We all have desires to break away from our current situations and to leave a mark. Well, that was me; a girl from Emdeni, a place where failure is the order of the day and success is just a myth. I only had one vision in mind which was to turn the myth into a reality. At that time, I had no clue how I was going to achieve my dream. The only thing I had at my disposal was an urge to avoid failure.
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I am an international student and I have been residing in South Africa for the past 5 years with the hope of getting a quality education. Over the past 3 years, I have experienced major financial setbacks as a result of the economic/political crisis in my home country (Angola) which led me to drop out of university.
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You just received your acceptance letter to a higher learning institution, ecstatic to study, but you undoubtedly know that studying is not for the faint-hearted. You are somewhat introverted, a semi-procrastinator and unsure of what it is you want to do after graduation.
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I know that this is not something that is uncommon because many individuals shared their experiences with me. So, where should I start? Could it be at the beginning where I absolutely hated high school? Or the part where I was failing English (to my standard), the subject that I excelled in every other year besides Grade 9? Imagine, Grade 9.
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When I was elected as the Learner Representative Council president, I knew that it would not be an accomplishment I could share with my friends from church, who I was very close to at the time – so I did not. I was becoming well-known at school and my fellow learners called me ‘president’.
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Having been a tutor for three years at university level, I was afforded an opportunity to interact/engage with a lot with students and without a doubt, all of them were different in their own ways.
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People have always been singing endless praises about Cape Town. The first time I went there was on a school trip. We drove around and there was this weirdness about it. How can one group of people live in so much luxury, while others are fighting for mere survival? I am a girl from the township, and I have always known that there was a better life outside of what I had known.
Continue readingAs young people we are told to go to school, get an education so we can get a life, build something for ourselves and those around us. These words tend to leave a lot of young people under pressure, because some more than others are stunned by what getting a life looks like. It would seem that society has a certain standard of what getting a life should look like for those in their 20s or 30s.
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At 32, I never thought I would be writing about my university experience and yet here I am. My path to university was not the conventional route and yet many that read this post would be able to relate.
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Since the year 2020, our education system has been tested and proven to be very much behind. We are experiencing a very difficult time that is questioning us as to how much have we achieved throughout the years of democracy. Has the basic education system failed us? Well, I ask because currently, there are so many students who have passed without really meeting the requirements to pass.
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