Man in his 50s Urges Age Mates As He Obtains First BSc
Ramsey N Singbeh Jr
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A prominent Margibian in his fifties is seriously urging people of his age group and above not to see age as a hindrance to achieving their education. Sam Sumo Bahbor who obtained his first BSc in his life very recently at the LICOSESS College of Education and is currently pursuing another one at the University of Liberia says it is never too late to learn.
He says he is reading Public administration at the University of Liberia.
At the Liberian Cooperative Standard Education School System (LICOSESS), his study was focused on school administration and English.
Mr Bahbor, a former Public Relations Officer of the Booker Washington Institute or BWI in Kakaka and a Stalwart of the ruling Unity Party who served as the party’s Margibi County District #: 4 Coordinator said though his recent educational achievement is belated on grounds that he should have obtained his first degree in his 20s, he cannot allow his current age to prevent him from pursuing higher education.
The newest BSC holder in an interview with reporters in Kakata recently, encouraged people of his age to keep engaging until their goal of seeking high education whether academic or vocational, is achieved despite their ages.
He said they must do something even if it will mean that they obtain some kind of vocational skill, adding that at the end of the day, they will impact lives that will earn them a credit.
According to Mr. Bahbor, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, as such, his peers should not limit themselves to the issue of age.
“If it were only that age is a factor, then people wouldn’t have been dying at the age of 12, then we should be reaching our three scores and ten as being prescribed by the Bible before we could die” he narrated.
He adds: “So, then what will you be doing until you can reach up to the three scores and ten; you will still be sitting because you old now, you are still in your 40s, you are just in your 50s so will you not be achieving anything only because you are in that age, then what will happen to people who supposed to be surviving from you in your 55, 56 and 60?”
Bahbor thinks and feels that people of his age should muster the courage as he has done noting that if it causes him to get Masters and PhD, he is only looking for opportunity that he can make use of so that even if he should die, somebody should boast of his impact.
When asked as to what motivated him to pursue a BSC degree at his current age, Mr. Bahbor said he had the mind that there was still a room where somebody could survive on something coupled with the statement that was made by former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf that the educational system of Liberia was a ‘mess’.
The LICOSESS graduate continued that his going to school and earning a degree in education will mean a lot not just to himself, but for the emerging generation who supposed to be their successors indicating that they need to be responsibly cultivated into a responsible academic environment.
Mr. Bahbor maintained that he sees the BSC Degree he earned especially in the area of study (education), as a lot more value added to his age because according to him, education in Liberia is dragging on.
He noted that the degree will help to further strengthen the already fragile educational system the country has, especially when people with the authority in the area of education tap on his expertise.
Sam-Sumo Bahbor re-emphasized the need for his peers to do away with the issue of age and go to school in order to be able to acquire education that will make an everlasting impact on they and their families and even the nation, Liberia.
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