After his statement about 2-hours daily sleep for four years, the Best Graduating Student (BGS) of the University of Port Harcourt has come up with yet another shocker.

In a picture statement he posted to his Facebook page, the Port Harcourt brain boy has stated that a first class certificate is useless if it does not bring money to himself and to the society.

Whereas I think that Miracle Uzoma is just a core believer in the 'first-class-in-school-does-not-ensure-a-first-class-in-life' concept, some other persons think otherwise: some say that his statement is discouraging to First Class aspirants while others think that his statement is like a gun he pointed at himself and other first class graduates with no harms intended.

I still think that, while the hate is on-going, my boo is still kinging...ehh na

Explorers, we pray to be like you oo

LANGUAGE OF THE LECTURER


What is the difference between academically excellent students and their not-so-good counterparts? Why is it that some students just tend to know exactly what will be coming up in the exams? Does that guy/girl always having excellent grades come up to you like a miracle? Haha...that's why I'm here; just ask Miracle.

I feel your pains: after reading the 500-page booklet (and grasping little), this lecturer comes up with questions from just one particular part of the text - the part you didn't concentrate on. I know the pains; I've felt it, that's why I'm writing about it.

I know you'd be like, "What the eff are past questions for?". Honey, I know that you could get areas of concentration from your past exam question papers...but then, what will be your fate in event of a totally new/different lecturer [with no established pattern of setting exam questions] now handling the course? Mind you, the lecturer may decide to change the question pattern established by the previous lecturer. Such events therefore nullify the benefits of those past question papers. How exactly then can you be able to predict the possible questions for the next exam? Let's get started.

First, let us establish a very important fact: all lecturers are human beings; and by virtue of this fact, let us establish another fact: all human beings are subject to the rules of human psychology, depending on their individual character types. A third fact is that, "there are some rules of human psychology that apply to all human beings irrespective of their individual character types". Such all encompassing rules include the desire of all human beings to elevate their ego; the urge to tell a secret; the desire for freedom, power, and independence etc. So, to correctly predict the lecturers' questions in the next exams, we'd have to apply these all encompassing rules.

A lecturer knows what he/she wants to set in the exams, even before the semester starts. That is to say that he/she knows a secret; and as a human being, he/she will have the urge to spit it out (i.e. to reveal the secret), but if he/she does so, it will be considered as "cheating", and it will also reduce his/her control over the class (who will pay attention to you talking about Plasmids when we already know that the exam questions will come from Protein Synthesis?). This is to say that most students pay attention in class because they don't know where the questions will come from. Like every temptation, the lecturer does not tell you, "Hey honey, the upcoming exams questions will be drawn from Protein Synthesis"; well, if there are lecturers like that...lucky for you; but typically, the lecturer tries to tell you the same thing using body language.

A lecturer's [body] language tells you exactly where to concentrate your studies for the upcoming exams. Such body language could be in the form of:

*Repetition/Emphasis -
You know he/she is talking exams when he/she goes like, "Hey, listen up. This is very important...". Honey, important for what? The funny thing is that they don't know when it comes out, but it comes out in one way or another e.g. "If I were you, I'd pay attention to this...", "Write this down..." etc

*Body Language/Movements -
"Alright, we're done with Plasmids. Let's do a little something on Protein Synthesis" [then he/she stands up]. That is, maybe he/she sat all through his/her talk on Plasmids, but now stands to talk on Protein Synthesis...or maybe he/she had a boring talk on Plasmids, only for him/her to develop a sudden burst of energy and enthusiasm while talking on Protein Synthesis...or maybe he just started writing on the board immediately he/she switched to Protein Synthesis. Lecturers don't like writing on the board, so, that should tell you that whatever he/she has deemed worthy of being written on the board is very important.

*End-Time Rush -
If a lecturer is still coming to teach you something new (maybe a fresh topic or subtopic) during the last two weeks to exam (revision week), honey, grab your googles 'cause that thing is coming out in the exams. Also, if a lecturer begs to have additional classes with you, take it serious. No lecturer will go out of his/her way to fix additional classes if he/she can help it or if the class can be done away with.

*Class work/Assignments -
Class works and assignments are given by certain lecturers to provide a sort of pre-practice for the likely exam questions. These provide a soft landing in case of first time failures (most tests, class works, and assignments account for just a tenth of the total mark for the course).

Conclusively, a good student needs to pay attention in order to decipher all of these...and it requires 100% attendance and fulltime consciousnesses and mental alertness.
Mark me: most academically excellent students pay attention in class and try not to miss class, not because they want to understand what the lecturer is saying (of course, they can read their books and understand), but because they don't want to miss out on the exam cues the lecturer is giving out.


[Checks time] Jeez! I've got to go, honey. Catch you later.


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Y'all know my BGS boo na. Uzoma Miracle Chinomnso, the best graduating student of UNIPORT. Look what he posted on his official FB page. I hart this guy wella, buh the problem be say im no dey reply message. #muah

UNIPORT BGS LASHES BACK AT RESPONSES TO "2 HOURS SLEEP" STATEMENT:

"It is one thing to do something, and it is another thing to learn how to do that particular thing.

I so happen to live in Africa, in Nigeria...a country where the seemingly impracticable is automatically considered "impossible".

It is a good thing to question a statement...curiosity has always been linked to learning...but I see it as "God-knows-what" when some people have decided to ask themselves questions of things they lack knowledge of and still go through the extra stress of providing themselves with answers based on personal opinion(s)...(esp when the horse's mouth is within arm's reach).

I call it life, some say it's "human beings for you"...but it is quite demeaning when you make a statement (with practical and plausible scientific backings) and the 'general' disputes it, publicly calling you names (which are unfounded)....

What pains more is when the so called 'general' is comprised of colleagues or mates who should have known better than to go around like unenlightened homo sapiens dropping unguided verbals at my person.

I am Miracle Uzoma...I am ME...and I still maintain my stand.


To enlighten the masses....yours sincerely


See his chat with NAIJ here:
UNIPORT's BGS bares it all to NAIJ

Na we...

TheLordIsGr8:


because u dey reason say Shell go come pick am for running im mouth like that abi....

Oya make im come get work na....efe be like, I played for 24 hours everyday for 3 months and I got 25million

Meanwhile, you go soon stand up from that fall

I see somebody, I like am. wetin dey work una sef

chyy5:


Really? Must u fall for everybody? That was how u fell last time I posted my grand dad's pic.

Must you lie to gain it? My attention, I mean.

chyy5:
Uni port? That one na school? Olosho headquarter.

School oo or no school, am already fallin for dat guy

On a personal note, I'm so so loving this guy.

After four years of striving against all odds to excel in school, Uzoma Miracle Chinonso, made himself and his parents proud by emerging as not only the best student in his department, but also the best graduating student in University of Port Harcourt's 2015/2016 session.

NAIJ.com had a chat with the trailblazer who graduated with a 4.82 CGPA, where he revealed his background and shared his success story. Read his story below:

Can you give a brief rundown of your background?

I am Uzoma, Miracle Chinonso, a 21-year-old Imolite...born on 27th June, 1995. The first son of two (boys) born to Mr Sampson Uzoma, a tailor, and Mrs Felicia Uzoma, a trader. Though being an Imolite, I see myself more as an Abian, as I was born and bred in Aba, Abia state.

Share your educational background:

I am a recent graduate of Plant Science and Biotechnology (PSB) from the University of Port-Harcourt (UPH).

I did my Elementary education at Cameroun Barracks Primary School, Aba...then my Secondary education at Ngwa High School, Aba. I now have a BSc in Plant Science and Biotechnology (PSB) from the Unique University of Port-Harcourt.

Did you ever think you would become the best graduating student of your school?

"Best Graduating Student"? NO. "Top of my class"? NO. I did not apply for PSB...I never knew such a course existed. I applied for medicine (which was the only science-related course I knew then, aside Nursing and Engineering).

When the admissions list came out, I saw my name as the second to the last name in the third list for PSB. It was the first time I came across the word "BIOTECHNOLOGY". I wasn't happy with the course...but my dad advised that I take it up...I had to take it up after I made him promise to sponsor my masters degree immediately after my B.Sc. He promised, so I took the course.

I intended writing JAMB again...but then a lecturer and cousin of mine, Dr. Achugasim Ozioma, suggested that if I could get up to 4.0 CGPA after my first year, that I could switch to Medicine.

That propelled me...and also owing to the fact that I wanted to prove a point to myself that despite my meagre school fees in high school, that I could compete favorably with those rich kids from rich schools if we're placed in the same study environment...learning with the same facilities.
After my first year, I came out already on first class...but I had already developed a liking for PSB. It was then that I decided not to switch to Medicine (which I later discovered was not my passion)...rather to channel all the energy and enthusiasm I'd have used to study medicine to get the best of PSB (my new found love).

When did you start thinking you could actually top the class?

I started thinking I'd be top of my class during my third year, but I was not sure. It was under a 50% probability.

My class was full of super brains...Sonia, Prince (both graduated first class too), Austin, Oluchi, Cindy etc...and when I saw these people studying, it would send shivers down my spine that made me sit up and up my game.

Was there ever anything that happened while you were in school to make you doubt your ability to eventually top your class?

The finances were a problem. I always saw myself as being financially disadvantaged...I never got the money for textbooks and other materials as at when needed (more like when wanted)...and I was not living on my own...I stayed with my aunt's family all through my schooling (and I stay there now; though not out of necessity now, but out of habit).

I told my dad, that if he wanted me to graduate with a first class, that he should meet just two conditions: First, get me a place to stay on my own. Second, get me my study materials as soon as I call for them. So bad..he didn't meet anyone of them.

That didn't deter me...instead I took solace in what my friend and senior prefect in high school told me, "poverty provides the best environment for academic success". So, I changed my mentality and started seeing my financial disadvantage as a blessing....though it's a blessing I'm fighting so hard to deny my children. Hahaha.

How did you avoid distractions? Did you have a girlfriend in the four years you were a student?

Hahaha...please, allow me to laugh out loud. I didn't mention that, apart from being financially disadvantaged, I was also socially disadvantaged. I never had a girlfriend...and that was because of my social disadvantage.

First, I don't have a sister, and my family upbringing never smiled at such boy-girl relations. Secondly, I'm a very shy person. My shyness is quite unique in that I'd rather face an audience of a million persons than face an audience of just one girl. I call it "single-person shyness". I think this developed because of my schooling...I attended a boys-only school.

Thirdly, I associate girls with time consumption and money consumption...and it so happened that TIME and MONEY were two things I never had. So, I never had a girlfriend...


What's the next move for you? Where do you go from here?

I intend going into the academia...establishing in UniPort, hopefully. I'll have to further my studies...in a more relaxed environment, hopefully outside Nigeria...then come back to apply my skills in full service to my fatherland...and probably do some politics. Hahaha.

At what level do you want to do politics?

State and national levels...haha..it's sounding funny, but I believe I can make a difference.

In what way do you believe you can make the difference?

Hahaha...I'll leave that question unanswered until I breathe life into my political being. I still have seven (7) years to voice out my answer to that question...and that's seven more years left to study the Nigerian political climate.


What advice do you have for undergraduates and people seeking admission into the university?

My advice for admission seekers and undergrads: A man who has a target, even when he misses, does not go far from it. When you have an aim and you pursue it diligently, pushing aside all distractions, that aim will surely materialize...God willing.

Then, some students set low targets for themselves...why will you aim to graduate with a second class upper when it is possible to grab a first class? Even if you miss the first class, you end up with a 2:1. "Why be a king when you can be a god?"

Set high standards for yourselves...that's prayer; then work towards it. I did...I slept for two (2) hours everyday for four years to rectify my academic disadvantages.

Source:
UNIPORT's BGS bares it all to NAIJ

That's nice.