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The day I became a man was when I realized that I couldn’t become the dream I had as a child. Which was to become a renowned scientist. I remember the day I we were asked what we wanted to be in the future when I was in primary 5 and while all my classmates were saying doctors, lawyers, engineers, I said I wanted to be a scientist and my classmates burst into laughter asking if I had the brain to be what they saw on TV. I was a bit embarrassed, but it was something I really wanted to do at that time.I remember how their laughter only motivated me to want to become what they laughed at.

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Along the way I found a love for geography because of my geography teacher in SS2. That teacher taught me so well that to date I have never forgotten the thighs he taught me. I wrote my SSCE examinations without reading for geography, I even wrote my jamb scoring 97 in geography without reading, that was how I found the subject that brought out my strength and I was ready to pursue it with everything I got until life happened to me when I was about entering the higher institution. It was funny how all the schools I applied for were only giving me engineering Courses both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria.

I turned down up to 9 different institutions, four offered me petroleum engineering, two offered me engineering geology, one offered me geotechnical engineering, and the remaining ones offered me chemical engineering. After turning them down and wasn’t able to travel abroad, my parents became worried because they didn't want me to stay at home while my mates went to school and that was when my mum suggested I do computer science while I wait to switch to my preferred course. I went for computer science, but was offered computer engineering instead and I decided to accept it. Maybe it was God’s leading all the way and that is how I became a computer engineer.

THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO SCIFI CONTEST PROMPT FOR WEEK 18