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A nation blessed with resources and potential that keeps promising after 55 years of independence. Her government keeps moving from kinds of administrations. Her leadership swaps between looting technocrats and honest mediocrities. Little wonder, the country continues to sail like a ship with no route that even a kid would say “Nigeria is a cursed nation”.
Who cursed Nigeria?
Facing the many Nigeria woes, Nigerians reiterate “dem don swear for Nigeria”. Yet, no one really pays attention to the origin of our self-proclaimed curse. Could it have been from some enemies? The British imperialists? A neighbouring countries? Or a power contender somewhere in Africa? Factually none of these options ceremonially did curse Nigeria and The Merciful Creator did not.
To crack this autopsy, let us diagnose an otherwise all-life touching sector in Nigeria. The power sector has witnessed many transforming policies and change programmes but still woefully failed even when it was distinguished from a rocket science. It did well to have reportedly produced 00MW sometimes this year. Who cursed the Nigeria power sector if not Nigerians? Like you and I are not guilty of saying “ko ni da fun won” (it won’t be better for them).
Did you hum? You are getting my point. Nigeria is being placed on curse by its own citizens every day. Arguably, no one wakes up in the morning to cast spells on the country but the rate at which people rain curses on people in government is so high to think all is well. Our president, governors and chairmen willing or unwillingly do not receive advise maybe, but they wealthily receive curses daily. Who curses a father and thinks it is not a damn on his family?
Recently I read a report that some women from Akwa Ibom state set to the street to cast spells on federal government because of their grievance, like such is the new face of dialogue. Unfortunately, many are like that but do not behave like them. We hail our leaders with oloshi (unfortunate one) and oloribuku (ill fated) like that is going to affect their family. Who does not know the oshi (fate) is indeed their offices- our affairs. All these we alter with religious and tribal sentiments as the democratic factor never helps too.
It is not uncommon to hear a religious leader call for the head of a president or governor who seems not favorable to his congregation or genuinely, the masses. Lest I ask; where is prayer in the world most religious state?
Talking of tribal political discourses in Nigeria, they are characterized with swearwords and bad wishes for the man at the top in as much as he has no stake in such sittings. The political bad wishes and ill statements by oppositions do not escape the ears and eyes of Nigerians too. Oppositions supervise denting of government only to get there and receive bad wishes too.
I have learnt from great teachings of Islam my religion that leaders are not infallible, but still they ought to be obeyed in as much as they are not calling to prohibition and abomination. They should be advised and not ridiculed. Moreover they should be assisted with prayers.
Nigeria is a promising state with a government armed with calculative plans to better the lot of her citizenry. Individuals wishes well too. However my fear is if we do not change our curses to prayers, Nigeria will continue to be a merry-go-around of crashes and clashes.

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“Do not play with Muslim children, they are taught to throw stones at people in their ile-kewu”- these were the words of a preacher to us during my church going days. My mind didn’t belong to the church thus I was quick to identify the falsehood in the words of the evangelist unlike my peers. Little wonder we have a host of them scattered all over today fighting a blind war of hate. I mentioned this episode to a friend who said one may not really blame them (the preacher and his likes) since its evident some rough things go on in these our local madaris. The thought of ‘omo kewu’ running after lizards, roughly threatening and fighting each other and the dirty and never-ironed madrasah uniform made me gave my friend a nod, a partial one! Since we will not blame the
Christian cleric like he said, it is essential we answer the complementary question “who is to be blamed”? Yea! Who is to be blamed for the ills and lapses in many of our local Islamic schools? The students, the parents or the Alfas/Mallam?
The aim of the informal Islamic education undoubtedly revolves around producing pious and conscious Muslims who will be able to pass the noble message of Islam across generations. Unfortunately, for a number of factors, this system has over the years been represented and perceived by non-Muslims and Muslims alike as a training ground for rogues roughing it out with jalabia and never get praised except for their many nakali (incantations). All these are born out of the poor setting viz. the curriculum and physical structure, teachers’ competency and poor learning condition. Undoubtedly, many madaris are better-off and have upgraded from what seemed to be the general perception but if our ile kewu teachers are seen as some unfortunate folks who mentors no one. Who is to be blamed for this
perception? The teachers for their deeds?
The teacher and his deeds, he is so aggressive and fails to discharge proper the pedagogical service? He embarrasses himself at every ode-olomo (naming ceremony) and ode-oloku(burial ceremony)? Oh! He is a swindle, thanks to jalabi. He is not to be blamed, he probably was never trained to teach, how will a teacher even show his resourcefulness in a class of hundred plus without a helper? What makes him a beggar and swindler if not the paltry and irregular take home? He is not to be blamed maybe, should the parents?
The parents, they are mindless of the standard of tutelage their children undertake, even as they dose out thousands every trimester to the secular schools. They care less about the progress of their children’s studies and the baba olowo (wealthy) amongst them withdraws his kids because of the “local formation” thus denying his kids a great prize of learning Islam, when he has the ability to sponsor a good structure. Well there is no such thing like PTA meeting that will facilitate such discussion. The blame goes to the structure maybe, and who determines the structure, the Muslim community! I and you –him and her!
Recently, a mother to one of my students requested that I help her recite a very long surah in the Quran 49 times- a prescribed invocation by an Alfa. In an attempt to politely turn down her request without compounding issues, I told her I am busy, only for her to tell me: there is owo adua o (oh! There’s a prayer-fee). I was flabbergasted and felt she must be high on Nollywood dose. This obnoxious episode made me see how relegated the Islamic knowledge and its seeker have been in our society.
Nevertheless, the informal Islamic educational system is not such that could be disregarded in any Muslim community, its tenets and honour must be upheld, it should not be such that defeats the aim of its establishment, the blame of its malfunctioning is on us- leaders and followers. The solution does not lie in our hands, it lies in our brain- THINK AND UNDERTSAND!

Source: https://siddiqoye./2016/07/30/ile-kewu-on-the-blink-where-lies-the-blame/#more-175

This is an excerpt of a speech I delivered at St. Mary College Suleja during a sensitization programme of the NYSC Suleja local govt. Mass literacy club. You may consider one or two points as an advice to your students or brethren.

5 things to do in Secondary School

As contained in the national policy of education (2004); secondary education shall raise a generation of people who can think for themselves, respect views and feelings of others, respect the dignity of labour and live as good citizens.

Actualization of these goal of secondary education is indeed a no-no for many secondary school leavers whether in the urban or rural -set of dependent, playful and lazy teens. But… I got some tips you may use in beating this otherwise challenging task and maybe blaze a trail in some endeavours too.

Here they are:

Establish a good online-presence

I know you have a smart phone, who doesn’t? You got an account on leading social media and even some I do not know and in fact you spend all day surfing these links. Is that what I mean “good online-presence?” No!

Get mature with this things, create appealing usernames, gather as many online friends as you may wish, post fascinating things and stop all those “bathroom selfies”. You may try to explore your dream career through social media. Say, you want to be a doctor, like hospital and medical colleges’ pages or follow a professor in your dream field.

You may consider making your page or account a diary as an art student, not “I am chilling at the restaurant” but something like making relevant posts on current affairs. You don’t want to be too serious? You love sport? You may consider some sport analysis too, you got that “analysis”!

Your account will soon become a reference point for peers and you may grow into an e-celebrity like….lip sealed!Graduate_caps

Establish good relationship with people

The other time you bullied the short guy in your class or extorted the poor junior girl, did you envisage him/her growing to sit in front of you as a hiring manager in an interview? God forbid you said? Dear, wake up to reality.

It may not be a formal one, he/she may save you the hotel bills when you come around his locality for a function. What if it’s some economic or political favour? You just have to create a good rapport with everyone, senior, junior, short and tall. If you have a cause to punish a junior, do that responsibly…hmm!

To your teacher be good, you may see them as a permanent entity in the position they are today, but bro/sis they may save a you on a needy day- ask the guy who lost a dream job because he didn’t get his principal to write a recommendation.

Develop your talent

Guy A sings? He got a talent. Guy B creep walks? Probably another, and you don’t do any of these you think you don’t have a gift? Wrong!

Everyone is blessed, it is in you, you only need to look for it and enhance it by constant practice. You may consider joining one of the school clubs to develop yourself. Good for you! That skill of yours may be the way to wealth or on least, a key to scholarship.

Learn how to speak and write

Without this point, all talks are just empty. What best complement your gift, social networking and good relationship if not speaking and writing skills?

Not your gist and gossips nor your subject note writing, I mean you need to be productive on paper and fantastic in front of crowd. These are the easiest and cheapest ways to market whatever ability you have gotten.

What should you do? Get a note-book and jot down your thoughts in a constructive way, even if you think it’s not appealing. Your jargons may one day sell you like a wagon.

And speaking? Will you stand in front of the class to say a thing everyone will love to listen to? If you will, kudos! You have started.

Make your O’ level

Your WASSCE or NECO SSCE are as important as your 6 golden years in the secondary school. Alas! That is probably the only exam that summarizes such lengthy period and the basics of every other academic endeavor to come. Fight hard and put distractions aside, read and shun the beautified evil called malpractice.

Excelling in your SSCE is the biggest gift to your parent at your age, you will save your head from blames and tensions, what of those many tiring tutorials for second sitting? Hmm.

The news is that with your O’level result, you are equal in qualification with many of those men under the Abuja green dome.

These points are one, two, three, four and five out of many wonderful things you should do to meet the lofty goals of secondary education, try to think through before you are through.

Thank you!
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A glance through the content of religion and national values (RNV) will convince or misguide one on what exactly the subject represents. For starters, RNV is a subject introduced to the Nigerian basic education (primary & JSS) curriculum. It is a merger of some liberal arts subjects, to include C.R.S., Islamic studies, social studies, civic education & security awareness. The subject is a product of the review of the Nigerian basic education, a streamline which intends to produce a viable curriculum to meet national and international goals (including NEEDS, EFA & MDGS) and also void of subject overloading.
However RNV viz. the curriculum review has at different occasions been a controversial issue on the conventional and new media and as turned a hullabaloo in the political, religion and educational quarters, because of its purported unification of two religions- Christianity and Islam. While liberalists are popular supporters of the subject, core religionists and individuals with religio-political sentiments kick against it.
While it is true that trinity and monotheism cannot fit in the same box, the fact is that the subject does not compel a child to take teachings of the other religion. Far from a total fusion, RNV is a subject with different units (i.e. IRS apart, CRS apart). With this clear, one would wonder why necessitous cry against the subject by Islamic scholars and educationists or at least why should it wake the Islamisation myth?
There are reasons to be alarmed, grumble and complain but it is only unfortunate that many only pick up keypads against the wrong reason. Our reasons are worrisome, justifiable and erudite ones. RNV may accomplish some of the goal of its creation but there is no doubt that not only will it backfire on some important essentials of some Nigerians’ life, it also uncovered certain crooked and unmerited lapses of Nigeria Educational authorities.
The content and structure of Islamic studies part of the RNV has shown clearly that the curriculum lacks the input of Islamic religion experts. If there has been, there should not have been such a slim down on the Islamic studies content such that necessary lessons with lofty goals and objectives have been substituted for an handful of some lessons a child may gain on his outing to a weekend Islamic course. Should this be at a time when many Muslim parents no longer patronize Non-formal Islamic schools, but instead make their kids depend on the content of the formal school Islamic studies curriculum?
The absence of Islamic religion experts in curriculum planning may not be convincible before the eyes catches up with some unforgivable mistakes that appears in the NERDC published curriculum. At this, the curriculum does not only disparage Islamic studies, it rubbishes simple terminologies in the subject, say a topic “qayammumk” in the middle basic, it takes a breath in to decode that “tayammum” was intended. I had guessed it was written under duress but my friends said no! If an excuse of typo is given, it is not believable to say an expert actually proofread that.
Like rubbishing the wordings in the content of the IRS part is not enough, RNV set to reduce the benefits of the formal Islamic education. Missing a lot in basic classes will result to losing interest in secondary and tertiary level. A Muslim needs a whole lot of knowledge to practice his religion but unfortunately religion and national values fails to offer such.
The ill side of RNV is not limited on the final consumers of the curriculum as the teachers have a share of it too. Many schools will prefer employing a teacher to teach all components of RNV to employing a teacher for each units. Meaning Muslim teachers will take CRS and vice versa if the school management is not “nice enough” to hire a teacher for the IRS/CRS units. In a case where the school is nice, most likely the teacher will be paid as a unit teacher and not like other subject teachers. Thus, religion teachers will end up unemployed or as half-teachers.
To say this write up is biased towards the Islamic studies may be true, reason being that; except to blackmail a Muslim-led government that is innocent of the curriculum review, Christians do not speak on this issue since the inauguration, not even the leadership of CAN. One would guess, they care not about the religion curriculum in school since their denominational Sunday schools and bible study classes suffices for all they need to know about their religion. As for a Nigeria Muslim child, he struggles with a surah a year in the RNV curriculum while his equals are celebrated as hufaaz (memorisers) in some other countries.
Everyone is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock, our grumble and shout will no way amend the perplexing but crucial situation. We need to assist ourselves, our posterities and the society against this raid on Islamic tenets. Islamic authority should query what suggest to be an absence of Islamic religion experts who are deserving stakeholders in curriculum development. Parents and guardians should also be conscious of what their children and wards are being taught in school and through PTA platforms ensure they are being taught the Islamic studies unit of the RNV by competent teachers. To be fair, the Nigeria educational authority should make the 2 religions stand out as separate subjects the same way Nigerian languages are.
Unmistakably, the school viz. the curriculum has little to offer as far as moral upbringing is concern. Thus parents should give their children the correct Islamic orientation by teaching them and enrolling them to madaris. All these done, controversy will rest for understanding to take over.

https://siddiqoye./2016/05/22/deciphering-nigerias-controversial-subject-religion-and-national-values/#more-148

A glance through the content of religion and national values (RNV) will convince or misguide one on what exactly the subject represents. For starters, RNV is a subject introduced to the Nigerian basic education (primary & JSS) curriculum. It is a merger of some liberal arts subjects, to include C.R.S., Islamic studies, social studies, civic education & security awareness. The subject is a product of the review of the Nigerian basic education, a streamline which intends to produce a viable curriculum to meet national and international goals (including NEEDS, EFA & MDGS) and also void of subject overloading.
However RNV viz. the curriculum review has at different occasions been a controversial issue on the conventional and new media and as turned a hullabaloo in the political, religion and educational quarters, because of its purported unification of two religions- Christianity and Islam. While liberalists are popular supporters of the subject, core religionists and individuals with religio-political sentiments kick against it.
While it is true that trinity and monotheism cannot fit in the same box, the fact is that the subject does not compel a child to take teachings of the other religion. Far from a total fusion, RNV is a subject with different units (i.e. IRS apart, CRS apart). With this clear, one would wonder why necessitous cry against the subject by Islamic scholars and educationists or at least why should it wake the Islamisation myth?
There are reasons to be alarmed, grumble and complain but it is only unfortunate that many only pick up keypads against the wrong reason. Our reasons are worrisome, justifiable and erudite ones. RNV may accomplish some of the goal of its creation but there is no doubt that not only will it backfire on some important essentials of some Nigerians’ life, it also uncovered certain crooked and unmerited lapses of Nigeria Educational authorities.
The content and structure of Islamic studies part of the RNV has shown clearly that the curriculum lacks the input of Islamic religion experts. If there has been, there should not have been such a slim down on the Islamic studies content such that necessary lessons with lofty goals and objectives have been substituted for an handful of some lessons a child may gain on his outing to a weekend Islamic course. Should this be at a time when many Muslim parents no longer patronize Non-formal Islamic schools, but instead make their kids depend on the content of the formal school Islamic studies curriculum?
The absence of Islamic religion experts in curriculum planning may not be convincible before the eyes catches up with some unforgivable mistakes that appears in the NERDC published curriculum. At this, the curriculum does not only disparage Islamic studies, it rubbishes simple terminologies in the subject, say a topic “qayammumk” in the middle basic, it takes a breath in to decode that “tayammum” was intended. I had guessed it was written under duress but my friends said no! If an excuse of typo is given, it is not believable to say an expert actually proofread that.
Like rubbishing the wordings in the content of the IRS part is not enough, RNV set to reduce the benefits of the formal Islamic education. Missing a lot in basic classes will result to losing interest in secondary and tertiary level. A Muslim needs a whole lot of knowledge to practice his religion but unfortunately religion and national values fails to offer such.
The ill side of RNV is not limited on the final consumers of the curriculum as the teachers have a share of it too. Many schools will prefer employing a teacher to teach all components of RNV to employing a teacher for each units. Meaning Muslim teachers will take CRS and vice versa if the school management is not “nice enough” to hire a teacher for the IRS/CRS units. In a case where the school is nice, most likely the teacher will be paid as a unit teacher and not like other subject teachers. Thus, religion teachers will end up unemployed or as half-teachers.
To say this write up is biased towards the Islamic studies may be true, reason being that; except to blackmail a Muslim-led government that is innocent of the curriculum review, Christians do not speak on this issue since the inauguration, not even the leadership of CAN. One would guess, they care not about the religion curriculum in school since their denominational Sunday schools and bible study classes suffices for all they need to know about their religion. As for a Nigeria Muslim child, he struggles with a surah a year in the RNV curriculum while his equals are celebrated as hufaaz (memorisers) in some other countries.
Everyone is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock, our grumble and shout will no way amend the perplexing but crucial situation. We need to assist ourselves, our posterities and the society against this raid on Islamic tenets. Islamic authority should query what suggest to be an absence of Islamic religion experts who are deserving stakeholders in curriculum development. Parents and guardians should also be conscious of what their children and wards are being taught in school and through PTA platforms ensure they are being taught the Islamic studies unit of the RNV by competent teachers. To be fair, the Nigeria educational authority should make the 2 religions stand out as separate subjects the same way Nigerian languages are.
Unmistakably, the school viz. the curriculum has little to offer as far as moral upbringing is concern. Thus parents should give their children the correct Islamic orientation by teaching them and enrolling them to madaris. All these done, controversy will rest for understanding to take over.

https://siddiqoye./2016/05/22/deciphering-nigerias-controversial-subject-religion-and-national-values/#more-148

LuckyLadolce:
may I share on my blog?

I'm sorry for late response, you can share with acknowledgement. Please send the link to your blog

ayoolataiwo:
Jazakumullah khaeran,pls i mistakenly took a local herb mized with alcohol frm a christian frnd,am so sad abt it,i seek advice pls

The Prophet was reported to have said:"Truly Allah has for my sake pardoned the mistakes and forgetfulness of my community, and for what they have done under force or duress."
We hope Allah won't hold you responsible for the mistake but I will advice you to be cautious as to what herb you take especially from non muslims, many of them contain alcohol and the non muslims aren't mindful of it. May Allah forgive us all.

Amin Wa antum fa JazakumuLlahu khayran. You're all welcome.
Amin to all supplications

Dear Bro/Sis,
Praise is to Allah who has brought us to this moment, Rajab. There's no doubt Ramadan is fast knocking on our doors, thus we beseech Allah to preserve us in faith and health till then.
I know you are aware of what Ramadan comes with, its virtues and opportunities. Hence, I admonish you and myself on the following:
1. Repay your missed fast, don't be in the league of those seeking fatwa when others are seeking the new moon.
2. Try and perfect your recitations; will you be missing the great rewards of reciting the Quran in this year Ramadan too because of the difficulty you encounter in recitation? There's time, go and meet your Imam, Mallam, Alfa.... Rectify those "crackings". May Allah make it easy.
3. Go for a medical check up and treat your ailments, may Allah heal you. You may repay fast if missed but what's better than fasting Ramadan in the blessed month itself?
4. Go and do muraja(revision); yes! you've memorized 1,2,3...30 juzu from the Quran. Will you be holding mushaf to perform qiyamulayl??
5. Get used to tahajud..... Long one, don't be in the first 3 taraweeh league.
6. Start saving up: if feeding yourself and your family may be difficult, you still have time to put things together and "huzzle" too.
7. Learn more about Ramadan: yes! There will be many seatings of knowledge in Ramadan but you need to attend before it, plus ask questions about unclear or unknown rulings. You can't afford to waste your effort. May Allah accept it.
8. Don't be a glutton: you know you can't do without eating an hour. Ramadan is at your door,be discipline!
9. AVOID ALCOHOL : it's a sin yesterday, today and tomorrow, not only Ramadan. It's the mother of sins and render your 40 days solah useless. Imagine! Someone sips a cup of alcohol on 21st of sha'ban.... Alcohol is evil... Avoid it today!!!!!!!!
10. Please share this.
May Allah preserve us till the month of Ramadan. May He strengthen us to be able to perform as many deeds and afterward reward us from His mercies. Amin

Dyslexia: what you should know
Dear! Before you start to read, this may not concern you. If it does not, it’s better ignored. Are you a teacher, an educator, a medic, psychologist, parent or potential parent? Oh! You are one of those? You may go ahead now.
Dyslexia is a physical condition that contributes to learning difficulty. It refers to the inability to read. Simply put, it is an unexpected and substantial difficulty in learning to read. It is majorly characterized by confusion of letters (e.g. d and b or p and q) and word decode trouble. You remember Ishaan Awashthi in the popular Bollywood “like stars on earth”? You know dyslexia!
It will be laudable to know some things about this language disorder. Hence, let’s look at its characteristics, how to diagnose a student/kid, certain facts about the disorder and of course remedies or management tips.
Characteristics
The following are common features expressed by students/kids who are dyslexic . Though, having one or two of them may not mean that your student, kid or client suffers from dyslexia. However be sure a combination of some of these symptoms is likely to be dyslexia. We will be taking 10 of the many symptoms;
1. Visual difficulty: dubbed “word blindness”. A child may be seeing letters in reverse or upside down. Say, a child reading “cow” as “com”.
2. Difficulty in word-sound association.
3. Unclear speech
4. Always falling behind in class especially in reading skills
5. Frustration and low esteem
6. High I.Q but low test score
7. Frequent Daydreaming
8. Reading slowly and getting tired reading
9. Omitting words and ignoring punctuation while writing
10. Low comprehension when he/she is trying to read.
Diagnosis
When your child, student or client is finding learning strenuous, do not conclude “oh! Dyslexia”, you will need to make some diagnosis. Oh no! That is not a medical test or some laboratory procedures, it’s merely following the under listed steps;
1. Rule out other learning problems such as; low intelligence, absence from school or hearing or visual problem.
2. Put such kid on intensive tutorial; he/she may only be having problem comprehending what’s taught in class
3. Check child’s ability to identify phonemes (e.g. differentiate between bag and bad)
4. You should observe/test the child on some of the characteristics of dyslexia
Remedies/ Management tips
Now, you have discovered your precious is dyslexic, keep calm; it is not a kind of mental disability and impairments. It can be managed and a kid who has it may do quite like the smart kid you expected him to be. In any case, you got help the kid to be fine:
1. Put the child under intensive tutorial. As a parent, you may employ a good private teacher and if you are a teacher, you can help your students in his/her free periods or better still, advise the parents on the former.
2. Eschew comparing such child’s performances with others’, don’t query his test scores.
3. Praise him for whatever good he does, especially the unique things he/she may display.
4. Identify the child’s talent and train him with it. Say, the child cooks well, you may make him make list of recipe and in a case of a child who loves painting, try make him paint words.
5. Use pictures, audio and audio-visual devices to teach such child.
6. You may also augment the child’s I.T skills
7. Dyslexic kids learn well with demonstrations, experimentation and of course visual aids. Use these methods effectively and trust me! There you go making him/her feel good.
8. You may also employ the service of an educational consultant.
“If children can’t learn the way we teach, then we have to teach the way they learn”
- Robert Buck

Facts about dyslexia
1. It cannot be cured neither could one outgrow it but it can be managed
2. Some great persons in the world are dyslexic
3. About 2% of the world is dyslexic
4. Dyslexia ≠ low I.Q
5. Children with dyslexia can also understand complex idea
6. People with dyslexia are usually creative(as expected they are quick to get interested in other things aside studies)
7. Asides graduating from universities, dyslexics can also outshine others in different disciplines
8. A child with dyslexia can be happy and successful too
Thank you!

Excerpt of a lecture delivered by Oyelami Siddiq Ifeoluwa @ NYSC Suleja LGA Mass Literacy Club CDS meeting on Thursday, 10th March, 2016.
https://siddiqoye./2016/03/13/dyslexia-what-you-should-know/#more-132

i thank all nairaland corps members who have been viewing this, especially those whose comment served as fount of motivation. i wish you all the best in your service to the nation.
i also appeal to the moderators( CrazyMan, Ogbeche77, yokiti) and the founder of Nairaland, seun to see to this thread, i think it needs a wider audience.
Thank you

This piece is a bonus in addition to the copa-ticha episode 1-10. It is dubbed to reflect that it contains some kinds of “over sabi” though they can go a long way in helping you during and even after service year. Some may even give birth to your personal CDS. I have highlighted and briefed some of this tips under the character they fit into. Read and benefit…

THE GOOD CORPER

Being good is a virtue that so many people lack, but virtually everyone can be good or pretend to be. Humility, punctuality and diligence at work are needed here. Let the management see you as an upright person, mannered and righteous. Your co-teachers may not be degree holders, mind the way you address them.

INNOVATIVE CORPER

As a copa-ticha you have to display your skills in the school, let them know that you actually studied that prestigious course for 4, 5 or 6 years. It may not be something in your discipline but something good and nice will make the school write your name in gold. Say you studied an environmental related course, you can choose to initiate planting of flowers around the school premises, that’s not stressful…your students will always be there for you. They naturally like wahala!

CORPER ICT

This is not for those graduates that cannot use MS word, no insult intended. Play this card by either encouraging or helping your school to be ICT compliant though it is a “no go area” in some schools. Well, you can help to create an email, build a website and recommend e-testing if they have a computer room. Let them know that their students will not get admitted into higher institution in the country without passing CBT UME and being a regular user is an edge over others. In case you need info on that, contact me and I will gladly help. In addition, you may offer to teach some students how to use of common computer software but be smart enough not to be seen as the computer teacher’s rival.

SOCIAL CORPER

Many people perceive being social to be limited to organizing dance shows, No! I am not talking about that, I want to focus on clubs and societies. If your school have such in place, join hands with the coordinators or otherwise you may propose an introduction. The most popular and quite important club in a school is the press. Other popular ones are debate club, environmental, HIV and the likes. If you don’t have an idea on how to introduce and coordinate one, I can help you with an outline but not here…no space! You may not know, club activities build students’ interactive and leadership skills. #reminiscence

As a plus you may assist or volunteer to be part of the end of session programme too. “All nah social”.

SMART CORPER

Of course the students will be feeling your swags knowing you a graduate, a way to add more to the swags is by walking into their classrooms during free period to create some intellectual rapport. Talk to them about technology, history, mathematical facts or throw some riddle. How about using this line: “someone should tell us a sentence that contains the 26 letters of English alphabet for #500 cash”. Don’t be scared majority of secondary school students won’t get it right, your money is save and ………”if dem chop your money” diaris God!

If you don’t know the answer to that, here it is: “a quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs”.

SMART CLASS

You are smart, you are ICT enabled, you are social, and you serve in a school where many students have smartphones, smarten up your class too by creating an online chat group for class discussions, read that well….CLASS DISSCUSSIONS.

Doing these is going the extra mile in your “service and humility”…do you agree?

This is a bonus, it shouldn’t be much but it is already, before I say my thank you, let me appreciate you for reading through. Copa-Ticha series is my first successful edu-project after Bachelor’s degree, your attention boosted my morale. I am delighted and can’t express how happy I am while writing these last lines.

Thank You!

Siddiq I. Oyelami B.A. (ED.) Islamic Studies.

(Author)

I wrote this as an advocate for quality teachers’ education, thus I enjoin you all to join up in this campaign.

bife:
I guess this is the last.... thank you!
it's been good, only the slow updates.

the last in the series but with a plus and here it goes

Assess and Appraise!
(Copa-ticha episode 10)
Going through the previous episodes, you will realize we touched how to start, needed skills, styles and manners as well as other essentials in the act of teaching. Here, we will be discussing a concept commonly mistaken for the end of teaching processes. In fact it is a director to the “why and how” of the whole process. It is EVALUATION. Far from ordinary testing, evaluation is a routine process in teaching, ranging from your questions after each lesson to working on students’ scores in examination.
Main reason for evaluation is in twofold; judging the instruction i.e. knowing whether or not you have perfectly delivered and secondly is measurement of learning outcome i.e. making judgement on how well the students have learnt. This is to say evaluation is not solely about the students but the teacher as well. Hence, below are basic points you will need to know;
Asking questions at the end of each lesson is very important, it makes you know whether or not students got the lesson right and that they have not confused similar ideas. Always do this….
Continuous assessments.
Aside testing in the classroom, try to issue homework, it provides freedom and opportunity to research…and copy too, so check that. Set out C.A questions carefully and correspond them with behavioral objectives. Mark carefully as well.
Examination
Revise the term work with your students before they go on for examination and make yourself available for questions and clarifications. It is worthwhile to give a piece of advice too. Let them know that the examination may not reflect their values and abilities, however encourage them to study well. Do not make it seem like they are in for a battle, make them know nothing would be asked except that which was taught and revised. Try these and see your students come out in flying colors.
Aftermath of evaluation
In the process of evaluating students’ performance you may realize some flaws in your instructional methods, especially when a large percentage fails, in such case you need to work on your techniques. In some cases, you will realize a great misconception took place, you should simply clarify that. You will get to know about individual students’ problem too, but note that failure is not a student’s fault when you leave out essential requirements in teaching. Do not criticize or compare students, appreciate those who performed well and cheer up those who did not do quite well and know! Not every kid is an “A” student.
Evaluation as you can see, is about feedback….”copa-ticha series” needs to be evaluated also…evaluate it!
Thank you!
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Uniquelyunique1:
Sir, what do we do when students ask questions we don't have answers for?

firstly, let me advice that you avoid such situation as much as you can by preparing very well for the lesson. however, when such come up, like it is commonly concieved by many, don't just say "i am giving you as an assignment", start by engaging other studemts, you will request that someone should answer the question but if there is no one to answer, you can tell them to research on it but do not make your ignorance known in class, some students may ridcule your lessons because of that. good luck!
In addition, you should know that students use that method to set a teacher up at times.

Impact before you depart
(Copa-ticha episode 9)
At the end of the previous episode, I made an otherwise sarcastic expression saying “you are also a step to becoming a good dad or mum”. Yeah! Teaching is not all about the lesson content but teachers influence the lives of students directly or indirectly. The ward is the likeness of the guardian!
The day you become a teacher, you become a mentor also thus it’s left to you how and on what to groom your students. Your appearance, dressing and manner of speech are usual centres of attraction, from there students start to follow or evade your ideas. If students like your personality, they start to quotes, make reference to your life and some will like to be like you especially when you studied their dream course or graduated from their desired institution. That I experienced during my teaching practice, some students would spend their free periods with me, just to know more about their dream varsity, where I was studying.
In short, as a teacher, whether a professional or a “copa-ticha”, you are a counsellor. Students will meet you to discuss things, seek advice, demand for extra lessons and if they do not meet you, you will have cause to rapport with them, especially when you are serving in a school where the teachers are not from your age group, you see your students as your companions. It is not rare to see the students meeting a graduate for career guidance too, therefore you need to “package” yourself and do not sound confuse because you were forced to study your course or did not feel fulfilled after graduation.
In the course of relating with students, it is essential you avoid any form of abuse. Always stand to be respected, don’t be the type that will visit the bar with students or engage in illicit relationship with the innocent teens, though that has been a yearly admonition to NYSC corps members. To cut it short, at present, we have a lot of problems in the moral upbringing of the young generation, we need to rectify things and not compound.
Admonish your students on being good and socially upright, this is nowhere equal to making the class a worship place. Leave remarkable, emotional and intellectual impact on those youngsters, Help them along their path to becoming thoughtful, engaged and self-aware citizens.
With this, I hope you will attest that learning to be a good teacher is not just a step to, but it is as fine as learning to become a good dad or mum, for the fact being that teachers outshine parents most times in child upbringing. Smirk... I am not cajoling you to join us…just be a good “copa-ticha”. Meet you in the next and last episode!!!
Thank you all the way!!!
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xxgig:
I have been teaching part-time while in school and still teaching as I await deployment for service. I know I do my best to ensure my students get all they should. But this write up is opening my mind to a whole lot of things and I know I can do better than I'm doing right now. Thanks Op, keep up the good work, get well.

you are welcome, its my pleasure sir. i wish you good luck. i will also like to learn from your experience.

Curb the cubs
(Copa-ticha episode
As a copa-ticha, you may be worried about managing the unruly behaviours of students in the classroom. Making them sit-down, keep aside every other thing and pay attention to the lesson. Before you consider bulala or pankere (cane in Nigeria local languages), let me give you some tips that might help you in controlling students indiscipline.
To start with, I will like you to know that class management and maintaining discipline in students is a demanding task because adolescents do not like to stay under authority. As a teacher, it’s a thing you need to work on, hence be mindful of your authority, your instruction and your behaviour.
Work on your authority in the classroom, create the feelings that you are in control, make rules and set penalties for disobedience. Do not over-do this by setting so many rules instead adopt encompassing ones say “we shouldn’t use distracting objects in the class” instead of “1. Do not use your phone 2. Do not read novels 3. Do not play games”. You are in-charge but do not abuse your authority by looking for “scape goats” or inflicting corporal punishments, no child likes to be scolded in front of peers. Start correction by eye contacts or silent signals however if a child is too stubborn, try to have a personal discussion with him/her to know where the problem lies.
Establishing authority in class may be very cumbersome especially for first-timers and those whose stature students may consider not to command their respect. Don’t be scared though, when you do it right, you get it right! Be flexible and not rigid, be firm and fair in your address and judgment. Maintain dignity in your dressing and talk. Shun repeating same word or phrase over and over again, e.g. so…so…so. Make sure the students keep the class neat, because they won’t be organised in an untidy class.
As for your instruction i.e. teaching, make your lesson precise and easy to understand, make it interesting and engage the students. If the class becomes rough or rowdy, use humor to redirect students’ attention to the lesson. In addition, you should take note that classes get disordered when they are ill-prepared for.
Presenting yourself as friendly, welcoming, respectful and genuinely interested in your students is the best way to set the students for positive discipline. Your dressing matters a lot, do not put on “shouting styles and colours”. Respect class rules, do away with your mobile device, the calls and messages can wait! Get to know your students’ individual personalities, it goes a long way in building a behaviour influencing rapport. Build your love in the students’ heart, they will not like to offend you by being disobedient.
Subduing or eliminating all acts of indiscipline in students is not easy as stated earlier, but you have to start from somewhere, you will not only make a good teacher by doing that, you are also a step to becoming a good dad or mum. Smiles. Ta-ta!
Thank you!

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Use the best… Do the best!
(Copa-ticha episode 7)
Discussion method
The silence in every child cries out: “let me participate and be involved in my own learning and let me join in with other leaners to learn”. A way to deal with this plight is to employ the discussion method of teaching. In this method, the teacher put forward the subject matter to which students present their opinions and views. The teacher will therefore serve as the leader or the moderator of the talk, since he/she may or may not be part of the discussion.
Unlike the didactic method, teacher is not the sole performer instead it is a collaborative exchange of ideas. Discussion method may not necessarily be a whole class thing, it may go in form of grouping students into units with a leader in each, and then they organize independent discussions prior to a presentation in class.
The method is convenient for teachers and very conducive for students. It opens the students to the acts of thinking, analyzing, evaluating and tolerance. It is worthy of mention that it makes students creative, better communicators and build in them leadership skills.
Like every other method however, discussion has its own downsides and limitations; it could be dominated by the outspoken students, be disorganized and even go out of control and chief of it all, it wastes time especially when the class is a large one. Hence, teachers need to discourage domination, give positive remarks to contributors, welcome debates from students but should always stay in control and end the lesson with a summary which will reiterate the correct views.
Field trip
“Students who never experienced it, are missing out. Students who experienced it, want more. Students do not like to remain on those hard seats”.
Field trip entails taking students out of class to a place related to their class lesson. The method gives students the privilege of learning with all senses and also a good way teachers become their friends. Field trips are not limited to journeys to destinations away from the school, rather spots in and around the school compound can also make up a trip. Say a teacher is teaching erosion, taking the students to the street to see occurrence and control of erosion is a field trip.
Before going out, it is important to familiarize your students to the purpose, by this they know what to look out for and will not take it as mere play or tourism. Experiences should be related after the trip and students should be asked to compare and contrast them to the class lesson.
When a filed trip becomes impracticable because of challenges should as time, risk, managing the students or finance, the teacher can help with video clips, images or specimens if possible.
On a final note, as long as you are able to make meaningful use of the teaching methods, you are “good to go”, surely your students will enjoy you!
Nice one reading Copa-ticha up to this episode. I’m delighted and urge you to check back for the next episode.
Thank you


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The mode matters
(Copa-ticha episode 6)
We will be talking about the manners with which messages are passed in the classroom. There are a number of methods a teacher may adopt in his/her lessons, even though factors such as subject content, class population, time and school facility may influence his/her choice. In teaching, all methods are good as far as they are used where and when suitable. A good teacher uses all method perfectly while a bad one wrecks them all. Hence, below are brief notes on two of these techniques;
• Didactic Method.
It is the mainstream method, it involves verbal presentation of ideas to students who are expected to retain them. It is highly beneficial when presenting new or complex principles. Besides, it saves time and energy. Though you may not forgive this method for it caused those boring days in school. Yea! The lecture method as popularly known, bores students as they are only involve in taking note and seldom asking questions. To make the best of the didactic/lecture method, a teacher needs to apply some curatives; ask the students to summarize the lesson, ask questions and request that they ask questions too. When using this, do not forget to add some demonstration to your lesson.
• Questioning Method.
It does not only allow students participation but encourages critical thinking and spirit of problem solving. The teacher asks a set of questions which students are expected to answer. These questions are usually based on things the students are familiar with in their previous experiences.
The questioning method is threatening to some students and causes disorderliness in class. However, to make a good Question and answer session; make a list of your questions, shun ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions as much as possible, tell students to explain how they arrived at conclusions and ask their colleagues to agree and disagree with the answers.
In asking and affirming the questions and answers you need to maintain a modest and respectful conduct, avoid the phrase “can someone” instead use “someone should”, the difference is; the former questions the ability of the students while the latter is all embracing. Make sure to buoy up students who got right answers, adopt other than the customary “clap for him!” to make a difference. Do not forget to negate the wrong answers beautifully too.
As a final point, questioning like other teaching techniques should not be used independently. Adopt it…teaching has gone beyond loading information into the students’ head.
We’ll be learning more on teaching methods in the next episode….keep your eyes open!
Thank you!
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State the Purpose
(Copa-ticha episode 5)
The pilot announced: “at the end of this flight we should be landing at the Muritala Muhammad Intl Airport”. This is a relatively specific statement resulting from certain calculations. A similitude of this is the Behavioral objective. The Behavioural object refers to what the teacher expect the students to have acquire after a particular lesson and for every lesson, there should be objectives.
Objectives are very vital to lessons. They are the bases of selection of method and instructional material to be use in teaching. They make the teacher present carefully what is to be accomplished, so as to avoid talking out of turn, making repetitions and irrelevant points. In short, they make the teaching directed, focus and organised.
The Behavioral objectives are to be stated in a teachers’ lesson plan and expressed in measurable, observable and specific terms, such that at the end of the lesson the teacher should be able to evaluate the students’ ability vis-à-vis the objectives. The teacher should take note of the verbs he/she uses. Do not write: “students should be able to KNOW 5 classes of food”, write: “students should be able to LIST 5 classes of food”. ‘Know’ cannot be measured like list.
Make a list of 4 or 5 objectives in your lesson plan and let them cut across the three domains of learning, namely cognitive, psychomotor and effective. In a personal hygiene class for instance, a teacher stated:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
a. Explain 2 importance of personal hygiene (Cognitive)
b. Demonstrate 2 ways of ensuring personal hygiene (psychomotor)
c. Appraise the concept of personal hygiene (affective).
These domains may be strange to newbies, but in few words; cognitive is knowledge based, psychomotor deals with manipulation of skills and affective relates to attitude and value.
In this write up, reservation was made on alternating the word objective with goal and aim, this is due to what each of the words represents in Education. They are statements of purpose at different levels of education. While Objectives relate to a class, goal and aim are respectively use for sectors and nation at large. Hence, statements of objectives are exclusive properties of the teacher, yes! Properties…he/she designs them and manages their implementation.
Thank you for reading and watch out for the next episode of copa-ticha.


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Kingsmaonyema:
get well soon.
pele

eshe sir.
the next episode is here...

I thank you all for the compliments, I'm sorry for not sending in updates, that's due to illness. I'm not in a good mood to write, I pray I get well soon to continue the updates. thank you for understanding.

Solomonodimegwu:
Op God hv used u to answer my prayers, i was posted to a sch for my PA, nw i knw where to start frm. Thank u

it's my pleasure, you're welcome. I pray it become more easy for you.

Don’t go in alone…
(Copa-ticha episode 4)
A teacher began: “today, we will be discussing computer hardware…he continued…blah blah blah then ended with the habitual question ‘do you understand?’ the students accompanied it with a loud roar of ‘yeees’. A few weeks later, the students sat for a test on the same topic but 75% of them failed. That’s not weird, of course the students said they understood because a further explanation will make the lesson more complex and confusing. This is a problem that can be avoided with the use of an instructional material.
What is an instructional material?
Teaching aid as otherwise known, is any material teachers in conveying information to the students. For instance in a mathematics class, a teacher cuts an orange into four and shows the pupils that a part represents one-quarter, the orange in this case is an instructional material.
As a teacher, the first step to take is to look for the most appropriate I.M for your lesson. Your choice may be influenced by the age and level of exposure of the students, while population of students in class ought to be considered for effective usage of teaching aids.
Teaching aids could be visual (pictures, chart, 3D objects etc.), audio, audio-visual (video clips), community resources as in field trips and likewise human resources, for instance, inviting a talking-drummer to demonstrate one of traditional means of communication. The best instructional material however is a real object, students understand the concept of weed better when they see the plant in the class than seeing it in a pictorial form.
When instructional materials are not readily available in school, take it as a duty to improvise using cheap and available materials. Spending 1% of your allawee to photocopy certain images is service and humility. Creation of Instructional materials may be assigned to the students, they will appreciate the topic better. I remember my Medical scientist mum sent my teacher a microscope to teach ‘Germs and diseases’, only then could I differentiate a germ from an insect.
The choice and usage of instructional material tells how resourceful a teacher is. If your school is boarding, you may request that movies or documentaries that assist learning your subject be shown during leisure. I wish my teacher showed me the ‘History of Nigeria by Jide Olanrewaju’, I might have passed Government better.
These are not stressful, neither are they ‘over sabi’ nor ‘ITK’ as some suppose teachers may see them, instead they are what make a good teacher and are necessary in building the leaders of tomorrow. Hence, be the kind of teacher you want for your child!
Thank You!
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Mcowubaba:
Reason why most corpers don't want to teach:

1. The believe/feel teaching is not as lucrative as other jobs (the prefer to work in banks, parastatals, ministries, firms etc)

2. Teaching can be more tasking than other jobs, eg; making notes, marking notes, assignments, exams, recording of scores, supervision etc

3. Some schs are not properly equip, my frnd was sent to sch that has no roof in the classrooms, some students learn under the tree, some bring umbrella to class during rainy season to shield themselves from rainfall inside the class

4. Depending on ur principal, scheme of work nd timetable, a Corper may be going to work "everyday" (8am-2pm or more)..nd u we all knw that most of our Nigerian youths don't like such esp wen there is no much incentive...

On the other hand "few" corps members are usually happy nd desirous to teach.... So 1 man's meat is another man's poison...

good observations you got there. However, if those points do not exist, there wont be a need to write this series.

Before going in…
(Copa-ticha episode 3)
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail is a common statement teachers make when encouraging their students to study hard for examinations. Amazingly, it chiefly admonishes the teachers. Not only is preparation an essential component of every lesson, it may be said to be the most tedious and time consuming. Little wonder, many teachers do not pay attention to it. Before I scare you, it’s good to know that preparation has only two main bases; possession of pedagogical knowledge and knowledge of the subject matter.
The pedagogical knowledge is what this series is all about, while the latter is all you know about the subject or the topic as the case may be. The duo are equally important. Esteem reader! Your knowledge of the subject matter will not be adequate until you revise by studying available textbook(s) and doing a bit of e-research, especially when you teach students that are enlightened, they may know better than you do.
In the preparatory stage, you also need to look for the best instructional material (teaching aid) for your topic, obtain it from the school collection, craft or buy it, if need be. By the way, instructional materials are very important in teaching such that this series will not be complete without an episode being dedicated to the great agent of comprehension.
The gallant men with sophisticated weapons do not go into battling, without drawing out a plan. Likewise a skillful teacher with his/her teaching aids needs a lesson plan to get a perfect class session. The Lesson Plan is what dispense the curriculum to the final consumer.
Lesson note as the British call it, is not merely the content of the lesson but a sub to the scheme of work describing the ‘what and how’ of a particular lesson. It could be drawn out in a prose or tabular format and its length varies depending on the experience of the teacher. Let’s look forward to episodes discussing basic components of the lesson plan/note. Just as we watch out for the next episode of copa-ticha!
Thanks
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eROCK247:
Thanks for the piece. But how long do we have to wait for d next episode?

You are welcome. Pardon me for the delay. I have not been feeling alright.

First impression…
(Copa-ticha episode 2)
Day 1 at school, ensure you arrive early, exchange greeting and pleasantries with members of staff, your new colleagues. Don’t forget to smile as you respond to the greetings of the kids who are curious to know who the new uncle or aunty is (God knows the origin of the usage of those words). Dress to teach and not to ‘kill’. Every step you make matters but don’t be too mindful lest you over “act”.
First impression they say, last longer. Getting to the classroom, you will appreciate it is a nice session. You’ll be happily welcomed, you are safe even if glossophobic, be relaxed, no one will boo you, as the students will either respect you or pretend to. Device appealing means to put your love in their hearts. Know! Students will never love a subject being taught by a teacher they detest. Mathematics teachers should be conscious of this!
Introduce yourself to the class and request for individual introduction from them too, if the class is so large that time won’t permit that, you can take a few and follow that sequence in the following classes. It is important to know however, introduction is not for fun, as a teacher, you have to know your students.
The next step in knowing your students is knowing their ability. This, you will know by conducting a DIAGNOSTIC TEST.
What’s a diagnostic test?
Diagnostic test is a measurement of students' understanding of a subject area. It is a tool for teachers who want to know where their students are academically in order to bring those students to where they need to be. You may conduct this assessment orally or in written form, but let them know it’s not part of their continuous assessment. No magic is involved, since you must have seen the scheme of work, questions for the test will be based on the work done in the previous term. With this, you will know your students’ ability.
Before a class scenario, preparations must have come. We didn’t treat that because teaching in real sense will likely not take place on the first day. In the next episode of copa-ticha, we will discuss how to prepare for a class. Watch out!
Thank you!
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Getting it right!!!
(Copa-ticha episode 1)
Some south western Nigerians will never travel to the northern part of the country because of ‘harsh weather’ but will not mind a visa to Canada. Surely, harsh weather is not their problem, the gain in it is. That’s a similitude of those who evade and affront the teaching profession. Unfortunately, many of them end up in the classroom during service year. My advice to you is that you should give the job a try. It’s needless however to bore you with “nobility of teaching” or other things you never wanted to listen to. Instead I will like you to know that posting you to school is unprofessional. Teaching is not ‘no man’s job’, some people really studied it to practice it.
According to the government, you are in the school because the educational sector needs ‘help’ and you can render that because you are a graduate. Contending that will only result to a waste of time, all you need to do is to prove to the government that you are brainy has it thinks.
If you just said or thought of ‘who cares’ or a similar expression. Really! No one cares in whose custody the futures of the nation is nurtured. That’s why many of our schools are constituted of quack teachers answerable to an employer who knows near to nothing about education.
You may not care too, your teachers likely didn’t. If you are today, what you are as a product of a system that never cared, then imagine what the children could be if you ‘care’. If you still see the teaching job as a calamity, know! You are in the school to help the children, they are innocent of “what befell you”, and they should not be treated as victims of that. Many of them will like to be like you, inspire them! Motivate them! Let them ‘feel’ you. If not, don’t be taken by surprise that when your students conclude that people who study whatever discipline you studied, graduates to be like you.
If you love to learn how to really inspire and motivate while you teach your students, you can follow my posts as I bring to you interesting lessons in episodes.
Thank you.
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