Why most first class graduates are poor

[allanpresh4]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.
Well, we are in Nigeria and that plan is outdated. It rarely works, "Tell him I sent you" has taken over real qualifications.
In whatever you do, balance being book smart with being street smart because the late will help you more in the real world.
Ire o.

[Hewlet]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.

you are spewing trash and pouring out your frustration maybe because you did not graduate with a first class. how many first class graduate do you see on the street doing worse than the others that could not even succeed in the four walls of the university? you think an engineering graduate that for instance finished with a first class is same with any regular guy on the street that is afraid of taking risk? do you know what it takes to finish with first class in most of our Nigerian university?

A real first class graduate probably knows more about bitcoin than you do and knows what investment entails. that they were able to come out as first shows that they know what it means to invest their time into quality things and if they get into bitcoin investment, they might likely do better than the average person. furthermore, there are a lot of opportunities and edge that they have which place them far above others that have low grade or that never went to school in the first place.

you can be a first class graduate and still be a great inventor, a CEO, a tech guru, an investor and any other thing you want to the act of being content with the little one has attained is just peculiar to certain people and it is not enough to compare a selected few to others that are actually doing well for themselves.

[Jubilee58]

Being a first class graduate is not enough to make you rich or become a wealthy person. Is a good thing to make first class in school, but don't solely depend on your good qualification alone, build good relationship with people you know that can help you in life, only a phone call from these people can give you a connection that can change your entire life.
There are many first class graduate out there, looking for white collar job , but is so unfortunate that high paid jobs are mostly gotten by people with the right connection.
Things have really changed, before as a first class graduate, you even select the type of job you want to do, then the country Nigeria was in order and everything was going well, but today, the reverse is the case, is no longer about your grade and qualification, but your connection and good relationship with people matters a lot.

There is something I want to make clear here, as an employee of a company, is very difficult to become a wealthy or a rich man, because you are only a salary earner, you depend on paid jobs to survive, and that is why you see many graduates even struggling to  earn a living.

There are rules involved in becoming a wealthy person which even the schools or universities we attended did not teach us, for instance you were taught about history in school, but your teachers, lecturers or the school you attended never taught you how to make your own history, you were told, if you graduate with a good grade, you will get a good job as an employee, but the school never taught you how to build your own company and become employer of labour, until you understand these principles of making wealth, many graduate will keep struggling looking for job.

Sometimes, you see some people who made low grades in school and some are even drop out, but doing well financially, is not about academic qualification, but is about your ability to understand and put to work the principles of creating wealth and making money.

[Iroh]

You have no way of knowing how people who finished school with a first class degree are faring. You have no idea/stats and can't state your opening statement as fact. You also don't know about the financial status of people, as well about their social life and how inept you ignorantly think they may be in the real world(where have they been living all this while?)
It may surprise you to know that extremely high academic qualifications are still recognized and a lot of these 1st class graduates are exceptional in their field as a lot of them go on to display these skills in and out of the country. Unfortunately, with mindsets like yours, the talents of these people are recognized and then utilized by people in other countries.

[Salahmu]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
Ire o.

First class are mostly the favour ones than normal graduates because the school usually doesn't allow there pure intelligent to go to waste when they're exposed to how people live, so actually the school are the first place they would start working, I believe that even if you are saying this you have not met more than two graduates who are suffering from lack of job because is usually very rare, building yourself into the line of academics is very good because employment are also there if not for some persons who only give chance to the people that comes from there states or residents.

[ArabBTC]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.
Well, we are in Nigeria and that plan is outdated. It rarely works, "Tell him I sent you" has taken over real qualifications.
In whatever you do, balance being book smart with being street smart because the late will help you more in the real world.
Ire o.

Your analysis is incorrect, i have seen lots of first class that are doing well and vise versa, the fact that some don’t do well doesn’t mean that most people don’t do well, there are lots of places where first class graduates are valued like oil companies, engineering etc. However, why you can’t compare the success of first class to those of other careers is because the world is changing, the world of today isn’t bothered about wether you finished as third, second or first class, what this generation is looking out for is the amount of problem that you can solve, if you are a first class graduate in a relevant field that solves peoples current needs then just know that your success will know no bound. The world isn’t interested in degrees anymore they want action and prove, so if you like speak the entire english in world and solve the entire equations it’s irrelevant, what the world wants to see is how you turn equations into solving peoples reality problems.

The message should be clear, it’s no longer about your degree qualifications, it’s currently about the level of solution you give to peoples problem, be more concerned about solving problems wether in business or career and be rest assured of success.

[Africolo]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.

you are spewing trash and pouring out your frustration maybe because you did not graduate with a first class. how many first class graduate do you see on the street doing worse than the others that could not even succeed in the four walls of the university? you think an engineering graduate that for instance finished with a first class is same with any regular guy on the street that is afraid of taking risk? do you know what it takes to finish with first class in most of our Nigerian university?

A real first class graduate probably knows more about bitcoin than you do and knows what investment entails. that they were able to come out as first shows that they know what it means to invest their time into quality things and if they get into bitcoin investment, they might likely do better than the average person. furthermore, there are a lot of opportunities and edge that they have which place them far above others that have low grade or that never went to school in the first place.

you can be a first class graduate and still be a great inventor, a CEO, a tech guru, an investor and any other thing you want to the act of being content with the little one has attained is just peculiar to certain people and it is not enough to compare a selected few to others that are actually doing well for themselves.

What he is saying is not entirely rubbish because he most have been talking out of experience or seen someone who graduated with first class in that state, I can recall someone that graduated from japuir University in India and for some time he didn't have a Job and was roaming about in the community, this is a first class graduate that we are talking about, after series of job hunting he later applied for a private school teacher and that's where he is today as I speak, so don't be too harsh with your words that he is saying rubbish because
he might be right  from what he has seen.

But on the contrary his assertion is not 100 percent true, that a first class graduate is not doing well for the time being doesn't mean he won't do well again, the situation of the country is frustrating and it's difficult for graduates to have good jobs but nevertheless we should understand that certificate no longer pay in this country what pays now is the skills you have and what you can do with your hands to add value to yourself. There are still good jobs out there that a first class graduate can get but it requires connection so one can still be very sound and if you don't have someone that connects you, there won't be Job for you.

[Yeesha]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.

you are spewing trash and pouring out your frustration maybe because you did not graduate with a first class. how many first class graduate do you see on the street doing worse than the others that could not even succeed in the four walls of the university? you think an engineering graduate that for instance finished with a first class is same with any regular guy on the street that is afraid of taking risk? do you know what it takes to finish with first class in most of our Nigerian university?

A real first class graduate probably knows more about bitcoin than you do and knows what investment entails. that they were able to come out as first shows that they know what it means to invest their time into quality things and if they get into bitcoin investment, they might likely do better than the average person. furthermore, there are a lot of opportunities and edge that they have which place them far above others that have low grade or that never went to school in the first place.

you can be a first class graduate and still be a great inventor, a CEO, a tech guru, an investor and any other thing you want to the act of being content with the little one has attained is just peculiar to certain people and it is not enough to compare a selected few to others that are actually doing well for themselves.

What he is saying is not entirely rubbish because he most have been talking out of experience or seen someone who graduated with first class in that state, I can recall someone that graduated from japuir University in India and for some time he didn't have a Job and was roaming about in the community, this is a first class graduate that we are talking about, after series of job hunting he later applied for a private school teacher and that's where he is today as I speak, so don't be too harsh with your words that he is saying rubbish because
he might be right  from what he has seen.

But on the contrary his assertion is not 100 percent true, that a first class graduate is not doing well for the time being doesn't mean he won't do well again, the situation of the country is frustrating and it's difficult for graduates to have good jobs but nevertheless we should understand that certificate no longer pay in this country what pays now is the skills you have and what you can do with your hands to add value to yourself. There are still good jobs out there that a first class graduate can get but it requires connection so one can still be very sound and if you don't have someone that connects you, there won't be Job for you.

Well, I also can't challenge him for what he said, because maybe he is saying it out of frustration, anger and disappointment. The educational system has made a lot of people to hallucinate things,, and after spending their time, effort and resources in other to achieve their dreams, everything turns out to be delusional. So many or a lot of people must have experienced this, both the government and educational system has failed so many graduates including the first class students.

But the fact is that, knowledge is never a waste no matter the circumstances, gaining effective skills, experience and knowledge is very important, because they can be put to test and brings out a positive results. The most important thing is to believe in your abilities and capabilities, in order to serve as your motivation and make you productive and fruitful to yourself, your loved ones and all the people who believed in you.

[Finebone]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.

you are spewing trash and pouring out your frustration maybe because you did not graduate with a first class. how many first class graduate do you see on the street doing worse than the others that could not even succeed in the four walls of the university? you think an engineering graduate that for instance finished with a first class is same with any regular guy on the street that is afraid of taking risk? do you know what it takes to finish with first class in most of our Nigerian university?

A real first class graduate probably knows more about bitcoin than you do and knows what investment entails. that they were able to come out as first shows that they know what it means to invest their time into quality things and if they get into bitcoin investment, they might likely do better than the average person. furthermore, there are a lot of opportunities and edge that they have which place them far above others that have low grade or that never went to school in the first place.

you can be a first class graduate and still be a great inventor, a CEO, a tech guru, an investor and any other thing you want to the act of being content with the little one has attained is just peculiar to certain people and it is not enough to compare a selected few to others that are actually doing well for themselves.

You don't have to be too emotionally about the op post mate, he is just trying to share his thoughts, besides he said most, not all.
I believe that in most organizations today, they don't only focus on your degree, what they are more concerned about is what you can offer aside your degree, like your level of knowledge in solving their personal or company problems.

Furthermore, you might be e a first class graduate, but if you are not an investor or you do not possess a high income skills aside your degree, you are definitely going to struggle financially because depending on salary alone wouldn't elevate you from poverty level.
 So in as much as education is very important, it's not a yardstick to be financially free, because financial freedom comes from making smart financial and investments decisions, which we all know that it's not taught in school.

[Berry2d]

Every year over millions of graduates comes out of different schools with the hope of getting a good paying jobs that will help transform there lifes but all turns zero because the country we find ourselves in never have any plans for the innocent citizens but are only interested is stealing the little we have for there selfish desires.  As for the reason first class graduates never gets a job is not because of there mistakes but because of a corrupt system,  a system that never value quality but only interested in what will be beneficial to them and there families. Talking about employment in Nigeria now, it is not done based on merit but by relationship, as the top officials have singled out all positions for there frineds and  family members and not on merit

[JoyceBTC]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.

Don’t you think this statement is too harsh? what do you mean by most first class graduates are very poor and have low chances of making it big, because this seems to me as if it’s coming from an illiterate.
If someone graduated with a first class doesn’t mean they are only focused on books with no social life. I don’t know why you applied this to only first class graduate, because there are so many people with no social life and focused on books, not just first class graduates.
With the best of my knowledge, they even have higher chances of making it big because they are well versatile and they are even open to greater opportunities. So try to be mindful with the kind of things you say.

[AYOBA]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.
Well, we are in Nigeria and that plan is outdated. It rarely works, "Tell him I sent you" has taken over real qualifications.
In whatever you do, balance being book smart with being street smart because the late will help you more in the real world.
Ire o.

This your statement sound like you ever get issues with first class people if not you won’t classify them in that way that most first class went poor after graduating. If I may ask you mate how many first class have you ever seen on the street begging? Or is because you was struggle to graduate with first class and it couldn’t work, that’s why you’re trying to  downgrade all the first class students.

Life is unpredictable nobody knows what’s going to become tomorrow, we all know that there’s allot of graduates in the ground and there’s not single job for them and all is matter of time; but that doesn’t mean you can stated that most of the graduates are very poor and even find it difficult to make it big which is wrong words.

[Son $f Grace]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.
Well, we are in Nigeria and that plan is outdated. It rarely works, "Tell him I sent you" has taken over real qualifications.
In whatever you do, balance being book smart with being street smart because the late will help you more in the real world.
Ire o.

I don’t totally agree with your statement because any first class student that knows the reason why he or she is in school shouldn't be only dependent in their certificate but rather they should have what to offer even without their certificate speaking for them.

[Solodoski]

You speak the truth in this dark times. No one will come to help you, if you don't help yourself. Everyone with connections through friends, and relatives are in positions they do not deserve. Academics is no longer a way to be successful, it is totally outdated. After all the entity of life is to grow and multiple. Grow in health, in wealth and in offspring. Maybe there is still good in people, because in some university first class graduates are giving opportunistic to work in companies offered to them. While some gain scholarships to study outside the country.

[Chifather247]

I totally disagree with you in some extent, you cant say most first class are poor because they only focus on books , bro that generalisation is not a good one, i have seen most first class thta are smart and street wise still nothing, you should also focus on the kind of courses they read in school and the use case in nigeria  currently, also i love what you said about nigeria being about who know who, most of these guys are good but they dont know anyone, that aside
I want you to also know that most managers in private companies dont like employing first calss graduates because they feel suring appraisals, the first class employees will because the head or above them, so they choose to employ individuals with low grades
First class holders are mostly  seen as treats to the mangers with low grade qualifications thanks

[Africolo]

You speak the truth in this dark times. No one will come to help you, if you don't help yourself. Everyone with connections through friends, and relatives are in positions they do not deserve. Academics is no longer a way to be successful, it is totally outdated. After all the entity of life is to grow and multiple. Grow in health, in wealth and in offspring. Maybe there is still good in people, because in some university first class graduates are giving opportunistic to work in companies offered to them. While some gain scholarships to study outside the country.

During the 80s once someone graduates with a first class he gets automatic employment from the state government he or she doesn't need to hunt for jobs nor seek for connections before employment but now reverse is the case if you don't have someone that knows another person you are on your own, you can literally graduate with a first class and be an okada rider once you don't have connections and you see those with a pass working in multiple million companies because of connection that's how corrupt Nigeria is now and the trend goes on and on.

The world now has shifted from having a certificate to having a skill and be a problem solver, one can be a first class graduate and without having a backup skills you still end up poor or not having a job since Nigeria is all about connections and not credibility and professionalism.

[Agbamoni]

First class are mostly the favour ones than normal graduates because the school usually doesn't allow there pure intelligent to go to waste when they're exposed to how people live, so actually the school are the first place they would start working, I believe that even if you are saying this you have not met more than two graduates who are suffering from lack of job because is usually very rare, building yourself into the line of academics is very good because employment are also there if not for some persons who only give chance to the people that comes from there states or residents.

Sure. At least the universities understand that brillancy shouldnt be wasted. However, the position given to them will not make them rich, since not all of them will have the opportunity to become a lecturer at the university. In the end, connection is still the order of the day. The first class staudent will seek favor from senior lecturers.

[Emjay24]

Most first class graduates are very poor and have very low chances of making it big. Don't get me wrong, it's not about their first class.
It's the fact that all they focus on are books, no social life and most of them have no idea of the real world.
They take zero to minimal risks and they get too comfortable with their poor finances, hoping to get good jobs after graduation.
Well, we are in Nigeria and that plan is outdated. It rarely works, "Tell him I sent you" has taken over real qualifications.
In whatever you do, balance being book smart with being street smart because the late will help you more in the real world.
Ire o.

I kinda get what you're saying, most people who focused solely on books are not always developing some soft and social skills needed to act smartly in the present world, this doesn't mean they don't actually survive or learn it in later time. I'm the real sense most of them learn those soft skills needed for people adaptation at later times when they see it's importance. Why it send they're not getting rich faster, unless for those that are extremely lucky is that they are not able to mingle easily and network with people that can give them the connection they need to excel, such flexibility of behavior is what puts the not so intelligent ones in success way faster is simply that they've developed flexibility of character and can fit into any environment they find themselves and give am it takes to survive

[Marykeller]

If to say Nigeria get a working system of government and they values education and give right positions to those that are qualified for it. I think you will see the need of why those that have first class in school should give a special preference, to an automatic employment to what they studied. But here in our country, any given employment or top position is bribe upon, given to those who doesn't warrant it. Na em make em come seems, our brainers wey we get, are the ones wey lacks good jobs, those who have low grades occupying good position in office. Well, na em make our country to be like this. No intellectual personnel who could push for a good thing in the country, except to be siphoning money and be answering sir and madam in office

[icebar]

Every year many students expect to get a job after completing their studies, but the number of jobs is very limited, and the job seekers is innumerable in this situation, there is no point in only waiting for a job. The number of students who complete their graduation every year is not less will they find a job? If they cannot adapt themselves to the current times, then there is no point in just studying. Those who gain practical knowledge and experience along with their studies will find a job. Very few people get a job after completing their academic activities. Most of them fail. Making yourself qualified is a special responsibility. If along with studies, experience can be gained specifically for employment, then only those educated people will be able to get employment.