CAREERS, CAREERS...... YOU GUYS KNOW THAT NO ONE DREAMS TO BE A CLEANER OR BUS DRIVER OR MALUKULA OR BUS CONDUCTOR.....RIGHT? WHEN WE STARTED SCHOOL, WE ALL WANTED TO BE ENGINEERS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, ACCOUNTANT........ WHY DID WE NOT BECOME WHAT WE WANTED? ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE BECAME WHAT THEY WANTED TO BECOME. THERE ARE BASICALLY 3 REASONS WHY PEOPLE DONT BECOME WHAT THEY HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BECOME. 1. GRADES OR PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL 2. LACK OF FINANCES 3. ONES LIFE STYLE OR CHANGE OF CAREER CHOICES, LACK OF FOCUSS ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE IS LIVING IN A COMMUNITY WHICH IS NOT INSPIRING. NUMBER 1 IS THE MAJOR CAUSE. TO BECOME A DOCTOR OR ANY OF THE HIGHER CAREERS I HAVE MENTIONED ABOVE REQUIRES THAT ONE PERFORM HIGHLY AT SCHOOL. THESE CAREERS ARE ON DEMAND DUE TO THE PERCEVED ASSURED GOOD LIFE THAT COME WITH THEM ONCE COMPLETED. 2. LACK OF FINANCES, THIS IS WHERE I FALL. WHEN RESULTS FOR GRADE 12 CAME OUT IN 1997, I WAS SELECTED TO GO AND STUDY AT UNZA BUT I NEVER WENT, INSTEAD I WENT TO LILAYI POLICE COLLEGE. MY DAD DIED IN 1996 WHEN I WAS IN GRADE 12, FORTUNATELY, HE HAD ALREADY CLEARED MY TUITIONS FEES BEFORE HE PASSED ON. WHEN I WAS ACCEPTED, I KNEW I WAS NOT GOING TO GO BECAUSE MUM EVEN FAILED TO PAY FOR MY SISTER TO START SECONDARY SCHOOL IN GRADE 8 WHAT MORE ME AT UNZA? EVEN 25% IS BIG FOR SOME PEOPLE. I DECIDED TO JOIN POLICE NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO BUT BECAUSE LIFE WAS HARD. WITH MY JOB AS A COP, I MANAGED TO TAKE MY SISTER BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER SHE STAYED HOME FOR THE WHOLE YEAR WITH NOTHING TO DO, I EVEN EXTENDED TO MY OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IT TOOK SERIOUS FIGHTING WITH THE POLICE COMMAND TO GIVE ME SPONSORED STUDY LEAVE TO GO TO UNZA AFTER WORKING FOR 3 YEARS, MY OFFICER-IN-CHARGE GAVE ME HELL, IWE MBEWE, IBALAKO CHABE IVO VA SUKULU, POLICE NA SUKULU SIVIYENDELANA, UFUNA CHABE UKAPUNZILA UKATABE. INE PANO BOSS WAKO NILIBE DEGREE KOMA IWE UFUNA UNKALE NAO, UFUNA UNIPOKE OFFICE?! I HAD TO APPROACH THE SECRETARY TO THE IG TO HELP ME TALK TO THE IG. BY THEN THE POLICE HAD STARTED WITH POLICE REFORMS AND MR NDHLOVU LIKED OFFICERS WHO TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL. MY OFFICER IN CHARGE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE MY FILE ON HIS DESK INSTRUCTING HIM TO SIGN IT TO ALLOW ME TO GO TO UNZA....ANADABWA MUDALA KUONA MONGA NIVAKUBANTU. ANOTHER EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE IS A FRIEND AND FORMER CLASSMATE AT MATERO BOYS WHO IS A BUS DRIVER. THE GUY GOT 10 POINTS (10 POINTS IN 1996 WAS LIKE 6 POINTS OF TODAY), HE FOUND HIMSELF IN MY SITUATION WHERE HIS FATHER DIED WHILE AT SCHOOL AND MOTHER 100% HOUSE WIFE. BUT AN INTELLIGENT PERSON IS AN INTELLIGENT, THIS BUS DRIVER FRIEND HAS SPONSORED 2 OF HIS BROTHERS AT UNZA AND HES GOT A FAMILY DOING FINE. BEFORE I PROCEED TO NUMBER 3, IS THERE ANYONE WHO DID NOT BECOME WHAT THEY WANTED BECAUSE OF EITHER 1 OR 2 OR BOTH?
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:07:14 +0000
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