Posted by Anonymous on 2021/01/02 under Life May 5, 2020 Still looking up schools. Since my guardians can't afford college (because I blew up my chance and the Nigerian economy is a total failure), I discovered very few Vocational schools that qualify for study permit. Problem is, these schools are for pre-apprenticeship. So, my job market is poor/low paying when I'm done. Not to mention that, my chances of getting a work permit to stay in Canada is also slim in this case as Canada favours very skilled workers and vocational schools are not eligible for Post Graduate Work Permits. I try to imagine doing these vocational jobs (plumbing, electrician, automotive technician, graphic design) as a a career. Considering I have to start as an apprentice receiving minimum wage and move on (spend the rest of my life improving on them, meaning I'm stuck on that career path which I easily bored of) while working super hard to compete (especially in graphic design and photography). I have to also pay for my own tools. I just can't move on with this. Mum called yesterday to ask about my results and academic decision. They annoyingly still fail to realise that without looking at the results, the academic decision is bound to be me being asked to withdraw for a year. I explained to them that I need a sessional GPA of 5.0 to avoid that or a petition (which required strong grounds, like medical tor mental health diagnoses). I got F's and D's last semester and took courses this semester I struggle with and obviously won't get an A on them. So, how the f*** do they expect the academic decision to be anything else. Also considering that they promised I would fail if I didn't accept their religion, expecting that I pass is just them demonstrating how unsure or hypocritical their beliefs are. Well, I looked up the results today and as expected, I failed all courses. I dropped out of ESSE 2012 at the last minute as I expected an F. My last attempt gave me an E. So, replacing an E with F is obviously a bad idea. So, here goes 10000CAD worth of courses down the drain. Could have been an additional 2000 to that figure, but luckily, I dropped the ESSE 2271 (Continuum mechanics) course earlier in the term and got the full refund for it. Of course I didn't tell my parents about the course drop because all they'll do is yell at me for dropping the course and say I'm not "exerting myself".
6:03 PM
In hindsight, this is something I would enrolled at (especially the colleges not on the Designated Learning Institutions list) earlier during those wasted summer holidays and maybe I would have qualified for some kind of work permit by now. Not really sure
Mum just talked about me getting that academic decision, finding a vocational school and figuring out how to renew my passports and visa.
Then at the end, she complains about my hair being too long and unkept. For f***'s sake, I'M INDOORS ALL MONTH (thanks to Covid-19). Why does my hair appearance matter to you right now?
Especially considering their obsolete standards for what is considered "decent look". She referred to men weaving their hair as "becoming transgender" (I wonder how she doesn't see how dumb that sounds)
And having long hair is "wrong" (by what standard?) and "against our culture" (first, our culture permits "dada hair" and I'm not in Nigeria, so, that culture is irrelevant).
Asking me to cut my hair myself with scissors.
So, I guess I don't need to explain what the academic decision will be.