I feel cursed/depressed to be in Nigeria because of the situation here.

Why didn't I get to choose Which country I want to be born into? Why did I meet myself as a Nigerian and not any other nationality. I hate this country Nigeria and I feel cursed to be in Nigeria Where people of great potentials are left at the mercy of wicked money looters we call our leaders.

I am in dilemma right now, I feel torn between two world's. Why does it seem everything is going against me When It's not my fault.

I am in a country Where only three courses guarantees success Which are medicine and surgery,law and accounting, every other course chosen is like taking chances with your future in Nigeria, So here in Nigeria I have no choice But to go for medicine and surgery as a science student If I want to be successful, whether or not I like the course. 80% of the science students also choose medicine and surgery because every other science course taken is like taking a risk in Nigeria.

The only way to succeed in other courses is If you have a rich family willing to support you financially or you affluence and can easily get employed in a big company due to your affluence.

So I was lucky I got admitted in 2012 with my medicine and surgery course,2014 my father lost his auronautic engineering job due to the Dana airplane crash that happened Last year. So now he can't afford my school fee again because its a private school and the fee is high.

This year I decided to process a federal university with cheaper school fee applying for the same medicine and surgery, guess What happened,I scored 79% in their screening exercise and the cutoff was 80%,What the ****? Have I not done my best? What more is required of me than to do my best?

What sort of stupid country is this? Why have i been cursed to be in this country? What have I done to deserve this. What sort of situation is Nigeria battling with. The masses are like grasses trampled upon by elephants fighting.

I feel wasted being in Nigeria!!!!!
I feel cursed being a Nigerian!!!!!

The only hope I have now is to travel abroad and study there,the situation is better over there and here in this worthless country.

Someone here should please help me
I am depressed. I feel So disappointed.

Please Which public college do you know abroad Where I can study,and that is friendly to foreigners like me.

Please help.

I am not familiar with other countries but I can tell you that in the United States there are similar problems. Many people get University degrees in things other than science and engineering only to find out there are no jobs in that field. They end up working at very low paying jobs that have nothing to do with their degree even though they are highly educated. Also the cost of even public universities is very high. Most people have to take out lots of student loans to graduate and have enormous debt when they are done.

Many foreign students do come here on student visas to get degrees but I have no idea how they afford it. I assume they come from wealthy families but I do not know. There maybe programs that help them pay for it. I know there are some programs for the medical field that if you work a certain number of years in an inner city or a rural area after you are done with college part of it is paid for.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Thanks for ur reply

All true......There's people with degrees whose education is wasted because there are not enough jobs to go around.

Also, many employers discriminate against the unemployed, as they are lazy and it's their fault for not finding work. If they were truly lazy, why would they apply for that stupid job in the first place?

Also, I want to point out there is little job security here in the U.S. Not all, but many companies think of employees as trash: Something you dispose of now & then.

Working really hard and being loyal doesn't mean what it used to. The middle class and middle level jobs have practically disappeared. They are either high paying or low paying. And unlike in Europe, paid vacation and sick days are not mandatory.

They put you through the meat grinder in the application process, only for a low paying job usually with little or no benefits. And no job security. Very demanding than ever now, because they know they can get away with it. Too many people and not enough work for everyone.

Sorry if I sound bitter, but I have strong feelings about this. It has happened close to home, to people dear to me. Working hard just got them laid off. One would have been homeless, if he didn't have a relative to go live with. 15 years working his *** off for that company, and this is what he gets.

Also, some cities in the U.S. are way more expensive to live in than others, yet the jobs there don't pay enough for you to rent a house or apartment.





This country is in the toilet. I think the unemployed need a movement, like the Civil Rights movement, to make the country/employers wake up and see that lost productivity. And money not circulating from these people when it could be.

@nonightowl Wow,Thanks for the revelation, I thought this problems was peculiar to African countries only

You're welcome!

I may take heat for this, but I don't give a hoot.

The U.S. is NOT what a lot of people want to think or believe it is. True that this is not a Third World country, but we DO have people here living in Third World CONDITIONS. The Hurricane Katrina fiasco is a good example. People stranded for 3 days (at least) before aid came: No food, water, medicine, shelter. Dead bodies floating around. It was embarrassing.

Bottom line is that it is NOT a Utopia. The "writing is on the wall" about where this country is going, and it's not good.

The ol' "work hard & the American dream is yours" is a myth.

It works for some, but not all. Many hard working people out there who are no closer to that dream than when they first started out.

Hi! I am in the opposite situation, born into one of the world's richest countries and a country which is always in top 3 of "best countries in the world to live in". I know I am extremely lucky to be born in Norway, a small, Northern-European country filthy rich on oil, with a functioning welfare system which ensures education for all citizens, health system etc. I feel that I owe it to those who are not as lucky to give something back, we do not choose where we are born after all. It is so horribly unfair that coincidences out of our control really decides the direction of our lives. I give quite much to charity but that's not enough, really. I am becoming a journalist and one of the reasons is that I want to tell the stories of the less fortunate people, want to give them a voice. The people who die in hunger and illness and wars while we sit here in the West self-righteous without any knowledge of what it's like to live in those situations.

I have always wanted to visit Nigeria, because I hear it is such a beautiful country. Although I would be privileged as a tourist, for those of you living there it doesn't matter as long as you don't have jobs etc. I really hope for the best for you.

When it comes to education, you could try here, Norway - it's completely different, it's cold and the culture is like being on another planet, I don't think it's easy to be a foreigner here, but I do know education in our public education institutions (which are good!) is free also for foreigners. There is a fee to pay in the beginning of each semester, but that's it. The problem is cost of living, which is extremely high here. So I don't know how that is solved, and if foreign students are given a student loan even though they are not citizens. But I would check it out if I were you, the same applies to Sweden and Denmark too as far as I know.

I live in Norway ( I am Norwegian)and I have friends who come from different countries. They work and study here, but almost all of them have to deal with a lot of racism here. And it is hard to find a good job if you are not a white Norwegian. I would try to get in contact with other Nigerians who have studied abroad, if I were you. They might have some good advice for you.
The situation is not good in Europe these days. The financial crisis has completely destroyed the job-marked for millions of people. So, I guess there is nowhere that is without problems when it comes to jobmarkets, education etc.

Hi Hotice,

I see you and your pain in attempting to find a place that will fit you best. Medicine and Technology are more than likely going to be the only jobs to profit from going through the next 20+ years. There is little money in education, little money in history, little money in music and art. Because we are a profiting world, meaning, we make profits off others this is the way life is.... School is not cheap by any means in ANY country. The entire financial crisis of the world literally destroyed the world economy. Look at Greece, Germany, France.

Here in the USA, its either eat or be eaten. There is no more middle class and what is left is shrinking. Less and less money is being handed out, federal funds, federal loans.

For all its faults, being born in the USA is like having won the birth lottery.

Absolutely. I have family that work for the state, and the stories they tell...

There are millions of people living well in this country that would be, for lack of a better analogy, corpses anywhere else in the world.

The problem is that the working middle class seem to have it the hardest. I know people with (useless) college degrees that are suffering more than people who come from chronically unemployed families and have several children (but no jobs or earned income.)

There are many places here in the U.S. that don't give a rap about their employees. My husband has worked for a few, and some of the other employees are just as bad as the higher ups. It's like high school in so many places anymore, and finding a good job with good benefits is so few and far between. So many other coworkers would gladly throw you under the bus for your promotion, rather than encourage you. Management is shady, and there was even a place I worked where other coworkers would clock their friends in even when they weren't there, or "work" overtime and sit there milking the clock. We need a major overhaul with our workforce... and don't get me started on health care!

And speaking of getting degrees... I meant to add this, lol. So many people go to college and end up working below their pay grade, at a place that doesn't even recognize their degree. Why go to college and go thousands in debt? It's useless.

Amen.....I read that climbing the "ladder" by getting an advanced degree is not a ladder anymore but a "pyramid". By that it means there's little room at the top now because of not enough jobs for those people (& everyone else too).

Also, it mentioned the increased automation. The article said that if machines keep replacing humans, there won't be any more jobs left for humans to earn money, to spend on the products the machines produce. Makes so much sense to me.......

I also want to say that as more people are replaced by machines, the less work will be available for humans. And that means less $ to spend on the goods/services the machines make or provide.

After graduating with a degree, you can only hope you not only get a job that pays enough to pay off that loan, but hope the $#%@*! employer doesn't lay you off.

The long-term unemployed and underemployed are not counted in the government's "statistics". So, the unemployment rate is higher than they say it is, but since they don't have accurate numbers, they can't/won't acknowledge the problem. And care enough for a solution. They only count people collecting unemployment.

Once people run out of it, they drop out of the system, falling through the cracks as well a lot of times.

The U.S. is no utopia. I see a dystopia in the making.

It's the stuff of sci-fi and dystopian books/movies all the time. The mighty American empire falls, just like Rome did.

Nothing to add that hasn't already been said but I agree with the comments esp re the us. I feel lucky my husband just has a job nevermind the pay scale benefits etc. We've gone through two job losses in the last 8 years I don't take anything for granted anymore.

Agreed. Our people living in "poverty" for the most part still have cell phones and flat screen televisions. Not to say that there aren't people in some really poor positions, but there are so many social programs that would assist. You just have to take advantage of them.

I was not born to wealth or brilliance, didn't graduate college, but I work hard. I make nearly 60k a year and I own a home, have a newer car and my own personal American Dream is coming true. My husband didn't graduate college, he was a police officer. Neither of us are brilliant, but we work hard and do our best and have been able to raise my daughter well and now she is in college and will hopefully do better than we did.

The American Dream is alive and well, at least in Texas. It took a hit for a few years, boy it was rough from 06-2012. Things have improved though. Especially in Texas.

You might look into foreign exchange student programs to get here, maybe something like that would work. Or a program through a local church.

I live in Poland (Europe) and the situation is pretty same. I also cannot go to the university because I miss like three points in an obligatory Maths exam and it's obligatory for everyone, even if you have a learning disability and won't need algebra at all in your profession. It doesn't matter for the system that I am gifted in other subjects. There is no job for me and it all looks pretty miserable. I cannot afford a flat, a car, anything. I worked full time and earned like 900-1000 PLN, which is not enough to even pay rent for a one room flat. 900 PLN is what a bad smartphone costs (an Iphone, for example, is 3000 PLN)

"Work hard and do your best" is NOT the key to success. It's not what you know but who you know. The game is rigged everywhere.

Spend any free time you have meeting new people.