While the place of the school
is sacred for psychological awareness, that of the street is revered for
its role in mental preparedness. To eschew any iota of doubt, these two
forms the integral part of human development and of course, nation
building.
The school is like a class room where theories
are being taught while the street is a laboratory for practicals. There
is definitely no contention that a good student needs a pass mark in
these two to excel.
In addition, there is an impression I
will like to correct. It is the notion that street belongs to the poor.
It is totally wrong.
Just in the same manner that many in the
past, thought that the school was made for the elites, an impression
that had since been corrected, thanks to accessibility in the sector,
the same ideology is presently peddling as regards the ownership of the
street.
It is understandable because the idea of the
street is always a ghetto. Mostly a dirty area with low class citizens,
sometimes with the challenges of abject poverty, lack of basic
infrastructures and absence of important medical facilities. This is
always the idea when many people think of the street, which is not
totally so. In as much as that definition might be partially acceptable,
it only represents a portion of the story. The rest of the story is
either being colored by ignorance or an intentional adulteration. All
things considered, the street is a home to everyone in as much as you
exist as a human, have family and neighbours. How you relate and cope
with them, is the true meaning of the street lessons.
A
street is a place of reality. Just like the indispensability of the
school, the street is equally an important place in the society. While
the former prepares a generation for the tasking responsibilities of the
future, the latter serves as a grassroot changer, and a networking
platform for potentials.
However, to survive in the two
distinct space, one major requisite is smartness. Although, the street
requires more of doggedness because often times, endurance is always the
degree of 'Streetsters' while every graduate of the school is a
certified brainy.
The above are the most guaranteed
expectations. But even more expectedly, a few disappointing cases are
painfully inevitable. That is to say, it is possible to have a bastard
in the family of lions. A cowardly lion.
In sheer
elucidation, the school and the street are two halves of a necessary
dosage for the cure of uncertainty. They are lifetime remedies for
failure.
It is also pertinent to note that the marriage of
the school and street spirits in a single person can produce the
offspring of genius. Therefore these two components must be synergized
in order to insinuate, orchestrate and perfect a monumental revolution.
Note:
The idea of the street is not that of hooliganism but Humanism. Also,
the school should not only center on literalness, it should equally
encourage creativeness.
Written by✍🏾 Maiyaki Abubakar Damilare
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