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tegrianonigltd:
Nigeria as a while is a scam, every sector, who is making it ,finish school and get a 75k job?? Leave story, Nigeria as a whole na big big scam, if not these hoodlums running the government will not send their kids abroad.. if they can’t make do with what we have as you said, then na scam lol

Well, you can either keep lamenting about the scam or, like other successful people here, make something out of the little you have. Whichever, don't discourage others.

lexy2014:
When u say "more opportunities", am sure u actually mean "better opportunities". If u seeking for "better opportunities" despite ur "legacy and active systems", what stops others from seeking same? y did u seek for something better away from Nigeria?

Did I say anyone should not seek better opportunities? Read my messages, I never said that. I only called out a guy who called education a scam in Nigeria and rubbished an entire faculty of study. I said some people made in that same country with that same course. So if it didn't work for him, he shouldn't discourage others

sagitariusbaby:
These Black Americans care so much what the whites pigs think about them. Its sad that they still feel insecure in the US after several decades since slavery ended

Bro, if you've never lived here, you may not understand what racism really is. Truth is, these guys can't just not care cause the more they try to, the more it's smeared on their faces.

Meanwhile, the dude just made the whites score more points with this stupid act of his.

lexy2014:
If u got a job offer in Canada, it means u applied for d job despite ur "legacy and active systems" here in Nigeria

First, having active systems has never stopped anyone from seeking more opportunities. And I was never saying Nigeria is better than the western world, so what's your point exactly?

There's nothing as rewarding as happy employees!

lexy2014:
And u left ur "legacy and active systems" in nigeria and went to North America. Why now?

Cause I got a job offer

tegrianonigltd:
If you been abroad and see the educational quality, the library, the Faculty ( lecturers). Then you would understand why Nigerians who travel abroad are doing well, we have the zeal but the input it so slow out there bro, I saw the waste of time and dropped out at final year, to pursue this and if I ever regretted it’s the time I wasted in a Nigerian University, Nigeria educational system is quack that’s why we have people who are not entering class.. I never love school, getting to middlesex I fell in love with going everyday, now I am done, working , and on Msc, it’s just the passion that they aren’t building out there.

I'm typing this from Toronto where I live and I'm not comparing our education with the education here. Far from it. I'm saying that people are making it even with that mediocre in Nigeria so I will never stand with someone who comes online to say education is a scam in Nigeria either because he got the chance to study abroad or cause he couldn't make with the little Nigeria has to offer. That statement is becoming popular and it's not good for our upcoming stars.

If you can go abroad, fine. If you can't, make the best use of what you've got. You have nothing to gain from totally giving up and coming here to project blames cause no matter who agrees with you, you'll still be only one living your failure.

Y'all are here forming over serious. It's just for fun! Nigerians can form! Tufia.

tegrianonigltd:
He said the truth, I withdraw from computer science, dropped out, went to Aptech 2’years and middlesex one year got a Bsc, doing my MS now, before I even finish Aptech, I don Dey develop back end websites, Android, Thats because of I was even hustling and going then, still yet I was able to acquire knowledge, I am venturing into the data science and big data analysis, Nigeria universities is quacked and demented, I thank God I took the bold decision of dropping out at 400, in same 4 years now, I am running a masters, 2 years Aptech, final year in middlesex university, that’s 3 years to be groomed into the IT world. Same in Ghana, Ghana by 3 year, you are already developing softwares as he said.. abroad university, class go hungry you to go self

Dude, go to YabaTech and see what OND guys are doing there. I didn't study there but after getting most of my best interviewees from there, I had to go and see for myself. When I was in Africa, my office had a branch in Accra, I'm not disputing the competence of their graduates, but just like here some schools churned out goods grads in certain fields of study while others did better in others. I am in the so-called abroad university now and I'm not comparing foreign institutions with ours, that would be over reaching. But I'm saying people are making it even with our institutions so that guy's sweeping statement about Computer Systems and education as a whole in Nigeria is overly bold, faulty misleading to upcoming lads. There are Android developers, ERP developers, etc. scattered across the nation. They might have been better if they had better education but they aren't here calling education a scam so what excuse does the guy have?

It didn't work for him, it's as simple as that. Some of us did the same courses in the same country and we're doing well even outside the country. You had the chance of going out, he doesn't. Instead of him to make the best use of the little he has, he dicided to discourage others.

lexy2014:
U worked in Nigeria... past tense.

His mates in computing are doing wonders across the nation...present continuous tense.

Like I said, am only following ur choice of words

I said I have legacy and active systems there. An active system is a system you're still supporting or improving on up till date. Smh

AfroKnight:
Rejecting?

Lol.

Question should be are they getting any suitors at all.


Traditional ladies are increasingly in demand. These man-haters hiding under the umbrella of feminism don’t have suitors.

What is "traditional ladies"?

Neoteny:
"Who" is used as subject. Your statement implied that they're looking for "who" to blame, thus the subject here takes precedence and is appropriately paired with "who".

Whom is used as an object, who is used as a subject.

And your statement was talking about subjects, not objects.

They're are looking for "who" (someone) to blame.

Remove the "who" and substitute it with "someone" and it makes it clear the statement is about the subject, and retains the same context.

I get it now. You don't know the difference between subject and object in linguistics. You're defining them in general terms. That's why you feel the "someone to blame" is the subject. After all, the sentence is all about him. I also understand why you asked what verb has to do with this.

Well, that's not the case. In Syntax (the branch of linguistics that studies sentence structure), the subject is not necessarily the main topic of a sentence; the subject is the noun or pronoun that exerts the action of the verb in that sentence while the object is the noun of pronoun that receives the action. It's always with respect to the verb. Example:

He blames someone.

Q) Who does the blaming?
A) He - that's the subject of the verb "blame".

Q) Who gets the blame?
A) someone - that's the object of the verb "blame" (this type of object is called a direct object).

In summary, subject is the doer while the object is the receiver.

I oversimplified the explanation to make it clear. I really wish you understand it now.

lexy2014:
U said "...across d nation" but u are in d US. Am only just following ur words

Read my first response. I said I worked in Nigeria before leaving for North America. So I have active and legacy systems there

lexy2014:
Bottom line is that u aren't one of his mates doing wonders across the nation

I said I am sir.

My clients can testify to my handiwork. I am contributing my quota. I'm not online blaming others for anything pertaining to me.

Thanks.

Neoteny:
It's YOU who should stop embarrassing yourself

Your explanation does not make any grammatical sense. "Who is the object of the verb 'blame' " makes zero sense, because 'who' is used in place of the subject. Why you think verbs have anything to do with this is beyond me.

You can save yourself further embarrassment by simply googling if there's no one near you smart enough to bail you out.

Why I think verbs have anything to do with grammatical functions baffles you? That's an absurd statement and simply shows you have zero idea what we're discussing. Seriously, you don't know the difference between "whom" and "who" hinges on whether the pronoun is acting as an object or subject of the verb?

You didn't even read my post. Now go back and read it and show where I said "who" is an object. I repeat, "whom" is the objective form of the pronoun and the acceptable word in my context where it acts as the direct object compliment of the verb "blame". It is the recipient of the blame action.

Let me teach you like a kid in case you're preparing for an exam:

The guy is looking for whom to blame.

The guy is doing the blaming, he is the subject of the verb).

An unknown person (whom) is receiving the blame, he is the direct object of the verb.

I can replace the guy with "who" but I can only replace the unknown recipient with "whom".

This article title Whom Do You Blame? sends the message home:
https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/whom-do-you-blam/

If you like, learn.

lexy2014:
Are u one of his mates who is "doing wonders across the nation?"

Yes sir. I did all my degrees in Nigeria, worked there as a software developer before I left for North America. I've not gotten a new degree here yet but I've been competing favourably well with my international counterparts.

In programming, you are your own limit. The schools teach you best practices and fundamental theories. They also introduce you to different programming languages but it's up to the individual to master these languages. Anyone who has passion for programming only needs the foundation to stand on. It's like learning a natural language in foreign language departments, the lecturers only guide you.

These people that talk trash about computing didn't really know what they were getting into when they opted to study that course. Some of them ended up there cause of jamb effects.

Neoteny:
It's WHO to blame, not WHOM to blame

You're guilty as well

Dude, stop embarrassing yourself. It's "... whom to blame". "Whom" is the objective form of "who" and in this context, it is object of the verb "blame".

Localmannn:
dont rush to comment , read the post first and assimilate

Please, help me explain.

mtinfx:
He said nothing wrong

He said everything wrong. You can't wake up and trash a field of study because it didn't work out for you. I did the same course back in Nigeria and I'm riding on it up till now here in North America. Different strokes for different folks

The person above has failed himself and he's running around looking for whom to blame. Believe me, he wouldn't end up any differently even he was sent to Oxford University. He thought the school would open his head and insert programming. His mates in computing are doing wonders across the nation, he's here projecting his failures. I had friends like him back in school, they hardly attend classes. Lol

Why combine two threads in one?

I've seen a lot of mistakes in Hollywood movies too. This is especially in the epic/medieval movies including the famous GOT. But this didn't stop us from seeing their movies. I think there are a few major reasons Nigerians don't like Nollywood:

1) The believe that foreign is better. This is the case with most products and movies are not exceptions. There was even a time they prefered Ghanaian movies despite the fact their excessive dressing, unrealistic use of locations and rather poetic use of words at that time all in a bid to impress the audience. This was until Ghanaian movies ceased to be foreign.

2) Nigerians find it easier to spot the errors in Nigerian movies. This is because it's our environment, we understand it well and we know how things should be at any phase of life. This can't be said about American movies where we take everything as "that's how they live their lives there". Only those of us that live here can actually tell when Hollywood is really going off.

3) We expect Hollywood in Nollywood. Fact is, Americas act about what's obtainable in their society, something Americans can relate with. It'll be a terrible mistake for us to pursue that line. Remaining original in our arts is key to our recognition.

4) A lot of people believe it's somewhat prestigious to say "ewww I don't watch Nigerian films" or "I don't listen to Nigerian songs". These people are just running after the bandwagon.

Am I saying Nollywood isn't a messy? No. I'm saying we should be open minded. Praise them when they do well and criticize them when they mess up just like we do with Hollywood. Our movie industry has matured over time and it can only get better if/when we support them. If a movie is bad, call out that movie instead of shutting the door against the entire industry. If Americans did that to Hollywood in the days of their little beginnings, they wouldn't be here.

But men are the ones killing themselves here. Just deal with it, this is brainlessness at its peak.

If it were women fighting over a man, we'd all have a good laugh, call them olosho and talk about how women are thier own problem. Now, fellow men are at it but we still find a way to blame the women.

Regardless of how hard we try to portray ourselves as the gender that has it in check, we must agree that stupidity knows no gender.

Let's stop blaming everything on the complexity of the female folks and take responsibility. These guys are simply foolish.

The personing filming and the OP are wicked.

We all had our first time with any device so what's the point here? What's the pleasure in making others laughing stocks? How are you different from the white man who used the black man as a play object simply because he was more advanced?

Nice

babzo:
Nigerians whats going on? Why can't find and preserve our own artifacts?

Which one have you found?

You're quick to call someone quack yet you're here typing "board maths". Paper maths nko?

TheGiftedOne:
Still can't believe that a giant in technological advancement like China are the ones suffering this humiliating menace of a virus.

They could programme a robot to discharge human duties but are yet to contain the outbreak. Technology is garbage in garbage out.

Well, physical sciences are different from biological sciences.

That said, I don't see how the garbage in, garbage out clause applies to this situation.

Hhenryy:
I quite agree with you, but when we compare him with those in his age group, he looks sick. See Pete Edochie.

Not everyone would have the same body frame at old age. Pete has always been far more flashier.

He's just aging and that's pretty much normal.

masterflowx:
AMOTEKUN leads, they follow...

Not to sound tribal but I thought you'd simply show support the way they did towards Amotokun...

Davash222:
This is how proposal should be. The lady must kneel to collect the ring.
Kelly handsome, nice one. Na man you be.

Superiority complex! There's no way it should be. Let people do what works for them. If you like, ask your lady to roll on the floor before taking yours, it's your choice!