Against all odds, she went ahead to qualify as a lawyer 18 years after “playing” lawyer as a four-year-old. Tomiwa’s life-long admiration for lawyers and the job that they do, perhaps, made things easy for her on the D-day. Convinced that it was the profession that she was made for, Adetomiwa gradually learned the rope until she recently obtained her Golden Fleece. Even with supportive parents, peer pressure and the razzle-dazzle in other professions can derail a long-cherished dream, especially during teenage years, but not for Adetomiwa. Identifying her natural abilities (where she would excel) came naturally as a result of both parents being children of accomplished educationists.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2019 04:30 UTC