BY SHARON SIBINDI
COLLEGE life has inspired Bulawayo’s up-and-coming author Tatenda Rungisa to pen a book titled How To Get Best Out of College, which covers the academic life of a student.
Rungisa told NewsDay Life & Style that the book, published by Hope Revival Publishers, carried themes of courage, perseverance, identity, resilience, friendship, education and choices.
“The book is about what every student may need to know about being a freshman and pressures at college, how to handle such issues as it speaks to realities versus expectations derived from movies or hearsay,” she said.
“They (students) have no idea of the likely challenges and how to overcome them. Once they actually arrive on campus, they realise that there is more to deal with than just books. They, all of a sudden, find themselves dealing with many issues that can either make or break them in addition to the books that are a heavy load on their own.”
Rungisa said being fresh at college, students find themselves in the arena like a circus juggler with more balls than they ever trained to juggle.
“You can go to college with a guideline of what to expect and how to deal with it, but fatigue becomes the order of the day as they try hard to balance expectations and reality. This is what this book is all about,” she said.
“The period between high school and graduation and even beyond, at a university or any tertiary institution for that matter, is slowly becoming part of every individual’s life journey.”
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She said the book went beyond college life and talked about positioning oneself in the job market after graduation.
“The book also looks at starting up as a graduate and the author shares in detail each stage, what one may go through and how to overcome during these stages,” she said.
“My love for dealing and talking about youth-related issues motivated me to pen the book. I believe some people perish because of lack of proper guidance while at college.”
Rungisa said the other motive of the book was to pin down how one may position oneself in the job market as a fresh graduate.
“My aim is for young people to be able to have the knowhow of how to adapt in different setups, institutions and roles,” she said.
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