12 Reasons Why Dropping Out in My Final Year as a Nigerian University Student is Looking Like a Good Idea

Weird title, I know. But then, it’s all that has been on my mind since I resumed this semester. Sometimes, I feel like I’m in my limbo, going through the motions but it’s seriously exhausting.

School. Is. Stress.

School. In. Nigeria. Is. Extra. Stress.

Students around the world will agree that the struggle is real but then, students in Nigeria, especially in Federal schools know and understand that the struggle is more real. So, I came up with a few reasons why dropping out of school in my final year at a Nigerian University is looking like a good idea.

P.S. Don’t judge my reasons. I’m currently writing this with a truckload of assignments and a depleted bank account; I’m not exactly in my best moments.

1. This Final Year is Not Making Me Money

You know this. Nobody is giving me money for waking early, dressing up, going to classes, making notes, and all that school nonsense. Nobody is paying me for staying up doing assignments that add no obvious value to my life. Nobody is paying me for all this work!

I think we should seriously consider putting kids in school on a monthly salary, or a weekly wage at least, asides from the regular allowance. School is honestly too much work and there should be compensation for it…something to look forward to. And I’m not talking about the certificate, nobody cares about that one. Well, some people do but you see, the majority determine the tide and most people do not.

2. It’s Not Looking Like It Will Make Me Money in the Future

See, I live in Nigeria. For a bit of context, your certificate doesn’t mean much in this clime. If you like, study Microbiology and wear a lab coat for six years, Nigeria says you might still end up in the customer service department of First Bank. It’s nothing personal, it’s just how the country works. So, you see, all this stress might be for nothing and that is the part that is paining me. Every time I think about how low Nigeria rates me and my certificate, it just makes my heart constrict. So if all this stress will not guarantee me some cool mint notes in the future, then why am I doing it? Why am I being slaved in the name of education if it won’t ever bring me money?

3. It’s Taking Me Away From the Things That Will Make Me Money

I registered for a few classes, online training sessions, and a few courses, ready to set my life in motion. But then, we were called back to school and everything had to be put on hold. It is still on hold right now because the only free time I can salvage in between running to class and drowning in assignments is only enough for bathing. I’m not even lying. I started a few ventures that looked promising during the lockdown, but now that school has resumed, I can’t even focus on anything else. So, this school is basically telling me that, ‘I won’t give you money and I won’t let you make any either.’ Who did I offend?

4. My President Said Rearing Cattle and Farming is the Fastest Way Out of Being Useless

As it is now, I’m dragging citizenship with cows in my own country. See, I’m not even stressing because God forbid these Fulani herdsmen find me and chop my fingers off for blaspheming against their oh-so-sacred cows. But my argument is this: since His Excellency has said that Nigerian youths should focus on farming and focus on investing in cattle, what am I still doing in school? Why is school still in session? Someone, please sign me up for the next hoeing-and-rearing session. It shouldn’t be as hard to comprehend as Bloomfieldian grammar.

5. My Account Balance is Crimson

“Dr Amt:NGN20,000.00

AC: **1234″

DESC: QR Q1234567 Trf To R

DT: 06/02/21 17:05

BAL: NGN20.64″

Debit alert upon debit alert on top another debit alert. That’s all I’m seeing in this school. Everywhere I turn, there’s a debit alert waiting for me. I believe my bank has automated my debit alerts at this point because I don’t even understand the consistency anymore. How much should education cost? My life? My peace? My happiness? And my net worth? Isn’t that too much of a price for something that won’t even matter in heaven? I can’t even put chicken in my stew again. Na wa o.

6. I’m Always Hungry

One minute, I’m stuffing gala in my mouth. The next minute, I’m looking for crackers to munch. Still, when I enter the class, it feels like I haven’t eaten for days. Maybe it’s the energy-sucking environment or just the knowledge the lecturer is trying to cramp into my head that makes my stomach growl unprovoked. Whatever it is, I know it’s this school that caused it. When I was home, my stomach didn’t have this bad character. She was so respectful, and quiet. Now, the painful part is that I’m getting fat amid trials and tribulations. Plus, food is crazy expensive now. Lol. I have one question. Why?

7. My School Wants to Cramp Two Academic Sessions in One Year

During the 2020 stiff lockdown, we couldn’t get anything done online. Why? We simply did not have the tools for it and there wasn’t enough time to plan for it either. Still, that is not enough justification for cramping two academic sessions in one year. I mean, there’s only so much one brain can take. Because they couldn’t just cancel the 2020 academic session like sweet, considerate administrators, they made this unhealthy resolution. You too, analyze this thing. What would have taken two full years, is how taking one. Check it; is it not wickedness?

8. My Brain is Not Collecting Anything Again

Please, if you have a brain that you’re not using again, borrow me. Because my own is tired and she is keeping malice with me. She said she’s not collecting or storing anything again. I’ve begged and begged but she said no. I showed her all my assignments and my exam timetable but she said no. All she wants to see now is Tik Tok videos. I’m thinking of relieving her of her duties but then, I’ll need a replacement. So, if you have a brain you’re not using again, borrow me, I’ll return with plenty of UNNECESSARY information. Please treat it as urgent.

9. They Said BTC is Greater Than BSC

I’m not the one that said it o, but other people have been saying that BTC is better than BSC. We called BTC and BSC to defend themselves and give strong reasons why they should be declared greater than the other. Bitcoin gave some really strong reasons, with charts, PowerPoint slides, a huge file filled with testimonies, and a large truck of new, minted dollars in a bullion van. BSC, on the other hand, was very eloquent. More eloquent than BTC, to be honest. But then, BSC brought a lot of obsolete documents, mentioned a few dead people, and doesn’t even know what PowerPoint is. She came in very old koi-koi shoes and an angry wig (honestly couldn’t look past it). After not-so-serious consideration, we decided that BTC won the case. (The ‘we’ in this case refers to me, myself, and I: prosecutor, defendant, and judge).

10. My Mates are in Their Husbands’ House

Just imagine what life would have been like if we had been born in the time of our grandparents. We would have about four kids by now and our only problem will be deciding if it’s boiled yam, roasted yam, or pounded yam our husbands and kids will have for dinner. I would probably be married to the chief hunter, so he can bring me big meat every day. I would be fat, with hips as wide as the sky. My husband will come home with the meat and I will cook them till they’re tender and we’ll all eat it with peppery palm oil sauce under the moonlight. In the night, my husband will kiss me sweetly and I won’t ever need to find out what madness Caucasians were discovering. I mean, doesn’t it seem like a wonderful life already, filled with a barn of yams and hunting-husbands?

11. School Will Not Take Us to Heaven

Dust you are and unto dust will you return. Your books won’t go with you, neither will those certificates. Jesus doesn’t care if I’m in my final year or if I’m even educated at all. That man loves me just the way I am and he will open the gates of heaven wide for me, with or without a Bachelor’s degree. Why then am I hounded by this thing when it doesn’t even matter in heaven??? Did Abraham have a Bachelor’s degree? No. Yet, he was God’s bestie. I rest my case.

12. Education is Wordly, and Jesus Has Said We Must Do Away With Worldly Things

‘🎼🎤I am a radical girl for Jesus,
‘I am a radical girl for Jesus,
‘I am a radical girl for Jesus,
I am a child of the Lord.🎼‘

I think that sums up my argument. Education is a construct made by the world to pump you with information you do not need and then keep you controlled by that information. Don’t take me too seriously, but still, do.

Now, from an objective perspective, don’t you think these reasons are strong enough to consider dropping this school thing? Or am I the only one considering this thing? Let me know what you think in the comments! Love and Light.♥️😌