obo and I went to Legon as freshmen in 1994, excited to be Vandals (Members of the Commonwealth Hall) and determined to excel in academics to help achieve our respective long term career goals. My goal at the time was to get a good Grade Point Average (GPA) that would enable me to earn meritbased financial aid for aWestern education, while Bobo wanted to become a lawyer and a statesman just like his dad. We were young men on a mission who didn’t want to miss out on the campus social life either! We found interesting ways to motivate ourselves to focus on our studies. For example, when we realised that several guys would spend almost the whole day in the hall’s Junior Common Room (JCR) to play pool and drink, we vowed never to learn how to play that game! What a waste of time!!.... When we couldn’t go to the United Kingdom (UK) during the summer holidays, we maximised the opportunity cost of going to chase after visas at the UKHigh Commission by making sure that we studied hard and scored excellent grades. Like iron sharpening iron, we have both achieved B Like iron sharpening iron, we have both achieved most of our academic and career goals. 22
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