YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS AAU STUDENT WROTE ABOUT HIMSELF ON GRADUATION

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So here I am! Between four years it took, I’m leaving
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
Where to from here? The answer to that question is as
varied as the students who make up this year’s Religious
Management and Cultural Studies, graduating class.
Many of us know or claim to know exactly the next step to
take, whether that step is to go for internship, a fulltime job,
or even a backpacking trip through Europe. I am ready to
join the workforce, educated and prepared. I am excited!.
The big thing about University is learning about yourself,
and many of us will leave our majors with some vague idea
of the job we’d like to get or business we’d like to start, but
nothing more.
Whatever we decide, most of us will agree that Ambrose Alli
University, Ekpoma, was a perfect place to foster our minds
and bodies in this critical learning phase.
The same can be said of our wonderful university. I’m a
totally different person than I was coming in as a freshman
four years ago. I hope I’m also a better one. I’ve learned so
much about —my field, my interests, myself, and so on—I
feel like, were I to go back in time, my younger self
wouldn’t even recognize me! I can only hope this passion
for learning carries over. I suppose reallife experience will
teach me a lot either way.
The biggest thing I learned—and again, is that we only get
one trip around this rock, so we might as well enjoy it. You
have to find a balance between work school and fun. “All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” It’s not just a
quote from a movie; it’s the truth. A wellrounded person is
someone who knows a little bit about every topic his or her
friends discuss, and an interesting person can take that info
and have a conversation about it, even if his or her
knowledge is lacking.
To everyone who touched my live, I say thank you. To my
Mother and family member who stood by me no matter
what. To lecturers who tried to instill in me a passion for
learning. To advisers who helped us decide what path to
take. To friends who were there for weekend hang- out,
parties, study sessions, and everything in between. And to
all those others we depend on. Without you—without each
other—there would be no purpose to being here, no way to
advance. Life, like society, is exactly what we make of it.
Thanks to all the loving, kind people I’ve met during my
time in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, my concerns
about both life and society are much smaller. If even half
the people I encounter after I leave here are anything like
my Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma cohorts, I know I’ll
have nothing to worry about.
And so, I’m sure I will remember my school days—clearly
for the rest of my life.
Sincerely, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you all.
KELVIN
EROMOSELE OMOIJADE. Department of Religious
Management and Cultural Studies. Faculty of Arts.
Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma. Class of 2016{Unlimited
Blessings}
source: nairaland