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Becoming a doctor was my childhood dream job. My intention wasn't to save lives; I just wanted the name, money, and lifestyle. The title suits my name so much[ Dr. Kingsley ], and I imagined how it'd be so sweet to be called that on a certified basis.
The dressing and the respect accorded to doctors are so massive. At the mention of the name Doctor, illiteracy will flee because these people are seen as intelligent people. Or have you seen a dull doctor? I haven't seen any.
Although these people are not paid as they ought to, but the money that enters their Account is reasonable.
I just wanted all these, and you know what? Having a certified doctor in a family makes the family highly recognised in the community.
Knowing all these, I made up my mind to work towards becoming a doctor from my primary school stage. I wasn't a dullard; in fact, I occupied the third position in the class from primary 4 to 6.
I graduated and got promoted to Secondary school (high school), and the same pace was still intact. I did excellently well all through the first phase (Jss1 to Jss3).
When we were promoted to senior class, we had the option of choosing either science or art, and just like I wanted, I chose science class, and my dream of becoming a doctor continued.
Everything turned sour when we got to the second term in SS1; there was no chemistry teacher, and chemistry is one of the most required courses to excel in medicine.
The school management did their best to provide a chemistry teacher, but nothing worked. We would get a teacher today, while the teacher would stop the next day.
We were very concerned about this issue, so we kept pressing the school management, but no way.
That's how we graduated from high school without a good knowledge of chemistry. Even now, there are some equations I can't balance😭.
Meanwhile, we were deeply rooted in other subjects, especially biology, physics, and Mathematics.
How did we pass the final exam since we knew nothing about chemistry?
We cheated. Yes, the school had to organise the cheating process to help us get through.
After Secondary school with poor knowledge in chemistry, should I still continue with my ambition of being a doctor?
This was the point at which I had to step down. Higher institution is tough, and it's going to be hell for me to choose to study chemistry-related courses. So I diverted and went for engineering (physics), and I got admitted with ease.
Honestly, I would have pursued that dream job to the very end if I wasn't scared of the hurdles ahead because my parents didn't know anything about it; they were just ready to sponsor any ambition their children decide to pursue.
The thought of facing the bigger version of hydrocarbon magic I saw in Secondary school really got me scared. Imagine all the Alkanes with too many 'HHHH', 'OOO' and zigzag arrows.
Although I have friends( Mostly female.... @humbe 🧐) who see chemistry as easy peasy and I always throw accolades at them. But hey! Mathematics and physics are just like soaking garri with me, too.
That's my story!
Thank you for reading.
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