“How being a Secondary school dropout changed my outlook on life” – Biola Bayo reveals
The Nollywood actress Biola Bayo has opened up about how her life was affected by dropping out of secondary school early.
Biola recently told Seun Oloketuyi for Nollywood On Radio that her experience had altered her perspective on life and given her a strong appreciation for education.
She claimed that even though she had financial struggles and had been turned down for admittance several times, her love of learning kept her going.
She underlined how important education is to her and said that it has always been her top focus.
In her words:
“For me, education has always been it for me. I was a secondary school dropout, so education was intentional for me. So it wasn’t easy for me going to school, so it was very difficult. I had several admissions that I denied because I didn’t have money and that was years back, so it was a tussle and struggle. I just don’t stop; I feel like there is always more to get”.
“My lesson is that I don’t stop at any level of mediocrity; I feel I can always do better, regardless of the position that you are in now. I don’t feel too comfortable to remain ay a position, so I am that type of person who will always aspire to do better”.
“My lesson is that I don’t stop at any level of mediocrity; I feel I can always do better, regardless of the position that you are in now. I don’t feel too comfortable to remain ay a position, so I am that type of person who will always aspire to do better”.
The movie star also corrected the notion that the Yoruba industry is filled with illiterates.
“Even from time, there have been a lot of educated people among us. It’s probably because we had more people who were not so educated at that time, so it made it look like the industry was dominated by the illiterate but there are literates among us; there have always been. Way back, it was filled with school certificates and not university degrees and those schools certs new how to speak better, their English was so polished than what we have now” she stated.
