What Keeps Me Going as a Student.

Good day, people of Hive! Welcome to my blog. Today's topic is from Hive Reachout which says "Giving Up", so let's dive in.

Being a student is not easy at all. Some people have this mentality that being a student means enjoyment and that students won’t be facing any problems, which to me is a lie. Being a student comes with both advantages and disadvantages.

As students, we have all encountered situations where we felt like giving up. And as a matter of fact, we are all facing different challenges in school. What I am facing as a student is different from what other students are facing. There are times I want to give up as a student, but something in my heart always reminds me to keep going because what’s the essence of giving up after all the struggles and challenges I have faced?

There are days I don’t feel like going to school, especially on Thursdays, because one of my course lecturers doesn’t know how to teach. Sometimes when he is teaching or explaining, understanding him is a problem because it feels like he’s speaking another language. And I’m not the only one facing this problem with the lecturer.

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The worst moment when I wanted to give up in school was when I woke up one morning and heard from our course rep on our platform that we were having an impromptu test. Especially when you are not fully prepared, it always provokes me. Although it’s not like I don’t read, I always revise my books after coming back from school—though not every time but I still believe it’s important for lecturers to at least give us a heads-up: “On such-and-such day and time, you will be having my test, so prepare for it,” rather than giving us an unannounced test.

I can never forget this day. It was last semester when I had five tests out of the nine courses I was offering in a week. Two were on Monday, while the remaining three were on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The two I had on Monday went well, including the Wednesday and Thursday ones, but the Friday one was the worst because I didn’t know why the book wasn’t sticking in my head. I tried to understand, but it was as if there was a spirit making me forget and not understand what I was reading. I sat on my bed thinking to myself, Why is it that this book is not sticking?

Apart from reading for tests and exams, I have to wake up early in the morning because I want to meet up with my morning classes. Not only that, but finding a shuttle to take me to school is also a problem.

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Then I remember that I have to keep moving because I want to make my sisters proud. They are the ones paying my and my brother’s school fees, and I know it’s not easy at all. Like my sisters always say especially my third eldest sister, "Tosin, You have to come out with good grades if you really want to secure a good and better job. Don’t use your education to play; always focus and face your studies.” Because of her words and how my other sisters always remind me of the importance of education, I keep pushing and trying to make them proud.

Another thing that keeps me going is the kind of life I want for myself in the future, a life where I can help my family, travel around the world, and live comfortably. Whenever my school holds convocation and I see those graduating students wearing their gowns, smiling, and taking pictures, I always picture myself in their place and tell myself, I must also graduate and wear that graduation gown one day. That image keeps me going.

On bad days, instead of being moody or angry, I listen to encouraging music to lift my mood. I’ve learned that wanting to give up doesn’t mean we are weak; it just means that, as humans, it’s normal to feel that way sometimes.

In conclusion, now when I look back, I’m glad I didn’t quit. If I had quit school, I would have regretted it because the problems that felt so heavy at the time slowly passed. And I realised that if I could survive those days when I wanted to quit school, I can survive anything school throws at me.

This is my entry for the Hive Student Connect

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