THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF THE STATUS QUO… I have been told by my personal person that I’m quite a good writer…and I have always wanted to start a blog anyway. So adey try. Not here to step on any toes. I’m just expressing my opinions. There is something going on in society that I’m still trying to wrap my head around. It’s the status quo. I have a question, “so don’t we get tired of the same thing all the time every time anytime?” What happened to versatility? What happened to diversity? What happened to unconventional? Granted, there are some heroes and heroines, a few I must say who have braved the restrictions and limitations of dear status quo, which from henceforth I shall refer to in the 2nd person. I must confess though that I used to be an avid supporter of status quo, until I decided that there was something beyond the mountain. Hihihihi…Aberg don’t ask me which mountain. I just dey wan try spice up my writing. I started reading more, actually listened to different points of view. I was quite fortunate to have met a few of such heroes/heroines that status quo decides to refer to as crazy. It has been such a liberating journey. So what am I driving at? Let me start with the educational system of our dear motherland. Why is it that in recent times, after your first degree it is deemed mandatory to do a master’s degree? It also seems like recruitment for job positions in Ghana are more inclined to consider those with a ‘higher degree’. Of course, education di33 3y3. But when everything is more theorized than practical? Even the masters kraa theory soorr, then what is the point? Scores of “ayoungees” are churned out of higher institutes of learning with just book knowledge. I’m a living testimony. Smh. All I’m saying is those who have not had the chance to do this masters some must not be looked down upon also. Experience is found in living, in practice, not in books. They must be given some equal opportunity. Hw3 wonua, nansei aa on the job training aba yi, you can even get more value for your money from a serious ‘unmastered’ student than an unserious ‘mastered’ one. If it’s a personal decision to further your education, much respect. If it’s because everyone is doing it but deep down you know it’s not your calling…3s3 w’ani. One fateful working day, I decided to have oats and a buttered (#blue band tinz) bread roll for lunch. Yessss that is the fante in me. Immediately at once times two, a colleague bursts out, ‘like seriously, oats is for breakfast’… Me; Surprised look. Me in my mind; Err, like seriously, which law and in which constitution here on earth and up above on high states that oats should be eaten only when the cock crows? Preposterous!! Society makes it a breakfast meal. But it does not have to be if you do not want it to be. Simple! Y3 mbr33 y3. Something else…why do Ghanaians in general use the ability to pound fufu as a benchmark for ‘wife material.’ So if a woman is everything wife-ish; can cook you name it, can take care of the home, can nurture children, can be the support and helpmate God has ordained her to be, yet lacks the requisite skills to pound and drive a resultant quasi tasty ball of starch hence she no be ‘correct’ woman, then massa, nsem wor world w’ate! Before I pen-off here, one more thing. Hehehehe. Weddings! I mean why do you necessarily have to wear a white dress/gown? Almost every woman wants to wear white on their big day (except a few; the heroines) because society says white represents purity n virginity bla bla bla…and a bla! And sooo?? I think white is boring. And everyone is doing it. Did u know po that wedding dresses in the18th century were originally red? And some in other bold colours? Especially in the eastern cultures. It’s in the 19th Century that Queen Victoria of England, abi you nor am, decided to break the norm and use white because it depicted elitism. Thus once the queen had done it, it was deemed the order of the day and has been till now. I have seen a few brides recently who refused to do white and did other colours and still looked as gorgeous as ever. Now that’s what I’m talking about. Oh and you can trust that yours truly will most assuredly not do a white gown when my time is nigh. I can already hear the vehement voices of disapproval but that shall be my back case. It’s a free world. You and no one else possess the key to your happiness. Sometimes what you’re afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free. Dalai Lamai won my heart with this quote ‘know the rules well so you can break them effectively’. Pretty much sums up my message. Be the change you want to see in the world ~ Mahatma Gandhi. You are beautifully you. I am beautifully me. You don’t have to do what everyone is doing. Dear Status quo, stop being boring wai. Go get yourself some sobolo on the rocks featuring polo and loosen up. by. carlyne abaka-sampson
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:29:16 +0000
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