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TASK 4 : ESSAY

ISSUE : ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE A


SUCCESSFUL LIFE

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you


did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming" says by Coach
Wooden. Success in life is a dream for every person in this world. Every person has their
own vision of their success in life. Generally, success is an accomplishment of an aim or
purpose. If the person said is success, means that he or she is accomplishes his or her
dream of life. To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your
goal says by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. For example, if his dream of lifetime is to be an astronaut
and at the end of his hard work, he becomes an astronaut and flies to the space. Therefore,
he had succeed in his life. But to get success in life, he or she must fulfilled a lot of
requirements and commitments to the fullest in years and it must begin from young time.

Education is important, it provides a foundation for everyday skills, more specific


to primary education. But how many people will actually learn to read, write and
communicate without education? Education is the process of receiving or giving systematic
instruction, especially at a school or university (Oxford Dictionary). Academic qualifications
are the degrees, diplomas, certificates, professional titles and so forth that an individual has
acquired whether by full-time study, part-time study or private study, whether discussed in
the home country or abroad and whether consulted by educational authorities, special
examining bodies or professional bodies(OECD). The 'history of education' is about the
development of systematic methods of teaching and learning. Presumably, every generation
since the beginning of human existence somehow passed on its stock of values, traditions,
methods and skills to the next generation. There are people who have great academic
grades but who are unsuccessful. And why is that? Because, they learn the textual matters
by rote. They lack basic knowledge and are not competitive enough. It is not necessary that
people who have really bad academic records or who even fail cannot be successful. Just
because they were poor in academics doesnt mean that they cannot be successful. In my
opinion academic qualification does not guarantee a successful life.

First of all, morality of a person also guarantee a successful life. When a person live
his life according to moral values that are based on honesty, compassion, courage, modesty
and forgiveness which can form positive bonds with other people and lead to succeed in life.
Without morals, one cannot hope to be successful in life. This is because the immoral deeds
would eventually surface and taint the reputation. There are some people who are educated
that are not successful because of their lack of morals. For example, Professor Tey Tsun
Hang, a law professor at National University of Singapore, was involved a recent sex-forgrades case. Professor Tey had a good education but a lack of morals, accepting bribe in
the form of gifts from his student in exchange for better grades. This shows that even with a
good education, one might not succeed in life because of the lack of morals. Aristotle
examined the human condition and came to a remarkable conclusion. He said that, Only
the good can be succeed and only the virtuous can be good. So that, moral values are
extremely important for your overall well-being. It provides a structure for humans life and it
makes them to succeed in their life.

Furthermore, the willpower of an individual is another secret to success in ones life.


Even if your academic abilities are poor it doesn't just stop there. Willpower and inner
strength are vital skills, necessary for carrying out tasks, chores and decisions and for the
achievement of goals. Without them, it is difficult to start anything and difficult to succeed it.
You can still cultivate your mind to let it grow. A person with a fixed mind set will live his life
thinking he is dumb. A person with his growth mind set will take the chance to improve and
sort of become intelligent. When an individual is determined to achieve a certain goal or
vision in their life, they will undeniably be victorious in their future. This does not matter
whether they have a good academic qualification or not as not all people with great
educational background turned out successful. The power of ones determination can be
seen in the success story of Bill Gates. He dropped out from Harvard University to take that
one step further in his life by working hard to achieve his vision in his famous computer
software, Microsoft and finally he has succeed in his life Thus, willpower plays an important
role in achieving success in life.

Besides that, being able to have self knowledge and act according to what is in the
best interest for our individuality and the people who surround us is wise. The reason most
of our leaders are old is because they are wiser and have more knowledge. They have lived
longer lives and they have more experience which usually makes them have a better
judgment. There is an old saying in the Spanish language: that the devil knows more for

being old than for being the devil. Success cannot be accomplished if one cannot take
advice and learn from somebody elses mistakes. Wisdom is the ability to observe
something and come to the conclusion of whether the results were good or bad. Another
common denominator for true success is the ability to be in touch with our own spirituality. To
be able to look at ourselves, as small beings of a much bigger creation and know that our
creator is something much bigger than us, makes us take decisions that not only benefit
ourselves but also the people that surround us. The only thing that separates human beings
from other animals is the ability to belief in something that is beyond what we can see, touch,
or smell; this is the believe in a higher being that is the ruler and creator of everything. Faith
in a higher being is what makes us respect each other and fear to do wrong. Sharing,
helping each other, and being able to love our descendants future more than our own lives
are all examples of how our spirituality makes us successful.

Some people able to success in his life without have any excellent academic
background. This is because these people were able to change their life and redefine social
class with their own determination, where they face the real world. They were observed and
learned the environment to survive in the world, meet with a lot of people with various
interests, background and culture with lack of education. Of course, they fall often and fail to
achieve their purpose, but their aim and purpose is obvious. They learned from the failure
and try again with new strategies. They never satisfied to try until they achieve their purpose.
These people never know how to give up. They have self-motivated and build confidence as
a result of confront the real world. These kind of person even though have lack of academic
qualification but when they confront employer in an interview, they are able to convince the
employer with their confidence with outstanding personalities and speech. So, the employer
will have no reason to reject them to be hired in a company. That is the purpose of interview,
where interview used by the employer just not judge the people from academic background
stated on paper of rsum. They are judge and value people from their personalities,
physical characteristics, and willingness to give commitment.

It is generally believe that some people are born with certain talents such as sport or
music, dance and so forth. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to
become a good sports person or musician. Generally, that some people with the special
ability are born. These abilities called the talent may be include a vast area of activities from
sport, communication, music to individual aspects of life. For example, there are some
known people in sports such as Ronaldinho, Bekham, Messi and so on. On one hand, there

is a basic question whether any child can achieve this opportunity and ability to become a
talented person on specific field by certain learning and educating or they need some other
complementing approaches. For an example, Walt Disney didn't graduate from college or
high school and was enormously successful. He had the ambition and the motivation to
press on and it paid off; others can do the same. Then, only those who have natural talent or
learned only can dance the dance. For example, everyone cannot dance the traditional
dances. Thus, through the talents of the dance can also make a person might be able to
work as traditional dance. Generally, all the research done shows that performance does not
related with IQ. So that, talent of a person guarantee for succeed in life.

Success cannot only be measured by academic qualification as the skill and ability of
oneself should be considered as well. Skills can be categorized in many ways such as social
skills, language skills, and computer skills. It is not guaranteed that an individual with the
most As or perfect grades will get a job as some employers may employ workers based on
their skills. This is because academic qualification is solely based on ones performance in
their respected schools, colleges or universities. It is not based on what they are yet to
execute in the working environment. Jordan McGreevy, who left school at the age of 16 to
run his own computer empire, said: "Having worked on my game during the last few years at
school, I felt confident that I knew enough about the field to not go to university. It is hard
work but with any luck I won't have to work as hard in the future. University would have been
a good experience but I prefer the challenge of learning on my own." For example, the
sellers of Sabah crafting. The only people who have the ability alone can produce a unique
craft and can be sold. So, the sellers can achieve their successful in life by their business
skills also can success by your ability for satisfy your carrier. Hence, skills are far more
important in determining a successful life in the future.

Some people graduates from the best universities in the world, but not all of them are
success in their life. Success is not determined by academic qualification but it is determined
by luck and hard work. Even though students are learned very well and graduate excellently,
they need to apply what they had learned to the real job. The knowledge is useless if they
lack of confidence within themselves. Get the job is just a beginning but the most important
is practical of what they had learned. The practical is obviously different from what they
learned in class and read in books and it is difficult to apply. It is involves proper planning
and strategies to solve anything in crisis. Success also depends on opportunities, and the
opportunities are provided by entrepreneurs who not necessarily were highly educated like

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to the educated people to get prosperity. Colleges and
universities only provide a system such as examinations, tests, marks and other methods
but the system is always fixed. The role of students is by follow the system and the way of
think is same. The real world is flexible and change to time to time. So that, education is not
guarantee for a success life if compare with hard work and practical of a person.

In conclusion, I firmly believe that excellence in academic qualification does not


ensure success in life. Academic qualification would only serve as the toppings on our
favourite pizza but it would never taste like a pizza without the cheese. Academic
qualification does not ensure success in life because success is your real and only
happiness. There are not a lot of people going to school because not everyone can afford
school. Even the smartest people of the world did not to graduate college or even high
school and they still manage to make millions of dollars; does this mean they are failures in
life? Academic qualification only shows the level of knowledge of the person have but the
most important is the personalities, experiences, and commitment that they put on the job of
interest make them success in life. Thus, it should not be made as the sole determiner of
success in life. As the famous quote goes, Where theres a will, theres a way, there is
always a chance for everyone to be successful in life as long as they are willing to take on
the challenge.

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