Tonia Tochi Aigbokhae: Knowing Our Purpose!

Ms Tonia (2nd from right)

 Life isn't easy being a student and as one proceeds to higher levels, the workload becomes more demanding, energy sapping and time consuming. Personally, i detest stress and distractions and these two are the major obstacles faced by college/university students all around the world today. 

Prior to my arrival in Eastern Mediterranean University, I used to think that schooling abroad far from the shores of my country, Nigeria was a lot easier than in my homeland but the fact remains that a university is a university despite the location or infrastructural facilities. University life is always accompanied by stress and distractions.


There are so many activities organized by the university, both educational and social - which i like to call "extra-curricular activities" and some equally by the students including parties, short trips, tours and hang-outs.

Once in a while, some of us have that urge to party or just hang out and have fun forgetting what our individual purposes and goals are for our university education. Just a few (minority) know that their purpose in University is to acquire knowledge, apply it to different areas of life, and excel both socially and academically.

The majority see university as a place to make friends and while there's nothing wrong with that, they also see it as a place to have fun and do whatever they please - just because their parents or guardians are not able to see them.

I feel upset when i see people missing the opportunities that university life can offer, more convinced than ever that it is so important to be consciously aware of what our purpose is.

*Gundem - Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, EMU.