Dear Student
It is wonderful that you are getting an education.
While you get educated, make sure that you also get learned. Education will only get you so far but learning will take you so much farther.
Having knowledge is good but being able to apply the knowledge appropriately is better; and yet there is still a more excellent way — connecting the knowledge dots to create something meaningful not only for yourself but for others too.
While the education you are getting is a part of the foundation, the real magic is in finding your way to build the rest of the skyscraper.
There is a purpose to your getting an education. You are not learning Science only to pass and go on to High School, neither are you doing Maths just so you can be counted among those that went through it and came out the other end with alive. No.
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For one, you are learning so that you can solve problems. Solve problems as a Teacher, a Nurse, a Doctor, a Scientist, an entrepreneur or whatever path you choose. You are the means to meeting a need somewhere somehow. You may not understand why you need to solve for x right now, hopefully it will all make better sense when you have to solve real life equations.
Don’t let the books teach you what to think; rather learn how to think. Knowing what to think may get you through the education system with flying colours but if you do not know how to think then you’re a perpetrator of intellectual suicide.
The world is ever changing, you do well to position your mind for adaptability. Long after the days of Charles Darwin, the world continues to change and evolve; survival is still reserved for the most adaptable.
Test scores do not define you so don’t build your whole life around these. Define who you are and decide who you want to be in spite of your grades.
That said, do work hard and work smart. Also have fun and enjoy every season of life you’re in.
It’s never too early to dream. Dream and do it big; the entire world is your oyster — all yours for the taking if you will step up to the challenge. Stop at nothing in the pursuit of your dreams; don’t go home until you’ve gone big — whatever that looks like for you. You can be what you want to be. You got this. Now go!
Yours sincerely,
Awaiting your manifestation
