THREE SKILLS CAMPUS LIFE TEACHES YOU

 

My experience in campus was a memorable one, the type that I would carry with me for life. Life on campus is impactful. Not only has my thinking changed, my philosophy of life has also changed.

As a freshman who was naïve and knew little about life, I was elated to have my freedom, to live my life for the first time on my own. I was at liberty of choice. 

From my experience for half a decade in the university, I've summarized these three major skills life in the campus can teach one. 

(1) Life Skill

Life skill can be seen as the ability for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. University years are the true years of creativity, idealism, buoyancy and adventure. It is also the years of experimentation and risk-taking. Developing life skills help youths to make informed decisions, think critically, communicate effectively, have a greater sense of self-awareness, build healthy relationships, empathize with and appreciate others. Psychosocial competence is also included, the ability to deal with stress and frustration. Have you ever wondered how a young person possesses so much knowledge and sagacity that you doubt his/her age? That’s the power of life skill. No lecturer teaches that in the classroom but the process of becoming learned does. School and intelligence might be overrated but education can never be.

 

(2.) Job/Employability Skill

Students often say they attend university to secure a good job which is one of the myths behind choosing a particular course of study. The university course one chose is only one of the many factors that shape one’s career path. Education involves more than just preparing oneself for a career, it equally entails grooming of person.

Employers pay premium attention to recruit graduates because of the transferable skill they gained from the education process. This includes: teamwork, communication skill, commercial awareness, planning and organizing, solving problem, leadership potential and flexibility. University is not a job training center. The world of work is changing rapidly. Young people today are likely to go through some major career changes over their lifetime. This simply means that a narrow vocationally focused degree may not necessarily set one up best for the future. The certificate will help secure a job, but employability skills helps retain the job. Most of these skills are developed subconsciously as a student; others are mediated through passion and enthusiasm.

 

(3.) Personal Skill

Personal skills are related to one’s attitude, personality, emotions, habits, communication styles and social manners. These might be inherent abilities or temperamental advantage. Life in the campus exposes one to so many opportunities to develop these skills effortlessly. Education gives one access to these three aspects of skill directly or indirectly. True education is beyond earning degrees; it is more than bookish knowledge. In as much as we are clamoring for standardization of our school system, we should not sniffle the need for the true meaning of education to be imbibed in the tender minds.