Best lessons are not taught in class.

I thought we go to school because the most valuable lessons are taught in the classrooms. Surprisingly, I came to realise that many of the best and valuable lessons I learnt are taught outside the classrooms. That said, considering the course I am studying, we should not discount the credit academic teachers deserve for moulding our YOUNG minds.I am not very old, neither do I have A LOT of experience, but I have come to an age where i can comfortable qualify myself as a young adult. Let me share with you the top 3 lessons I learn outside of the classroom that are most valuable to me!

1) Whatever course you do, they offer all the relevant modules and majors you can think of, but personally, I think the most important one that they missed out is Connection-networking! It is something that cannot be taught in class, yet many intern opportunities, business deals, employment and promotions are depedent on it. Successful people have great connections that provide them with the opportunity to advance in their career! That said, never make friends with an intention. Be genuine in your friendships!

2) The greatest investor of your dreams is your family! I was taught in church to share and confess your dreams to people wisely because the words of others will either make or break you! In school, we flow with the communal belief that we should be popular in school where everyone is literally your friend. However, it gets tricky when it comes to creating your inner circle of close friends. You may share your dreams with your friends, but if you share it with the wrong friends, their sceptical nature may just extinguish all the optimism you stored up to chase your dream. Be wise with who you share your inner circle of friends because the school only teaches us to be a friendly student who is a friend of everybody.

3) This amuses me the most because despite its importance, I was never taught a single lesson on it in school. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE AND FALL IN LOVE? In the United States almost 50% of marriages end up in a divorce and I am sure the rate is increasing elsewhere. As I reflect back, i actually thought that a discussion session on this topic may be interesting, to get a view from the opposite sex! You cant blame me for coming from a boys school. I was in 4-5 relationships(serious) before and some ended well, some ended badly. One thing for sure is that I learnt new lessons about relationships and girls from every single one of those experiences.

I love schools and it is something that I am dedicating myself to study and go into in the near future. I believe that to make a better tomorrow, we should educate today. However, there are so much that is involved in what we call life that not all lessons are taught in class. These lessons can be learnt from our community and our parents. Unfortunately, the cruel reality of life is that there will be some who will miss out on some of these important lessons of life which they have to learn the hard way...

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