Determined man goes from laying foundations to bagging degree, graduation photo wows many
- A few snaps of a young and determined young man has left many people feeling inspired
- In one of the snaps, the young man is very busy mixing cement for the foundation of a house, in the next he is a graduate
- While many people questioned how having a qualification helps in this day and age, others applauded him
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A young man has left people in South Africa with many mixed emotions after he was seen working very hard mixing cement for a building's foundation and then in a graduation cap and gown.
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While it was really great to see that the man worked so hard to achieve his dream, many people were concerned about the fact that the young man is now jobless and searching for an opportunity.
"A graduate doing what needs to be done in order to put bread on the table... he's a public relations graduate if you come across this. Please Rt as his bosses might be on your Tl," the post was captioned.
Locals had this say:
@Ramulondo_DR said:
"How do you say to your kids that education is a key to success when graduates are going through this."
@TrevorMal said:
"This should be a lesson to those going to Varsity to research which qualifications are in demand in SA and which ones are not and choose those that give them the greatest chance of employment or starting a business."
@chigubu_howard said:
"There is more money in construction...if he can master the trade he makes millions."
In other inspiring YEN.com.gh, a young man with the handle @asapmari_ has taken to Twitter to celebrate his graduation from Howard University in America. On Friday, May 7, the man shared his graduation pictures and a snap of all his results since part one, showing that he maintained a brilliant streak throughout his university days.
Many people congratulated him as they wondered how the young man was able to sustain good grades across the board in different courses. There were tweeps who said that passing genetic and organic chemistry is no small feat.
As at the time of writing this report, his tweet has over 73,000 likes with thousands of comments on the bird app.
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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.
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