MY COURSE, MY CHOICE

Countless times I have heard the words “I feel this is not a course for me”. Sadly, I also fall in this category even after I did the second selection for my course after high school. Today what surprised me most is the fact that Blake, a guy who was lucky to have the course I wanted most said the same thing. He added that the lecture topics taught to them do not relate to the field they chose. I had to defend my dream course, our courses need theory so as to apply it practically but well it seemed like a weak defense when I heard the course title.

I am almost completely sure that more than 50% would change their course not only in Moi University but others too if given the opportunity. This though got me thinking if we did have the chance to change courses would we stick to them or change them all over again? Worse yet, would we change courses and regret it and have ourselves yearning for the same course we left? After high school we were all given the choice to decide on the courses we want, it was our choice from the start so why regret it now?

The Universities also have a part to play in all this. They give courses highly rated names to grasp your attention to courses that will leave you depressed afterwards, they fail to educate you on the course to begin with and to make matters worse the institution may lack equipment, resources and have lecturers who make the course seem worse than it really is.

Fate may also be a reason why you are in the course you do not like. Life has a way of ensuring everything works out as planned from the start you may not know it at first but that is just the way it is. The course may bring out the best in you that you never knew was there.

Try as I might with all these reasoning I may not be able to change my mind about changing my course but one thing is sure it was my choice.MY COURSE, MY CHOICE.