Mike was a student at the school where my Dad used to be a principal. In 2006, 16 year old Mike took the WAEC and JAMB examinations. He smashed 9 As in his WAEC examination, and scored a high score…
Month: August 2016
QUALITY EDUCATION: What is the way out?
QUALITY EDUCATION: What is the way out? By Oluwatosin Philip Oguntunde Global Youth Ambassador, A World At School. The problem of education in Nigeria is huge. It’s massive. Firstly, we must take matter into our own hands. Do not fool…
Olympics: Should Nigeria’s Dream be paid?
Its almost a taboo to tell your fiancee’s father that you are a musician, or painter or writer. The African father wonders if that is a ” real Job” that people get paid for. This has translated into the stereotypical make-up of our career choices, everyone wants to be a Doctor, Engineer or Lawyer.
Paid Writers: 5 Pitfalls to Avoid
Hey! How is the writing? Sometimes it takes a while to get in the flow but as they say “if we do not switch on the tap, water does not start to flow”. I want to address issues for writers…
Anxiety kills Brain Work Faster than Depression
Photo Credit: iIntelligence Hello friends, I have had one of those weekends when everything seems out of place. As much as I was looking forward to opening my office today (Monday), the other side of me just wanted the weekend…
Free book on Academic writing
GET QUICK TIPS TO SUBMITTING AWESOME ACADEMIC WRITE-UPS Excerpt From the Ebook INTRODUCTION: This is usually the first part, paragraph or section of your write-up and depending on the length of the assignment it should not be above 40% of…
Are Exams True Tests of Knowledge
By Charles Uzor Are exams true tests of knowledge? Well, I would not say they are. Back in the day, my younger brother was mercilessly criticised for not getting excellent grades in school. So one day I heard him saying…
THOSE WHO RIP
This story is inspired by real life events, characters and plots have been intentionally reconstructed. **†*****************†****************** I wish death had a roster, maybe Dupe would still be with us. We used to do a lot of overnight reading at LLT…
School: Just one chance at Life
I stood and watched how the dexterous hands of the cobbler moved with expertise as he polished the dusty part of my shoes, bringing life to an otherwise dead shoe. He was tall, dark with white shiny teeth, I admired…
She is Pretty after School
Sometimes I feel like asking this girl, what happened to her after we left secondary school. I used to crush a lot on girls, even though I was trying to grow into my brilliance, girl crushes were my demons. However, …
How to Date without Failing School
Its obvious a lot of young people are threatened by the idea that relationship could make their academic performance drop. People pick at straws, join uncorrelated facts together, especially in Africa. We have failed to understand that excellence is a…
Is Pastor Adeboye right?
I think the church is like any other quick fix, one-stop drugstore. “If you do this and that, your life will be better” “If you marry a wife outside the church, you will be miserable”. These are few points I…
Does Porn affect your brain?
I could not control what google brought while I was searching for an appropriate image for this post. It made me remember years back when I would intentionally stumble on porn sites, I could be there for hours after that.…
Why I don’t care who gets hurt!!
I have challenged myself to expose a lot of my hurt, to give myself some space to breathe. To write without actually giving a freaking hoot who gets hurt! I stopped writing on wordpress for a while, moved over to…