What do you mean by olodo uprising? Who are you referring to exactly? Why are you trying to discredit content creators who have little or no education, yet making waves with their talent? That is unfair. Are they the problem of Nigeria?Well, the problem is not about anyone with little or no education making waves; the problem is refusing to admit and allude to the sense that may be in that catchy phrase, even if it does not resonate with the ideology in vogue. Is olodo uprising meant to be an attack against a particular kind? I think not. Even if it appears brash and offensive in a way, its import seems wider in scope than targeting just one individual or clique. If you ask me, it really tugs at the different evidential ills in our education system.Okay, I take that. But is this not name-calling, verbal assault or plain media dragging? No, I don’t see it as such. To me, it’s more of frank feedback for all in society to ruminate on. And what we all do with such feedback may determine future outcomes in the education space, desired or otherwise.Okay, now, tell me, what in the world is olodo? A retard or something? Well, not exactly, as it’s usually not a medical issue. If you attended a public primary school a couple of decades ago, as I did, you wouldn’t want to be labelled as Olodo. It’s the common slang for a no-good, I mean academically and intellectually, someone you would call a dunce or dullard. Anyone who regularly performs poorly in class.Now, I think I am getting it. So, olodo are those who flunk tests and exams in school. I have many of them as classmates now. 75 per cent of students in my class today can’t pass a proper exam on their own except they cheat or are somewhat aided. Should they all be referred to as olodo?Well, you can judge that yourself. We had far fewer such students in my own school days. And they were never spared. From time to time, after a woeful classwork attempt, or test or exam failure, the whole class directed by the teacher would sing in Yoruba to shame them, ‘Olodo rabata, sileti lo o ma lo, o ni lo paper… Shioo’. What a pity back then to be an olodo!What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Well, the problem is not about anyone with little or no education making waves; the problem is refusing to admit and allude to the sense that may be in that catchy phrase, even if it does not resonate with the ideology in vogue. Is olodo uprising meant to be an attack against a particular kind? I think not. Even if it appears brash and offensive in a way, its import seems wider in scope than targeting just one individual or clique. If you ask me, it really tugs at the different evidential ills in our education system.Okay, I take that. But is this not name-calling, verbal assault or plain media dragging? No, I don’t see it as such. To me, it’s more of frank feedback for all in society to ruminate on. And what we all do with such feedback may determine future outcomes in the education space, desired or otherwise.Okay, now, tell me, what in the world is olodo? A retard or something? Well, not exactly, as it’s usually not a medical issue. If you attended a public primary school a couple of decades ago, as I did, you wouldn’t want to be labelled as Olodo. It’s the common slang for a no-good, I mean academically and intellectually, someone you would call a dunce or dullard. Anyone who regularly performs poorly in class.Now, I think I am getting it. So, olodo are those who flunk tests and exams in school. I have many of them as classmates now. 75 per cent of students in my class today can’t pass a proper exam on their own except they cheat or are somewhat aided. Should they all be referred to as olodo?Well, you can judge that yourself. We had far fewer such students in my own school days. And they were never spared. From time to time, after a woeful classwork attempt, or test or exam failure, the whole class directed by the teacher would sing in Yoruba to shame them, ‘Olodo rabata, sileti lo o ma lo, o ni lo paper… Shioo’. What a pity back then to be an olodo!What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Okay, I take that. But is this not name-calling, verbal assault or plain media dragging? No, I don’t see it as such. To me, it’s more of frank feedback for all in society to ruminate on. And what we all do with such feedback may determine future outcomes in the education space, desired or otherwise.Okay, now, tell me, what in the world is olodo? A retard or something? Well, not exactly, as it’s usually not a medical issue. If you attended a public primary school a couple of decades ago, as I did, you wouldn’t want to be labelled as Olodo. It’s the common slang for a no-good, I mean academically and intellectually, someone you would call a dunce or dullard. Anyone who regularly performs poorly in class.Now, I think I am getting it. So, olodo are those who flunk tests and exams in school. I have many of them as classmates now. 75 per cent of students in my class today can’t pass a proper exam on their own except they cheat or are somewhat aided. Should they all be referred to as olodo?Well, you can judge that yourself. We had far fewer such students in my own school days. And they were never spared. From time to time, after a woeful classwork attempt, or test or exam failure, the whole class directed by the teacher would sing in Yoruba to shame them, ‘Olodo rabata, sileti lo o ma lo, o ni lo paper… Shioo’. What a pity back then to be an olodo!What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Okay, now, tell me, what in the world is olodo? A retard or something? Well, not exactly, as it’s usually not a medical issue. If you attended a public primary school a couple of decades ago, as I did, you wouldn’t want to be labelled as Olodo. It’s the common slang for a no-good, I mean academically and intellectually, someone you would call a dunce or dullard. Anyone who regularly performs poorly in class.Now, I think I am getting it. So, olodo are those who flunk tests and exams in school. I have many of them as classmates now. 75 per cent of students in my class today can’t pass a proper exam on their own except they cheat or are somewhat aided. Should they all be referred to as olodo?Well, you can judge that yourself. We had far fewer such students in my own school days. And they were never spared. From time to time, after a woeful classwork attempt, or test or exam failure, the whole class directed by the teacher would sing in Yoruba to shame them, ‘Olodo rabata, sileti lo o ma lo, o ni lo paper… Shioo’. What a pity back then to be an olodo!What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Now, I think I am getting it. So, olodo are those who flunk tests and exams in school. I have many of them as classmates now. 75 per cent of students in my class today can’t pass a proper exam on their own except they cheat or are somewhat aided. Should they all be referred to as olodo?Well, you can judge that yourself. We had far fewer such students in my own school days. And they were never spared. From time to time, after a woeful classwork attempt, or test or exam failure, the whole class directed by the teacher would sing in Yoruba to shame them, ‘Olodo rabata, sileti lo o ma lo, o ni lo paper… Shioo’. What a pity back then to be an olodo!What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Well, you can judge that yourself. We had far fewer such students in my own school days. And they were never spared. From time to time, after a woeful classwork attempt, or test or exam failure, the whole class directed by the teacher would sing in Yoruba to shame them, ‘Olodo rabata, sileti lo o ma lo, o ni lo paper… Shioo’. What a pity back then to be an olodo!What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] What a demeaning song and label. Things have changed now, haven’t they? To my knowledge, no such singing again, and such a label no longer hangs around the neck of academically poor students, does it? Could that be because they have on their own formed a concrete mass by their large number and their collective delusion? It’s of less concern to such students these days to strive to excel in their studies.Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Thank you for that conclusion. You are gradually getting my point, but before I push it further, let me state that you don’t hear of such labelling songs in school today because we educators have realised that shaming students that way will not necessarily make them brighter or more serious with their studies. It may affect their self-esteem and negatively impact their psyche, leading them to come to an early conclusion that education is a hill too steep.But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] But is it not, my instructor? No, it is not, my student. We educators in today’s world have chosen a less confrontational approach to dealing with poor performers in school because we know that being a dullard is not a rigid state one cannot break away from. It is not meant to be a permanent label, but only a conditioning, and the average student can be helped to recondition himself for excellence if he will do what it takes for that to happen. The reality is that the creator has never made a dullard, not even one. Every child has an affinity for learning. Being an olodo is more a result of external circumstances than innate abilities.External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] External circumstances against innate abilities? Tell me more, sir. Yes, I will. The challenge is that many of today’s students are not looking within to draw out their academic potential. And it is largely because you are being distracted away from education, and the chief of such distraction is the cheap and plain lie being sold to you that education is not important. A student like you said recently that he would rather be an uneducated person with ten million naira in his bank account than an educated person with ten thousand naira in his account. Young people’s minds have been badly twisted, stripping success bare to just money.Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Is the student not making some sense? How is he ever going to live well without money? Is he going to eat books? Well, calm down, let me enlighten you. No one is saying anyone should live or do without finances. If the student is making sense at all, it is a myopic one, an olodo level of thinking. First, equating lifetime success solely to money is like valuing a painting only by the size of its canvas. The largeness of the canvas doesn’t determine the quality and intricacy of a painting. A small or medium-sized painting can be 20, 50 or 100 times more valuable than a broad painting that occupies a wide wall. Success is not just about money.If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] If you care to know, success is actually spelt I-M-P-A-C-T. And your impact must be positive, meaningful and productive, which will earn you gross and net finances in return. Money is your own reward, but impact is your contribution. Why are you after just the reward and care less about your contribution to your world? That’s misplaced priority, which can never be the standard in any field or profession. Again, success is spelt impact – positive, excellent, meaningful and productive. And good education positions you for this success.Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Now, talking about success, education and wealth, who says one is mutually exclusive of the other two? And who says there is a guarantee for money without good education? It’s baffling, therefore, to hear narratives subtly peddled by some olodo advocates in the society that ‘education or school is a scam’. That isn’t just wrong; it’s evil. Trace it to its roots, and you will find out it is nothing but a negative device or ploy aimed at derailing young students from the academic process, hindering their true academic progress, and weakening their real academic pursuit. Do I need to say more?Related NewsParents, not students, behind exam malpractice, says OloyedeYouth engagement key to inclusive governance, says Abiodun’s aideTinubu unveils Ansar-Ud-Deen’s new national secretariat, lauds society’s impactNo, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] No, you don’t. I am getting your point, sir, taking in your assertions. The process, the progress and the pursuit of education must be aligned; if not, there is bound to be derailment. Is it the derailment that is now breeding olodos all over the place?Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Sadly, yes. You cannot cheat the process; you can only cheat yourself out of the process. I engage with today’s students; I often let them know that education remains their brightest chance to lead a meaningful, productive, responsible and prosperous life in the future. Based on probability, a topic in mathematics that the olodos cannot easily grasp, there are far greater chances to succeed with education than to succeed without it. So, when they mention one person who has achieved success without education, ask them how many are hopelessly stuck, stranded or limited in life because of a lack of education. The difference should be clear.Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Just recently, a prominent football star in our country, who earlier abandoned his education in the pursuit of football, has come out to say he is willing to go back to school to get a university degree. That is someone making millions of dollars regularly, yet prioritising education he had earlier left behind. He has seen that he left something tangible behind indeed, and he is ready to build on that foundation of education underneath his already gotten fame and wealth.Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Yes, I heard about the footballer and his dream to go back to school, but is he not doing so because he now has money? Shouldn’t I or any other young person today also pursue money first, and then think about an education degree after making money? An easy way out, isn’t it?No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] No, my student. For the majority, that isn’t any way out. That kind of thinking is a ditch that so many young people have fallen into, and their case you must learn from. Probability comes to play again here. How many teenagers hoping to become a top professional footballer eventually play the game to a high level of fulfilment and prosperity? Maybe one in a hundred, or even a thousand. Why? Becoming a football star has to do not just with one’s talent alone, but also with time and chances. So what makes you think you will not be one of the 99 or 999 that fail to realise the dream of becoming a top soccer star after many years of trying? And when you don’t realise that sole dream, what do you fall back on if you have toyed with your education? This is the sad outcome of many people who pursued talent without education. It really could be a costly gamble.Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Is education now Plan B, my instructor? Something one should have in case of eventualities? No, my student, it is more important than that. For any young person, education ought to be the prime plan, which, if anything, can be re-primed as an ace for renewed pursuit, leveraging, bouncing back, or falling back on. So, if a sportsman’s plan to become a professional star hits the rocks, say because of an unfortunate injury, he can still go ahead with education to be a sports analyst, writer, commentator, manager or any other professional in the sports industry, which he can hardly become without education. As a result, he can still fulfil to a level his passion for sports and realise meaningful and tangible reward for all his years of dedication to the game. This is why education is golden. For anyone who has got it right, it is a bridge to success and accomplishment. Always.But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] But education doesn’t seem to pay that much anymore. Graduates are roaming the streets jobless. That’s why the people you refer to as advocates against education are saying school is a scam. What do you have to say to that? Well, I will answer by first warning you not to join the olodo sympathisers. It is simply not good for your future aspirations. You don’t want to place a ceiling of mediocrity over your academic and professional pursuit right from a young age, do you? All because of a mere naysaying. Who says you have to be a graduate roaming the streets? If you have equipped yourself well with great learning experiences at the different levels of your education, if you have captured an occupational dream right from school and you have allowed that dream to really drive you to excel, if you have developed good learning habits to the point that you can continue to really learn on your own without a teacher or instructor breathing down your neck, if you have discovered your learning potential and peculiarities honing relevant skills as a result, and if you have deployed time, focus and energy dreaming, developing and discovering as described, you won’t be merely roaming the streets after graduation. If you temporarily find yourself on the streets without employment, you will have everything it takes to make the streets at least a bit better by a startup initiative, a collaborative engagement, a volunteering effort, etc. Again, focus on your contributions first, before your reward.Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Tell me more, sir. Are you trying to say the olodo mentality has already crept in among those who went to school and who are in school like me? Isn’t that ironic, olodos among the learned and educated? Absolutely, my student, isn’t that why we are having this discussion? My interpretation of olodo uprising is not just about some remote individuals who have consciously or unconsciously constituted themselves as haters of education to suit their awkward narrative and prove a misleading point regarding their own lack of education or academic failure. The uprising is also among those you would call lovers of education, who by their commission or omission have turned against the ethics of the education calling and profession. I call them olodo enablers.Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Olodo enablers? What is that again? You have pointed out that olodo advocates are peddling wrong views about education. Then you warned me not to join the olodo sympathisers, who are being wrongfully turned away from learning. Now, olodo enablers. Are we under siege?Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Are you not? If 75 per cent of average students today can’t pass an exam without cheating or being aided unduly, is professionalism in the future starting from now not in jeopardy? You, your schoolmates and this whole generation of current students are under a subtle but definite and consistent societal attack. The elevation of frivolities over educative contents, misinformation and disinformation over facts and theories, what is trending over what really matters, anti-learning fads over learning culture, and mental laziness over diligence, is running riot and destroying not just the fabric of education for the average student, but hitting so heavily on the pillars of education, which are academic integrity, academic prudence, academic intelligence and academic proficiency. There is imminent collapse if things continue this way. That is the frank warning from the sincere feedback that the term olodo uprising affords.To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] To be continued…Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected] Omisore writes from Lagos via[email protected]