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Before I Knew Better

Before I knew better4 Entries

Life has its way of debunking myths. Whether those you were explicitly told or those you were naively conditioned to, thanks to good ol' Nollywood.

If you were a random Jambite, straight out of secondary school, you have plenty of those things you confidently believe to be true.

You probably believed university would be exactly as people described it. Lecturers would be wicked. Freedom would be sweet. Friendships would come easily. Love would be simple. Politics would be for a certain kind of person. Money would somehow stretch.

Then life enters quietly and starts editing you.

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By Sappho

Clocking University Myths

June 29, 2026 · 3 min read

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By Angëlo

The Cost Of Certainty

You don't know what you don't know

Some truths are found by asking. Others are found by waiting long enough to discover that the story you've been telling yourself was never the story at all. If university taught me anything in those first few months, it wasn't hidden in a lecture note or buried inside a textbook. It was...

June 29, 2026 · 4 min read

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By Jeddy Coco

Before I Knew Better

My 100-Level Tech Illusion

June 29, 2026 · 2 min read

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By Akinwale

Politics Just Wasn't For me

Or maybe it was. I backed out before I could find out.

June 29, 2026 · 4 min read

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Before we knew better, we were not foolish.

We were simply early.

And maybe that is what the beginning of university really is: a season of being early to many truths.

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