“My Girlfriend Of Five Years Left Me On My Graduation Day Because I Hadn’t ‘Become Something.’ Months Later, I Was Carrying Blocks For 13 Naira Each When She Pulled Up In Her New Man’s G-Wagon And Laughed, ‘Is This The Big Plan?’ She Had No Idea What I’d Just Found In A Stone On My Way Home.”

plenty of sympathy. But I also have a son who is beginning to feel sorry for himself, and I refuse to watch it happen. Go and eat something.”

Experience

The rejections began. “They want people who graduate with experience.” “How can somebody just graduate and already have two years’ experience?” “That’s what I asked them.” Interview after interview: continue reading …