No amount of “formal classroom based schooling” at ANY levels in the BEST (whatever that means) learning institutions in the WORLD, can compare to QUALITY time spent gaining real world relevant hands-on experience in any field of endeavor.
This is why students are asked to go on INTERNSHIPS, or INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT etc.
You need to take what you have been taught in the controlled environment of your learning institution, and make diligent conscious effort to put it to PRODUCTIVE use in the REAL WORLD you intend to apply it once your learning is completed.
MANY MANY MANY people fail to understand this, and that’s why even when they are truly gifted, academically and otherwise, they enter society and literally struggle to achieve the full potential that EVERYONE knows they have.
This is however often not entirely the fault of the affected individuals. Instead it’s due to the way society trains us to think.
We leave the most important things for LAST.
The most successful lawyer in court when everyone graduates, may not have been the best in school work.
Indeed we have notable examples that prove this here in Nigeria, and elsewhere – in various fields!
Which brings me to the point I wish to make:
As parents, if we love our kids and want them to truly succeed, we MUST go out of our way to EXPOSE them to real world experiences.
We must challenge them to connect with their environment by engaging in activities that will help them develop the needed awareness and emotional intelligence to take what they learn and use it to achieve their goals, regardless of what LIFE may throw at them.
Are you doing that for YOUR kids yet???
If not, NOW is the time to start. Your kids will thank you for it later. Today’s world demands it – book knowledge alone, will NOT be enough for lasting authentic success in or out of paid employment – especially OUT of paid employment.
When you consider that decent jobs are getting fewer and harder to win, it only makes sense to prepare one’s offspring for the possibility that they may have to work for themselves.
If that’s to happen successfully, they will need bucket loads of REAL WORLD experience under their belts.
PLEASE give it to them now, so they can make the best use of it as they grow!
Photo: My 3 sons pose for a photo with the musician – Beautiful Nubia – just after completing their 3 hour FREE Music Workshop session at his EniObanke Arts Centre at the Ikeja-GRA premises.
They were taught rudiments of percussion (agogo, shekere, etc.), talking drum, rhythm guitar, bass guitar etc by experienced musicians and teachers.
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Studying Music Can Make Your Child Achieve More Success
