More than Books

By Bala Musa Abdullahi, Muna International Comprehensive Academy, Lokoja, Kogi State

Age: 16

Life is a lesson larger than the classroom

The four walls of knowledge often teach you more than books

Books and pens make you good but the lessons transcends beyond mere reading and writing

Results and rewards from the classroom often do not suffice

Brilliance works in the classroom but braveness leads life

Teachers teach you what they know but life teaches you what you know not

Never belittle your classmates of yesterday

He or she may hold the keys to your life tomorrow

While some excel in the classroom but fail in life

Some others fail woefully in the classroom but excel in life

Your best companions are your classmates not colleagues

The bond is from cradle; tender and true

The classroom teacher scores or grades us differently

Classify us by gender, ranks and age

But the lesson is the same for us all as we journey through our different paths of life

The classroom is a training ground for us all to learn and live our respective lives.

What the classroom lesson gives you is what guards you in life

The teachings in the classrooms are the tenets of a whole life time

The classroom is not just a building but a bosom of life-long lessons

So let’s learn and live life over and above the classroom.