I also got this write-up from a friend, and I love to share it here. Some of these issues are what I have tried to explain to my fellow youth in the past, but not so many people see the reason in it. I thank God I have someone who is reason in line with my thought now. so I feel it worth sharing, and I hope someone will learn a grate lesson here.
If you are a young African, you must listen to this message!!! Your academic education does not guarantee you life's comforts.
The days are now gone forever. The economy doesn't reflect skills in education. You assume well if I learn such and such which is harder than not learning it then I should get paid X amount. Wrong my friend!!! The problem is it doesn't matter how cool your skill is, if it isn't needed then it doesn't make money and you don't get a job. For example, there is no manufacturing in Nigeria. There are way too many lawyers, too many academics, etc. Knowledge does not equate to success or economics. That is one of the biggest myths in our society that-wealth comes from schooling and work. Wealth comes from work. Work doesn't come from schooling, it comes from a demand for it. It comes from a demand for the skill set and not everything academic translates to selling products.
For example you knowing history doesn't benefit someone else. Sure its vital, it is important in the long run that someone know history, but it doesn't have an immediate turn over monetarily. Does it help you understand politics, economics, culture etc sure, but that all has abstract value not monetary value. Can you smile and sell people food on a registrar? Well then that has a daily certain monetary value. People eat everyday. Education although it should be important and it is in its own right, does not reflect the needs of the consumerist society.
Being willing to work hard won't matter unless there is a place for you to work hard. If you look good you can make money as a stripper than teaching physics. Most of the economy isn't even tied to "work" at all. The majority of the money is all in "speculation" AKA gambling, making money from having money. And this is why the capital isn't out there to float more industries for more professional jobs and a higher quality of life across the board.
Go to college to learn about the world and personally enrich yourself, or to socialize. Do not go to college as a stepping stone into the job market because it won't work. Odds are, you'll just be in debt and know a bunch of stuff than no one cares about and half wouldn't even understand. When you do get a job after college its not because you went to college its because you stopped going to college and had to get a job and you will get it the same way you would have had you not gone to school. You get it for being able to do what you're told.
I would like to get rid of speculators completely. Money should be made by producing something or doing something tangible. I think if we could tax churches and close the stock market for a 2 months, we'd be the wealthiest nation in the world. And that's my two cents on that.
Just imagine if telling the truth paid. Make it happen and more of us would be doing that. But no, we work other jobs and do this second job for moral reasons at our own detriment. That's why people ask for donations, the corporate sponsors are not coming, not ever.
I could make more money from a book about wizards than I ever could from writing philosophy. That's the world we live in. Money is tied to the will of the lowest common denominator.
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