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CALLED TO EXCEL: ACADEMICS WITH WUNMI

Posted on June 23, 2016     1 Comment

Hello there,

It’s been a while on here….I won’t proceed without elucidating to the readers of this segment the reason why I have been MIA (Missing In Action). On the 4th of June, 2016, I took my marriage vows before God, family and friends *blushing*. Prior to this time, I was super busy with the wedding planning, change of apartments, packing, amongst others *whew*. So please pardon me. God has been sooo amazing! Liftings everywhere!! I return all glory to Him.

So tell me, how have you guys been? How’s studies, work, business? How’s life generally? I hope all is well.

While thinking about how I haven’t been in touch for a while and what to write, one thought dominated my mind, which I consider worth sharing. Took a hiatus in my mind to think of why I started this segment, asking myself what academic excellence really means to me? Why do I consider doing well in academics very important (considering the fact that I didn’t start of as an ‘A’ student)? Having thought of these questions more than once, I got an honest series of answers which I had never paid much attention to until now.
Growing up, I was an average student. By average I mean, provided there was little or no ‘red biro’ in my report sheet and I didn’t have to repeat a class, I was fine with my result. My parents are educated civil servants so I didn’t grow up in a house of ‘scholars’, by scholars I mean like Professor, Medical Doctor, etc. However, my parents invested in my education by getting me lesson teachers whether school was in session or not. At this point I never really understood why I needed to put my best in this thing called academics. I just used to envy the A students back then in secondary school at how ‘lucky’ they were…how ‘easy’ JAMB/Post UME was gonna be for them….I wished to be like them, however, I stopped at wishing…..could not go extra mile because I did not even understand why I needed to be above average….I didn’t stretch myself to be the best but I was stretching my faith for better academic result. What my faith produced was average not best…what that thought me was, God cannot do for us what we are not really desiring. No wonder Bishop Oyedepo said ‘Expectation is the mother of manifestation”, God is not a God of waste. Until we really understand what we want and why we want it, it is unlikely for God to grant our request. Unfortunately, most of us stretch our faith for what we really don’t want (need) yet.
Getting to the University, my goal was not to have any carry over. I really didn’t understand the ‘5pointer concept’…until the first semester result was released… then I saw my classmates having first class GPAs, that moment was very defining for me because then classmates/lecturers selected their friends/ ‘tutors’/protégée. That was just the propelling force I needed, I saw the ‘regard/respect’ accorded to fellow classmates that had exceptional academic performance. From that moment it became forward ever for me and the rest they say is history. Although I didn’t graduate with a first class CGPA, but God helped me make a 4.38 of 5.00. This is why I am always telling any Uni student I come across that first semester of first year in Uni is the determining factor. This might sound cliché but it’s true; it’s a matter of ‘if the foundation be destroyed what can the righteous do?  Read More