Words 4 You From Qhub Africa

Why have we marginalized African students so much, especially at the tertiary level? Their central pain point is acquiring new knowledge (specialized), and internalizing this knowledge well enough so that when they are asked in an exam or test, they are able to communicate this knowledge back clearly and concisely to earn themselves good grades and graduate ‘colorfully’. But we don’t create solutions to help make this focal pain point easy for them rather we have abandoned them to be ravaged and ‘figure shit out by themselves’ meanwhile; we focus our energies on creating technologies that make our marketplace more in sync with the global marketplace while we neglect our future Africans to wallow and be submerged in failures after failure until their innate power is lost to self-doubt and they are pushed to embrace mediocrity as their best bet. Let me put this in a more practical context; the girl that would spearhead the first all-African moon landing is probably somewhere in a unive...

  Am I a Cabin Biscuit…? So, I had a thing for Dr. Stare (pseudonym) We all have that friend who gets excited about the weirdest things and finds amazement in the little things. Wait let me give examples; she will sit and meticulously watch kids create paper toys with deep admiration, she has an indescribable attraction to deep intelligence and excellence, and your choice of vocabulary around her lands you in the classification of ‘Friend able’ and ‘The Others’, astonishingly she says “It is not about the sophisticated choice of words but about the uncommon use of words”. The round-up is that this friend is weird but you love them anyway. Yep! That’s me. It turns out I have some similarities with your friend and I have opened with this to gist you about Dr. Stare my 300-level lecturer. I’ve been described severally as a hopeless romantic. That is, my condition when it comes to romance is ghastly hopeless, there’s literally no hope for hope. I fall anyhow, anytime, and with anyt...

My friend and I Molawa attended Uni together and to this day we will always chat about the difficult times we had at Uni I will briefly share one of such difficult times with you in this short article. To start with, we attended one of the Ivy League private Unis in the country so there were a lot of demands; socially, academically, morally, spiritually, economically, and all other types of ‘allies’.  Despite all the pressures and distractions our major pain point like with any real university student was achieving good grades at the end of every semester, and this was a big struggle for us, not because our course of study was difficult like Physics or any type of engineering, neither is it in the same difficulty level as Economics or Accounting or Business Administration. It was a course that studies the human mind but unlike many of our colleagues our minds were absent from many of the classes hence very little was clear about the modules and no questions were asked. A little bac...

  Hi there, I'm Babafemi, an Industrial Physics 3rd-year student, and like you, I dread examinations. The wicked anxiety I feel before and after each exam makes examination time my least favorite time in school. This anxiety often affected my performance at least until I discovered the solution that worked for me last semester I call it the PQCS, short for Past Questions, Community, and Scheduling. This is how it works; I practice a lot of past questions and sometimes simulate examination situations by adhering to a strict start and finish time. I connect with a community of students and subject experts to share relevant information about each subject and finally, I subscribe to an intelligent individual and group study schedule this means that I study at my peak time with little or no distractions.   I honestly feel better about exams, but they are still my least favorite school activities.   I wish everyone having exams all the best... be relaxed it’s never th...

School Sucks You Know What Sucks More Not Being Prepared For An Exam! Why does schooling have to be so damn hard, who invented tests and examinations, I hope they are happy wherever they are right now. Whoever thought it was such a genius idea to create formalized education and school, in general, should be criminalized I hate school, and exams suck. Until I remember that my favorite people in the world asides from my family, School brought them into my life and education is the prescribed pathway to achieve my mechanical engineering dream. So, at the end of the day, I must like school; however, I detest the stress of studying in preparation for exams and tests. Studying can be so challenging scrap that study is challenging (all facts), There are so many formulas to remember, and so many difficult concepts to understand, you don’t even know what topics the exams or tests would focus on. All these can drive a student crazy This was my situation until my 3 rd year in Uni when I disc...

  This is Why You Cram And How To Do Better   Hi, so have you ever been in a situation where you know you ought to be reading but you are out strolling with friends or “the friend” or scrolling through IG (this is the most common), and there are certain times when you know you need some rest from the long hours of reading you have done but you can’t keep your eyes away from the book.   We all at some point in our studies have experienced both of these situations The reason for these polarized states is what psychologists basal ganglia ; it is an internal situation in our brains where we vote on what the next point of action should be at a particular time. Perhaps one part of your brain wants to study, another wants to scroll through social media, another wants to have a snack, another wants to sleep, etc. In the end, the basal ganglia only let one of these options through, based on how strongly that option has been activated.  The activation choice/option is bi...

  A few days before you start University, you may start getting really nervous. Are you doing the right course? Have you got enough money for books? Will you get along with your new roommates? These are all valid worries, but there's no need to worry too much just yet. Remember - you've worked hard to get to this stage, and you're as ready as you can be! However, there are a few things you can do to ensure that you get off on the right foot (or should that be footies?) in your new school. Here are some tips to help you get ahead at university and make the most of your time there:   Tip 1: Get to know your lecturers early on   Of course, you're not going to get to know everyone on your course on the first day. However, it's always best to meet and get to know your lecturers as soon as you can. Not only will this help you to get to know them better, but it will also help you to stand out a bit among your peers, not just that it would also help you understand t...