Instead of going to University, studying useless, no good degrees, such as business, humanities, and media.
These courses are no good, whatsoever. Yet, in colleges and universities, up and down the West, you'll find Somali kids enrolled on these courses.
They'd be far better off, enrolling on courses or going on an apprenticeship, in a trade.
Plumbing, carpentry, electrician, and my trade: stonemasonry, are some of the most well paying, rewarding jobs out there. You'll be self-employed, never without a job, and can work anywhere in the world.
I too nearly fell into the trap, of enrolling on a useless university course, I was gonna study broadcast journalism. But Alhamdulillah, my father talked me out of it. He instead recommended that I study a trade. He told me it would be a decision I'll never regret. And I thank him greatly for that.
I enrolled on a four year stonemasonry apprenticeship in London, and at the end of it, became a fully fledged stonemason. Alhamdulillah, I've earned a great salary, in all of the construction projects I've been part of. The thing was, I was the only Somali in my apprenticeship.
It's such a shame, I didn't have another Somali on my class. Its such a shame that not many, young Somali men, are not interested in learning a trade.
These courses are no good, whatsoever. Yet, in colleges and universities, up and down the West, you'll find Somali kids enrolled on these courses.
They'd be far better off, enrolling on courses or going on an apprenticeship, in a trade.
Plumbing, carpentry, electrician, and my trade: stonemasonry, are some of the most well paying, rewarding jobs out there. You'll be self-employed, never without a job, and can work anywhere in the world.
I too nearly fell into the trap, of enrolling on a useless university course, I was gonna study broadcast journalism. But Alhamdulillah, my father talked me out of it. He instead recommended that I study a trade. He told me it would be a decision I'll never regret. And I thank him greatly for that.
I enrolled on a four year stonemasonry apprenticeship in London, and at the end of it, became a fully fledged stonemason. Alhamdulillah, I've earned a great salary, in all of the construction projects I've been part of. The thing was, I was the only Somali in my apprenticeship.
It's such a shame, I didn't have another Somali on my class. Its such a shame that not many, young Somali men, are not interested in learning a trade.