My people, abeg gather here make I drop beta gist for una. You sabi Joy Osesanmi? Na she be the shining star wey just made us proud for Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU. This babe na first-class graduate wey carry the crown as the best student for her department! She break record wey no dey happen since over ten years for Applied Geophysics! E be like film, but na real life.
Joy wey come from Ondo State, no dey hide her background. She get three siblings and na only daughter for her family. Her mama na nurse wey dey hustle day and night, e dey inspire am like superhero. Joy talk say from small, she learn to dey hardworking and honest, no matter wetin. Her story na pure hustle, my people!
When dem ask am how e be the day wey she see her final result, Joy say, ‘Na moment of ‘I do am’ for me. I stretch myself, no gree give up, and I dey proud of wetin I turn to be.’ E be so. Imagine, she no only make first class, but also set new record for women in her department. Abeg, clap for am!
As she talk her journey, Joy say her first year no be am at all. Na so COVID-19 come scatter everything, leaving her to study something wey she no like. But wetin happen? This babe no allow the wahala bring her down. She hustle hard, collect 4.72 GPA for first semester, but wahala for second semester no let am change course. Some lectures dey online, she dey focus rewrite JAMB. Na so dem be! No wahala, she use am build her future.
When dem ask her about culture shock for university life, she laugh. Na so she talk say most OAU students dey do side hustle, whether na sell rice or freelance work, dem no dey dull. Wetin you expect? Na school of industrious graduates!
Joy no be person wey dey fail o! No fail for any exams, only small B for her departmental course, but she dey collect A like say na her birthright. Talk about hard times? Omo, Part 3 no be beans. Dem tell am say GPA for school no easy, but she no gree listen to negativity. With the help of her two big pallys, she push through and come carry perfect GPAs!
For study matter, Joy get her own ways wey dey different. She dey read actively, dey do past questions sharp-sharp after each topic. E no dey play with distractions too, social media na only WhatsApp she dey use for school gist, nothing more. Relationships? She get supportive boyfriend wey dey help her stay grounded.
Gradually, Joy climb reach top—she get First Class finish, dey collect packing awards for school, na the first female wey do so for Applied Geophysics. Imagine how her mama go dey feel now! She neva stop; she dey seek fully funded Master’s and PhD, no dulling.
Joy dey dream big; she wan make change for global problems through her field. She talk say, ‘I no want the way we dey explore earth today dey spoil environment for tomorrow.’ Him wise talk wey we all need hear.
And as she talk to young girls wey dey fear science, she encourage dem, ‘No be only for men! Find wetin you like, pursue am with passion, and you go shine!’ So as e be, na so the journey wey Joy dey tread dey inspire many. Na true Naija spirit—no give up!
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