Just as it was everyone’s wish to get 400 marks and
above in KCPE and score an A in KCSE, it’s still everyone’s desire to get a
First Class in campus. This is everyone’s desire when joining the university
but as time goes by most students lose their dreams and settle for anything
else .This happens because of the following major reasons:
1 Misleading
information they get from the continuing students.
As first years report to campus, they promise their
parents they will go back home with a First Class honors. This changes
immediately they start interacting with continuing students. They are told that
lecturers never mark cats or exams, how “mwakenya” is the only way of passing
difficult courses and many other false myths. This makes the first years to not
see the need for serious studying.
2 Peer influence
When you are surrounded by friends who are enemies
with the Margret Thatcher Library, he or she is bound to loathe her too. It’s
easy to see a comrade from the countryside wasting his/her life at the drinking
dens in the company of a minister’s son for instance. Having fun once in a
while is not bad but making a habit of it is suicidal
3 The
“Mwakenya” thing
This is another contributor of failure as students
concentrate more on ‘mwaks’ and fails to pay attention to the studies. A
student wastes a whole night scribbling on that tiny piece of paper instead of
reading and understanding the lecturers notes.
Every body has a dream of getting first class but it is unfortunate that few individuals manage to secure the position
ReplyDeleteWhen in first year first class was the priority but as years goes by people change their minds especially when things get tougher
ReplyDeleteBut keep on moving don't lose hope
ReplyDeletefirst year first class, second year second class upper division, third year second class lower division, fourth year a degree is just a degree
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