Hey beautiful people!!!!
I know it’s been a little silent here, but it’s been a busy couple of days on my end. So today, I’m combining Day 14 and Day 15 into one blog post. The cue card is asking me to write about where I see myself in five years and to also share my thoughts on education.
So… here goes.
Where do I see myself in five years?
I actually don’t like answering questions like this, mostly because of that saying:
“We make our plans and God laughs.”
Indeed. It’s true.
I’ll refer you to a letter I wrote a while back. When I was asked this question at 1 years old, my answer was very clear: married, with a well-paying job, and a few kids running around the house.
Fast forward to now. I’m 24, still single, and, surprisingly, mostly content. (Of course, I get a little couple envy here and there… just look at this beautiful couple.) But content nonetheless.
I’m just starting a new job and heading back to school. Not exactly where I imagined I’d be five years ago, but I’m happy. And I think that’s the part that really matters.
So honestly? I don’t know where I’ll be in five years. Life has a funny way of rewriting our plans. But if I could ask for one thing, it would be this: that five years from now, I am happy.
Don’t worry, be happy.
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Not many people know this, but my very first job straight out of university was teaching at an institute of higher learning. The pay sucked, the conditions were abysmal—but hey, I got to feed mostly older minds with the ins and outs of the petroleum industry.
One of the unexpected perks of that job? Grown men calling me Madam Mable.
Sigh. The good old days.
But there were challenges. Big ones.
I didn’t have much visual aid, and there were no practicals. So the students graduated with far more theory than hands-on experience—and that made me sad. Even more so because it was the exact same problem I’d faced during my own studies.
The issue with the Ugandan education system is that we are crammed with theory and made to believe that this alone will help us excel. We are groomed to pass exams—not to survive, adapt, or thrive in the real world. And that, in my opinion, is fundamentally wrong.
Education should equip us with practical tools for life, not just strategies for the exam room.
We are also led to believe that if you haven’t had a formal education, you don’t amount to much. This mindset automatically places people who, for whatever reason, didn’t go through the system in an inferior position—which is…
(in the immortal Twitter words of President Trump) SAD.
And then there’s the cost. In our time, we paid about a quarter of what kids today are paying. Education is becoming unnecessarily expensive.
On the bright side though—school fees are slowly becoming a major contraceptive.
Bright side and all.
Truthfully, our entire education system needs a serious overhaul.
I am the first person on the left, circa 2007.
Thanks for sticking with me, beautiful people.
“institute of higher learning”….. i want to do this even for a year not teaching oil but english i dont care about the pay
“Our whole education system needs a serious overhaul”…i agree one of the reasons am reluctant abt pursuing masters and all is this..until i geographically relocate to a new uganda
Its now necessary that we change….its no longer a question of if! It should be a question of change. The system is dying 🙁
I love your blog Mable. Very simple and straight to the point. The education system is so outdated we need one that is more practical than theoretical. Plus new things need to be introduced like mindset development and talent development.
Otherwise I’m a big fan of your blog.
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