Monday 31 August 2015

Academics missing the point.

"Academic excellence is
overrated! I said it. Being top of your class does
not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the
top of life. You could graduate as the best
student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will
make more money than everybody else. The best
graduating Law student does not necessarily
become the best lawyer. The fact is life requires
more than the ability to understand a concept,
memorise it and reproduce it in an exam. School
rewards people for their memory.Look at it this way,Isaac Newton,Einstein, Picasso,the Wright brothers . . .the list goes on and on...all the people who have achieved greatness by making new discoveries all put their creativity to test! They believed in their thoughts and ideas so much that they actually became the reality we know today.  Life rewards
people for their imagination. School rewards
caution, life rewards daring. School hails those
who live by the rules. Life exalts those who break
the rules and set new ones. So do I mean people
shouldn't study hard in school? Oh, no, you
should. But don't sacrifice every other thing on
the altar of First Class. Don't limit yourself to the
classroom. Do something practical. Take a
leadership position. Start a business and fail.
That's a better Entrepreneurship 101.Join or start
a club. Contest an election and lose. It will teach
you something Political Science 101 will not teach
you. Attend a seminar. Read books outside the
scope of your course. Go on
missions and win a soul for eternal rewards... Do
something you believe in! Think less of becoming
an excellent student but think more of becoming
an excellent person. Make the world your
classroom.
Step forward try politics, try business, try an extra
thing great person.