The Inner Burden Every Student Carries | Aisha Alkali Mohammed | TEDxNTIC Abuja Youth
TEDx Talks·2026-02-03 17:28

There was a time when I'd wake up every day feeling empty. Not because I wasn't trying, not because I didn't care, but because I was carrying expectations that didn't belong to me. Nobody talks about the overly high parental and social expectations.Feeling like your worth depends on making your parents proud. The fear of failure, like every mistake was proof of disappointment. The passion is gone, like it was never there.And learning feels like a burden rather than something to be enjoyed. My name is Aisha ...