One of the most important gifts in life is having the ability to learn new things, unlearn those things we think are no more valid and relearn those concepts we've forgotten or need to improve on.
The earlier part of this year's academic session began with me delivering a seminar to university student in various academic levels ranging from first year to those in their finals.
This is an annual program we organize for University students, especially those just entering into the university environment and bewildered by the new environment coupled with large amount of course work to carry all along. This yearly event was necessitated by the unending complains I get from most university students especially the ones we refer to as freshers.
As someone that was once a fresher, I understand what it is like trying to navigate through this overwhelming environment, being bombarded with new concepts from lectures, and having unending projects from which one doesn't even have a head start.
In my discussion with them, I tried to discuss how one can read effectively, maintain academic balance and still be relevant in other aspects of life and in the society.
Most of the lessons I drew from during the course of our discussions was from experiences I had in third year when writing my professional exam, an exam we refer to as 2nd MBBS or 2nd professional exam for medical students.
Although I'm currently in 5th year I can't still forget the lessons of that period 馃檪. those lessons are part of what has helped me thus far through medical school and has given me what I can call a smooth sail so far.
Defining your purpose in school
Talking about purpose, everyone is born with a purpose. That's true, but that's not what I'm talking about. Alot of people define purpose as that particular thing which you were created to fulfill throughout your life time on earth. Well, that may be true as well. I also add that at different places and in different environments our purposes get modified or drift at some point. What I mean is this, we all have a purpose to fulfill at every point in time in our lives, and in every environment we find ourselves. But still in all purpose is about being better than you are, improving your life as the day go by and improving the lives of others as well.
As a student you should be able to first define your purpose. I.e the reason you are in school. Maybe we'll talk about purpose another day because this is not a post about purpose.
While coming into school as a fresh medical student, I had alot of positive energy, I just wanted to read, pass my courses and be one of the best in the class 馃榿
That's the kind of purpose alot of students have while coming into campus. Someone might even argue what else then 馃槄
How about now 馃
Well currently for me, schooling is just one aspect of my life. It doesn't have to be everything. I love to attend seminars, leadership conferences and summits, I needed to develop a tech skill, and I also love to go for missions and outreaches. I could still be a student and be alot of other things. I really wanted to be relevant in the society. This was what I wanted when coming into school. Well I discovered the university environment was a bit different and I would barely have had the time for all this if I didn't plan my life and get my priorities right as a student.
Steps I took that helped me scale through.
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You probably might have experienced a failure or some failures in the past, don't allow that to discourage you. Like I said, purpose is about improving ourselves and improving the lives of others on a daily basis in every environment we find ourselves.
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