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Supersuave2:I bet you didn't write this long post when they were winning 4-0. You can't win or dominate every game. Anyone who has watched football long enough will know this. There will be games when you just have to grind out a result. |
Victornezzar:Those teams are typical spoilers. Often difficult to play; especially on their turf. |
don4ye:You expect them to win 4-0 every game abi? Southampton came there to look at Fellaini's hair ba? Oga "manu fans". Did you watch last seasons games against S'hampton? |
seunny4lif: Pèlé. |
Not a spectacular attacking performance, but vintage Mourinho defending tactics. 3 points gained. GGMU. |
bettercreature:Shop don close be that. |
Mou don close today. Expect no more goals from United. Defend the lead, that's all. |
Victornezzar:My brother let's just get the win. Mourinho has locked up shop. |
Kyase: ![]() |
Mkhi was just in this game. Mourinho give us Martial o! |
Lukaku. Right where you want him. |
Nothing new here. People aren't going to applaud you for getting pregnant in your teens. The important thing is not to let that keep you down. Get back up and make something meaningful of your life. |
collinsebuka:Have you really bothered to find out why her vocabulary is expansive? I can tell you it is not by doing homework like this. I have a 6 year old who's vocabulary and range of words amaze me. She learnt most of it by watching Disney Junior. This is grade one curriculum in the US: Overview of First Grade Learning Milestones First grade is a year of highly visible progress in reading and language arts. The four major milestones in first grade reading and language arts are: Knowing the names and sounds of all the consonants and vowels Understanding phonics concepts such as consonant combinations Following along, reading, and summarizing simple stories with pictures Developing an understanding of composition First grade is also a year of exploration and discovery of the numbers in the world around us. Five major milestones for first grade math include: Counting to 100 by 1’s and skip counting Knowing the addition math facts Adding and subtracting small numbers Understanding the value of money Knowing the units for measurement, time, and weightKnowing the names and sounds of all the consonants and vowels. https://www.time4learning.com/education/first_grade.shtml Most of this my daughter was learning in Nursery 1. In primary 1, she was already counting to 1000, and having homework to write from 100-200, 201 - 400 and so on. They already learnt how to add up in hundred, tens and units in primary one. |
kidman96:Oga, you tried small, but goofed. You are right when you say parents need to be involved in their child's learning process. However, you don't teach a primary one pupil good virtue and goal setting by asking him to write and explain in this manner. You teach them such principles through practical examples and play acting. You teach them using stories that depicts such character traits. You're right that Nigerian educational system is backward though. We're still stuck on old teaching methods. Pour out plenty notes and make kids cram. Go and read about preschool and primary school education in Finland and some other Scandinavian countries. They don't even give homework to kids at this level. Just yesterday, I was reading about how some schools in the US were modifying the school environment to take teaching out of the conventional classrooms by converting hallways, stairwells and so on to areas of learning. Here in Nigeria, most private schools have scrapped primary 6 and developed this "ahead by one" system where they teach kids stuff that is one year ahead of the curriculum. I have a child in primary 2 who is already using primary 3 textbooks. Where are we hurrying them off to? I had to download the US and UK primary school curriculum to compare. Private schools here are teaching way ahead of both countries. Our classes are not age appropriate. Then they will still ask you to pay for after school lessons. Keeping a 5-6 year old in school from 8am till 5pm. To teach what? |
Couldn't even rob a filling station without taking lives. Blood sucking vermin. |
safarigirl:Lol. Safarigirl o. Well, you're very much entitled to your opinion. I guess we should get rid of Leon Balogun and Troost Ekong then. Do have a nice night. |
safarigirl:They voted a black President. Twice. Like someone said earlier; they've shown themselves to be more liberal than we have. Yes racism exists and it is bad, but tribalism is even worse, when blacks hate themselves. Besides, be careful not to be guilty of the same thing you are beefing whites for. That's a sort of reverse racism dear. Oh, and American Idols had black winners back to back sometime ago. I didn't hear white folks complaining. White folks also watch the NFL more and most of the teams have white owners paying top dollars to these black athletes. Same with the NBA. |
safarigirl:More than 70% of NBA and NFL players are black. US track teams are dominated by blacks. The US basketball dream team is mostly black. You hardly hear folks complaining about that. You don't expect talent shows to give preference to someone simply because of the color of their skin? Affirmative action can't apply here. When black people won, did they not get white votes? Would you stop supporting the Super Eagles because there are usually more Igbo's than other tribes? |
safarigirl:Safarigirl, it helps to say what you know or at least do a little research. You're better than making this kind of gaffe. This is a black AGT winner. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landau_Eugene_Murphy_Jr.
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Chartey:And you think Ghana would be so eager to play us in the final that they would extend this kind of favour to us? You obviously don't know the level of rivalry between both countries when it comes to African football. Ghana would rather eliminate us than risk playing Nigeria in the final. Mind you, both teams aren't even assured of making the finals. |
IFNOTGOD:Say what you will bro. This is someone who I know personally, so it's not a story I was told. The guy works in a bank today. And no, it's not Uniben. Stop making presumptuous statements. How many points separate a 2.1 from a 2.2? Mind you, in the extra year, you don't just take the one 2 or 3 unit course. You still have to make up at least 12-15 units per semester. So, go figure. |
10 carryovers is quite a lot. An extra year in itself is not a death sentence. I know someone who decided to do an extra year rather than have the one course he carried over waived, simply so he could graduate with a 2.1 instead of 2.2. Many folks thought he was crazy, but he graduated with his 2.1. But this your case, I don't know what to say. How are we sure this sister will still pass all the 10 courses? P.S: An extra year is not a death sentence. Don't do anything stupid. |
Originalsly:There is a big difference between staging a march and blocking highways. You can march to government house in the different states, march to Aso Rock, march to NASS and camp out there for as long as it takes. People hold marches regularly for cancer awareness etc. Nothing wrong with that. Blocking highways and preventing others from exercising their right to free movement is however, illegal and counterproductive. That is civil unrest. We all know how it ends. Mobile police, soldiers, live bullets, tear gas, vandalization of innocent people's property. Sorrow, tears and blood. I have been witnessing that since the 80's and it hasn't solved much. We need to change our strategy. Even the US you made reference to, Civil rights legislation still ended up at Congress. We practice a similar democracy, flawed as it may be. This problem of proper funding for education can only be solved through legislation, not executive fiat. We were all in this country when the Senate cut the budget of the Ministry of PW&H, and increased the budget for their own constituency projects against the will of the executive. How about increasing the budget for education and ensuring budget implementation through their oversight functions. How do we put pressure on NASS? Apart from cutting off the supply from the goose that laya the golden egg? How about organizing pressure groups to recall them? NANS can mobilize students nationwide to do this rather than wasting time under the sun engaging trigger happy law enforcement. We can start with members of the committees on education in both houses. How about when they come to bribe us with keke napep and grinding machines in the name of constituency projects, we say no, put that money in education. How about a peaceful one million man march to the National Assembly if NANS must hit the streets. How about sponsoring a bill for a specific percentage of national budget going annually to education to the NASS and campaigning nationwide for its swift passage. The approach must be strategic and consistently pursued. |
Originalsly:Blocking the highways will not affect those in government directly. We've been down that road before. No pun intended. At the end of the day, the solution lies in putting pressure on those in government. And we all know the pressure nerve of the FG. It is oil. The day NUPENG, PENGASSON, and all other unions in the sector ground the country to a halt and insist on qualitative education for our children, the government may begin to listen. ASUU needs to synergize with some of these other unions. Let them know it is the future of their kids that is at stake. Also, and most importantly, we must put press on the National Assembly to ensure a much higher budget is given to education and that budget must be properly financed in the same way their own allowances are financed. Indeed, everyone sitting at home and doing nothing, while the economy that funds the lavish lifestyle of our political elite grinds to a halt may be the key. The only problem is we Nigerians rarely have the staying power. |
[quote author=Reference post=60514080][/quote]You need to calm down and stop venting. That is not how problems are solved. First things first. Understanding the genesis of a problem is the first step to addressing it. This problem did not start today. Even this current strike is about promises the FG made to ASUU as far back as 2009. An MOU was signed then but has been poorly implemented until now. Secondly, we can blame the executive all we want, but the real solution lies in the legislature. There is a UN stipulation on how much of a national budget that should go into education. Has NASS for once insisted that the education budget be raised to anywhere near that percentage? It's easier for them to adjust the budget to allocate more funds to their constituency projects than it is to allocate more funds to education. Also, who has oversight functions in ensuring the implementation of this budget if not NASS? If only we Nigerians understand the style of democracy we practice, we would probably have real growth. But many years under military rule has given us the mentality we have today. We can keep venting and shouting as usual, insulting individuals rather than analysing and solving the problem with finality. Maybe 10-20 years from now, we'll still be venting, striking and blocking highways. Good luck with that. |
obinnanelson4:And how many months was ASUU on strike for when a Ph.D holder was President? Stop politicizing the issue. It is a national issue irrespective of who or what party is in charge. Nigerian education has been bastardized since the era of the military. The problem must be addressed holistically and through proper legislation. |
Cindy08:My dear, it is a bad idea. It is the same poor masses who ply the highways. They are the ones who will suffer from this poor strategy. What happened to blockading NASS, Aso Rock or Governors lodges/offices, state House of Assemblies? |
Shut down federal highways for what? When will Nigerian undergraduates learn to be more strategic in their approach to unionism and aluta struggles? You want to block federal highways and inconvenience your parents, uncles and aunties who are going about their business, trying to make money to pay your fees, while those impoverishing you are flying above your heads. OK, continue. |
rentAcock:If you knew anything about the team, you wouldn't make the bolded statement. Many of those players went through the same US Collegiate system. |
FEGNO:Wike is like the boy who cried "wolf". Even when you may be telling the truth, people tend to doubt you because you have lied too often in the past. Lai Mohammed also falls in this category. |
EmekaBlue:Dude, it takes the average entrepreneur 3 years to even get a proper footing. About 5 years to truly break even and at least 10 years to be successful on the scale you are talking about. Hard work and passionate dedication is key. Running your own business is not beans. Or should I say indomie? Keep at it, and innovate as you go along. |
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Pèlé.