Prof. Abletor Sedofia
University of Ghana
Has this to say To
Students and Everyone:
*"Academic excellence is overrated!
*Being top of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of life.
*You could graduate as the best student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will make more money than everybody else.
*The best graduating Law student does not necessarily become the best lawyer.
*The fact is life requires more than the ability to understand a concept,memorize it and reproduce it in an exam.
*School rewards people for their memory. Life rewards people for their imagination.
*School rewards caution, life rewards those who are daring.
*School hails those who live by the rules.
*Life exalts those who break the rules and set new ones.
*So do I mean people shouldn't study hard in school? Oh, no, you should.
*But don't sacrifice every other thing on the altar of First Class.
*Don't limit yourself to the classroom.
*Do something practical.
*Take a leadership position
*Start a business and it's ok if you fail.
*That's a better Entrepreneurship 101
*Join or start a club,Contest an election and lose and its ok if you lose it. It will teach you something Political Science 101 will not teach you.
* Attend seminars Read books outside the scope of your course.
*Go on missions and win a soul for eternal rewards...
*Do something you believe in! Think less of becoming an excellent student but think more of becoming an excellent person in Life
*Make the world your classroom."