Andrew is anything but lazy. From tending the shop with his mum and attending to customers to being handy around the house. Andrew could be considered as a jack of all trade but a master of none.
His versatility which for a long time was a blessing seemed to be a problem when the time came for him to decide which path to follow.
In school, Andrew had above-average grades in all his subjects so it was kind of hard to choose a career path based on his performance. As it was common among parents, he was pushed into science class with the hope of being a mechanical engineer.
It was all joy and dancing when he got admission into the tertiary institution to study mechanical engineering. Little did he know that tertiary institution is a different ball game entirely. Too many distractions can really help a person to lose focus. The struggle to meet up with lectures, thinking of ways to be financially independent, and hanging out with friends can really be more than a handful to deal with.
I guess engineering just wasn’t what Andrew envisioned because he wasn’t doing too well. Maybe it was because he was trying different things at the same time. Trying to put his experience from his mum’s shop to good use, he ventured into different businesses. He tried selling recharge cards, clothes to students on campus, and even servicing and repairing generators for his colleagues as a mechanical engineer but nothing seemed to be working out.
Andrew loved to argue and he was pretty good at it too. In fact when with friends, they are always having one argument or the other; arguments ranging from football to politics and even social topics such as feminism and human rights topics. In fact, it was safe to say that talking was a hobby for him because he does it with so much passion.
Often his friends tease him by asking if being a lawyer ever crossed his mind because he seems to be wasting his talent.
Right from high school, he was good with words. He won several debates but he never considered it seriously to think of a career out of it. And all his parents were interested in was having a doctor or an engineer in the family no matter the cost. And after 4 years of struggling with engineering, he was finally realizing the cost of not talking for a living.
Well after 6 long years of studying mechanical engineering which seemed like it would never come to an end, Andrew finally presented a second-class lower certificate to his parents. The joy wasn’t as much as the first day he gained admission but who could blame them? After all, they expected so much from their son that could do almost anything and everything.
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