what lies in true courage-

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Well, this may be my last assignment by my English teacher. After this, i am not sure whether i will still continue blogging, probably not, but i hope that you will bear with it for a while as i ensure you that it will be short and sweet, this last assignment.
Well, this topic i selected is paper qualifications. Most students claim that they go to school to acquire knowledge but if one probes deeper, one will realise that knowledge is not what we students want, but paper qualifications. Parents and teachers continue to propagate the importance of paper qualifications. They predict the fire consequences that will befall the student should they leave the school without proper certificates.

To me, paper qualifications open doors to greater and better opportunites.It have been proven that in all developed countries, a college degree is a guarantee towards a better job, a better pay and a better lifestyle. As such, one must take the claims that paper qualifications are not important with a pinch of salt. For example, when employers select candidates for jobs, the only gauge that they can objectively use to assess their candidates is their school results. Anyone or everyone can claims that they are very hardworking and very well-discplined.The only evidence is their school results.
A student who does well consistently in school is most likely disciplined and hardworking. A failure who consistently flunks his exams can be said to be unbothered. As such, employers look favourably to those who have good results as they have a better impression of them. And that they are most likely given a chance or opportunity to prove themselves.
It is not that those who have good results are academically-inclined. The only difference that separates the former and the latter and that the latter has persisted despite the lack of talent. It still boils down to your own work. You can decide your own fate, that’s why parents press us to study hard while we can if not we will regret it sooner or later and when that happens, it will all be too late. So long, but before i go, this is my final advice to you, study hard while you can and don’t procrastinate.

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