What can I do while ASUU are on strike?
Good Morning Sir,
My name is Akanni Q. I have been looking for a blog like yours for a long time. I must commend you and your team for doing a great job. OAU school calendar is giving me problem, I want to add to myself before finishing school, but each time I try, it’s not working out. Most internship openings ask for 3-5 months and we don’t have a stable calendar. We have been at home now for 2 months and seriously tired of not doing more than reading. I wish to take ACCA after school so I can’t do ICAN. Please sir what can I do to add to myself before finishing school?
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Dear Akanni,
Unpalatable as ASUU strike is, you can actually eke out a positive from it. The founders of Jobberman, which is West Africa’s biggest job search platform today, used the opportunity of ASUU strike of 2009 to do something: they started something on the internet; four years down the line, they have been listed by no less a rating body than FORBES as one of Africa’s biggest start-ups. Incidentally, they were also OAU students then.
Jobberman founders – they started during the ASUU strike of 2009 as OAU students. Now the biggest job platform in West Africa
I also experienced one of the longest industrial actions in the history of Nigeria: the OAU internal crisis that rolled into ASUU national strike that condemned us to our homes for 11 months (July 2002 – May 2003). I used the period to study – all kinds of materials, from my school notes (for the next session) to religious and political texts, I was busy reading. I also used the period to work on my writing. In fact, my first article that was published in a national newspaper (Punch, May 9, 2003) was written during that break.
Internship is not the only way of adding to yourself before finishing your undergraduacy. So if you can’t get anywhere to intern, don’t get tired of reading; get notes and materials for next session/semester (if you still have one), finish them over and over again, try to learn new things. If you are in final year, this is an opportunity to read about post-school life, and devise your strategy. Start familiarizing yourself with GMAT and interview tips etc.
All the best.
Jarus
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On point as usual.you don’t disappoint !!!
Thanks bro.
*yawbs* i expected to see anything other than the same academic advice with this educational system who actually finds time to read ahead lol lets be realistic we are still gonna resume to do the same la cram la pour wen the material for the course arriives d strike was unexpeted sef i dint come home with books or much stuff anywaii at this point in time i dont think u shld be giving advices on read educational books what are holiday meant for more sch? well as adding value like u said is ok to start learning something new …. software applications ms office package corel draw photoshop and the likes cld add value application to stores as sales clerk and some little white colla jobs pending wen asuu festival ends vocation train too like hair dressing capentry?wookwork sowing and areas of interest instead of spending huge amonuts of time on tiwtter and facebook and referal links for afficate marketing lol big scam anywai i expected to read a post of the box ….
I beg to disagree with you. He has not finished school, so whether on campus or off-campus, his academics should still top priority. I gave my personal example, of what I used my ASUU-induced break to do; I also mentioned how ASUU strike turned out to be a blessing for Jobberman founders in the same OAU. You could have also added your own, that he should go and learn tailoring or vulcanizing, rather than say the ‘read books’ advice is academic. For me, he is still a student, whether ASUU is on strike or not, academics should still be the priority. He can also consider pursuing some other passion, which is why I mentioned the Jobberman example.
For me,I’m going through my current semester academic materials repeatedly and doing jarushub with my jotting book especially for my life after school. Enough thanks,mr Jarus!
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