Feb 16, 2012

Why Are You At Regent-Ghana?

by Victor C. T. Ofinam-Antwi (Communications Manager)

A young man walked up to me at Trinity Campus at noon on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. He looked distraught and unkempt. Everything about him communicated one unmistakeable message: Worry.

I took a very hard look at him, turned and began to walk away. Then hell broke loose; he began to shout and to hit his head continuously with his two clenched fists amidst uncontrollable tears.

My body froze all of a sudden – right hand stretched out behind me and my left foot forward. As sensation returned to my body, I turned round and looked at the strange fellow; he had stopped his tantrums and was now looking at me with pleading eyes.

“What can I do for you, young man,” I enquired of him.

“Please, sir,” he muttered, “my parents asked me to come to this school against my wish.”

And what had you wished to do instead, I quizzed him.

“Sir, I had wanted to be a musician; to write music and to appear on television. Four of my colleagues in senior high school have put together a band and I want to team up with them.”

“You mean you would rather play the guitar today than pursue a programme that would equip you with knowledge in management or marketing, together with IT skills, which are all relevant to the music industry? Don’t you want to become an ICT engineer to help bridge the digital divide between your country and the developed world? Don’t you know that your ticket to a bright and prosperous future is good and solid education, such as Regent-Ghana provides?”

“Honestly, I am confused, can you help me decide?” he pleaded in a more sober tone.

If I may ask you, too, dear friend, how did you find yourself at Regent University College of Science and Technology? In short, why are you at Regent-Ghana?

As the President and CEO of this university has always repeated with passion, poverty thrives on ignorance, lack of initiative and good leadership. Your presence in Regent-Ghana is not a mistake. You are a born leader. You are an achiever. Decide in your heart to take your studies seriously. Make good use of the library and the facilities provided. They are to help mould you intellectually, psychologically and socially to maximise your God-given potentials. You can make the world a better place than you met it. You cannot, and must not fail!

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