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reasons why you should not have attend private university.......So Many
Nigerians student are often quickly queue for private universities when making
a choice of institution. I agree that private universities have advantages like
the absence of strike, easy access to lecturers…
Public
universities, Federal and State, have a lot of advantages, from cheaper school
fees, to the freedom to be an adult. Public universities exposeyou to the real
world, introduces you to the hustle of life unlike private universities that
consist of a lot of brats who are literally spoon-fed. They are so pampered,
making it difficult to face the real world when they become graduates.
So here’s my
case for choosing a public university.
1. Public
universities allow for freedom and independence:
Students in
public universities enjoy the freedom to make decisions for themselves and
learn to be almost independent. Private universities keep students within the
four walls of their campuses and under certain rules more suited for teenagers than
young adults. The laws in public universities are not imposed on the students;
they are just the basic principles a normal student is meant to follow. It’s
funny when I see pictures of private university students being punished or hear
of certain rules like compulsory attendance of chapel, feeding time tables, dress
codes, etc. It is absurd; these are adults!
2. Cost of
education:
It is a lot
cheaper to attend public university than a private one and this is not limited
to school fees.
Cost of
living on public universities is also cheaper. Students cook their own meals
and have access to shops on campus and in town where prices of goods and
services are competitive. On the other hand, the cost of living on a private university
secluded campus for one semester is enough to build a house.
3. Public
university gives “exposure” to students:
It’s more
than obvious that public university students are sharper than private
university students. Private university students who are often referred to as
“JJC” or “Learners” by public university students, live what I term “the microwave
life” which is the easy life. In federal universities you get to meet all
sorts: from cultists to Aristo chicks, people with different personalities. It
makes one exposed to what life really is. One is exposed to the hustle and
learns how to struggle for things. There are still brats in federal
universities but most of them get to grow up when exposed to the hustle.
4. Life on
and off campus is FUN:
There are so
many parties to attend, clubs and events. One gets to meet real people, one
also learns to be real. There is a lot of gist and gossip, lot of things to laugh
at. Rather than chapel, it’s clubbing. Dating is even fun in federal schools.
Couples
express love without fear as adults. One gets to see students that are rich and
poor mingling as equals; students who express themselves through their dressing
and not relegated to some uniform.
5. Hard work
is compulsory:
Students in
public universities have work through exceptional odds to succeed; challenges
that help one not take life for granted. Imagine a department of over a
thousand students with a very small lecture hall or a lecturer who spends only
twenty minutes in a class where he is meant to spend two hours, or one who only
gives handouts. Faced with issues like these, students work extra hard to come
out with well-deserved results.
6. Public
universities produce more mature graduates:
With all the
challenges: strikes, nonchalant lecturers, freedom to express yourself as adult
etc., public universities are more equipped for life after graduation. They know
that things would not just be handed to them and are used to making decisions
for themselves.
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