My speech

Speech to 1000 students on why to take a non-vocational degree

Today there are 1000 students who are capable of great things. Today there are 1000 students who are studying challenging subjects. Today there are 1000 students who study hard. But why do we sit and talk about today if we make a simple wrong decision causing us to live in an uncomfortable tomorrow?  It’s a question that we will forever struggle to answer but also a question we can eradicate from our sub-conscious mind.  In one year you will face the question of what university course to choose and in a world where 202 million people are unemployed we must choose wisely.

I come here to plead to you to take a non-vocational course; you ace your course, why? Because you don’t want to be part of that statistic. Because you want to provide for your family. Because you are better than that. Picture this, all your life you’ve been a physics genius, you aspire to be an engineer so do a mechanical engineering course. You ace your course and go for a job. You wow the employer with your fantastic grades. However, a big part of this dream job wasn’t covered in your course; your employer has no choice but to employ another candidate.

3 long penniless years pass and finally you get lucky with a job stacking shelves.

Wrong course. Wrong job. Wrong life. All because of that simple wrong decision you made in one years’ time.

Make the right choice.

Choose non-vocational