Courageous Lady Who Spent Years in University Drops Degree, Learns a Trade and Becomes a Carpenter

Courageous Lady Who Spent Years in University Drops Degree, Learns a Trade and Becomes a Carpenter

  • A Nigerian lady has publicly announced that she has become a carpenter after graduating from university
  • The lady said she dropped her university degree after she successfully learned a trade that would make her money
  • After she posted on TikTok, many people congratulated her and said she was very hardworking

A Nigerian lady who graduated from the university has shunned white-collar jobs for carpentry.

The lady publicly announced to people that she is now a carpenter despite being a degree holder.

Lady who graduated from university becomes a carpenter.
The lady graduated from university and took the path to carpentry. Image: @felicitydefurnituremaker
Source: UGC

Felicity made a post on TikTok, showing the day she did her defence at the tertiary institution, but noted that she was ditching the certificate.

She wrote:

"I dropped my degree to be a carpenter."

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Numerous videos on her TikTok handle show the lady working in a carpentry workshop.

Watch the video below:

Reactions as lady becomes a carpenter

Many of her followers expressed a lot of admiration for her because she had the courage to learn a trade.

@B said:

"Why is this video not going viral?"

@queenmotherqueen0 said:

"God bless, my dear. You will soon see you in America. With your hand work you can never suffered."

@user8124467025831 said:

"Me too, I dropped mine to be a baddest hair stylist. I also paint and install wallpaper."

@DiNERO_SECRET SKIN ESSENTIALS said:

"This post is supposed to be going very very viral like so VIRAL!"

@gelato said:

"You are going places."

@Strong woman said:

"I am dropping mine to farming. I was scared. Thanks for inspiring."

@Mara said:

"Beautiful strong lady."

@FAVOR said:

"God will bless you for that paa dear."

@Ephya Nocturnal commented:

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"God should bless your handiwork sis."

@Chun said:

"School don dey useless for Nigeria oo."

South African woman celebrates earning degree summa cum laude

Meanwhile, Briefly News reported that a South African woman shared a post about graduating summa cum laude from the engineering programme she was studying towards.

The University of the Witwatersrand graduate posted a video from her special day, and she can be seen gracing the graduation stage as she gets conferred with her degree, which she obtained summa cum laude.

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