky had failed another course and in all has bagged six Fs within two semesters. “What did I not do to make sure I pass this course?” on and on she went as she sniffed some phlegm back into her nose. She had managed to gain admission into school to the department her parents had always wanted her to be.

She has never liked school from childhood but her parents being career inclined pushed her in, noticing her nonchalance, they ensured she stayed back in school for extra moral lessons yet her brain couldn’t adjust.

Becky derives joy in sport activities, she most times represented her school in running competitions, and her school coach felt she would someday represent Nigeria internationally only if her parents won’t stop her. Now in the university, she seems not to be doing well as she is likely to graduate with a pass if care is not taken.

 I have seen people rejected and dejected all because they tried doing something and got no result. They have tried and failing repeatedly in an unrealistic venture.

Children in their classroom

For some academically challenged children, they may not be as lucky as ‘Ishan’ who had someone that was observant enough to help him discover his potential. Some of them continue the academic struggle for fear of being neglected and isolated by family and friends- they bury their head in shame as they move along the streets, they solely bear the burden of failure, they see nothing good in themselves.

  Some children could fall into Albert Einstein’s category, who was tagged a never- do- well, but today, he is known as a great realist. For some, they could be in Thomas Edison’s shoes that tried severally to provide humanity with electricity and failed, but today maybe there wouldn’t have been anything called electricity if not for him. For others, they could have been rejected like Oprah Winfrey; who was fired as a reporter because the media house felt she was not beautiful enough to appear on screen, but today she is the goddess of the screen.

The issue of graduating half- baked youths who still have difficulties reading and writing can be curtailed when special and well equipped specialized schools are erected by the government at affordable cost. This will make life better for the academically challenged people from poor homes that can benefit from it. With this, parents will have a wider choice to make for their wards