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@jodeci

I can see the truth hurts, , its fools like you who form unions to help them cling on their 'jobs'.
just like some one suggested a 'job seekers' union to protect 'graduates' . if my explanation of the REALITIES on ground ,didnt go down well with you then YOU ARE the biggest fool alive and people like you lose.
like i said, the dragnet phenomenom is belated it was bound to hit the market.
if you don't like it then get out of the jobseeking market .
inflexible minds like stay put while the change obsoletes them.
you've got mental arthritis - i report the facts.
welcome to the downside of capitalism. modern slave-master relationships as the 'common' man strives to eke a living.
from your reaction i can tell you on the 'tugging' end of the noose-the slave.like most workers in today's modern 'slave farms' .educated ,highly educated slaves.

in an economic sense dragnet is just capitalizing on an opportunity created by job seekers and employers.
but to make themselves the standard?
THE dragnet concept isnt new. in fact its belated.
when there is a lot of disparity, very soon the need for a STANDARD WILL arise.
its bound to be.
JAMB IS STANDARD, IELTS IS A STANDARD, TOEFL IS A STANDARD,GRE IS A STANDARD -
so for employment purposes- some organisation is gonna come up and set a standard.
its cheaper for a university to judge u based on jamb score than to set up the tests themselves,same goes for
toefl. except when the credibility of the test maker becomes suspect - like jamb is - .else how many organizations will question your toefl or A-levels or ielts score ?that's cuz the organizations have sterling reputations.
this is the future trend so stop bitching . As a matter of fact expect dragnet to grow and  possibly be on the stock exchange ,until the nigerian factor - corruption of course- hacks it down.Then maybe banks may resort to their own in house methods.

i just read your previous post on "why are nigerian programmers so dumb"

by your question , it could be assumed that you think yourself - a very smart programmer.

I think there's something , a lot of show and tell about programming or programmers in general.
and the minute some of these coders code sth. they think is great they start lambasting other programmers.
its not new.
joel spolsky , creator of fogsbuz or such, thinks u aint a coder until you've learnt C.
well, that wont stop universities churning out lots of C sharp and so coders.
paul graham , has a word for some coders,he calls them blub programmers.
etc.
if these are the outspoken ones,one can only imagine the amount of unspoken contempt bottled up in
some self acclaimed super programmer.
in a way, it very empty to think so.
what are you coding.if you place a mile long sheet of code on the street what does it mean to anybody,even other coders,
what does yahoo or google mean if not for the service it provides.
what's nairaland to the average nigerian if not a great convenience.
when the chips are down,
code is nothing but a service.
that's why most computer science graduates move away from low level coding into getting an MBA,
cuz if google or yahoo was made by super smart minds, you won't be posting mails or searching using
google if the business is distressed.
then the idea will die.
secondly, which idea cannot be replicated originally?
intelligence is rife.
infact , intelligence is so rife that it is not the issue,
the issue is speed to market.
that's why,
though super smart coders can create nairaland from scratch,
the market is mutually exclusive.
one member on nairaland is less inclined to register on anoda 'nairaland clone'.
one subscriber to yahoo is less likely to get anoda email id else where,
some people stop their search at google.if google can't find it, it can't befound.
be smart.
if you come to the market later than your competitor u may as well never have existed.
what killed the original netscape browser, slowness tocome to market:lack of business acumen.
infact, you mania is typical.
when you get older ,you'll discover, smartness is not everything.

despite the hype , i wouldnt recommend the following books to anyone
interested in java.

1.) thinking in java- bruce eckel.
===========================
inaccessible for complete newbies. u cant begin
java with this. degenerates into drivel quickly,
unnecessary complexity ,convulated and meaningless examples.
u just want to know how to call the damn API and u seeing
tonnes or lines of codes that get u no where quickly.
the chapter on interfaces, was terribly done.
plus:
the chapter on i/o's was very well done.
Avoid if ur a newbie.


2.) java how to program- deitel and deitel.
===============================
okay - first 9 chpters. rubbish afterwards.
u want to know the syntax,and how to use em -first
before the gui stuff.
this book starts with gui's so u spend half ur working time
with the book writing 'import javax.swing.*'
a newbie would find it hard adjusting to the command line after
this book.
besides- it is 'java HOW TO program'
why is it over a 1000 pages long?
tries to accomplish too much at once.
tries to be a UML, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING and java resource
guide all at once.
the extremely long explanations after each example is uncalled
for. a learner should figure out some things for himself .
this book is poor.
the exercises are stimulating though,if u can still stand the bloated
pile after a while.
would be pathetic for those newbies who have only this resource
to learn from.

java programming for dummies.
=========================
for one most 'for dummies books'
are zero investments. stale jokes in every paragraph block ur flow.
then when u jump that hurdle u find u land in nothing.
the book lacks depth, and is too simplistic. infact,
a newbie without guidance will be decieved into thinking
he's learnt anything after going thru this.
its better to face a book that calls a spade a spade
instead of one that gives u only 1/10th of the tip of the concepts.
if u bought this book,throw it away and count ur losses.




others: Sybex books- 20% of the book is padded.
u can learn java in 500 pages, no need for 1000+ books.
u want a book that tells u how to
1.) compile programs,
2.) introduces the data types,
and shows u how to use them ,in short simple examples.
3.) is slim ,no extra talk,so u can accomplish sth. before
phcn takes what little light they give or before u new mind get's too confused.
the only book i found that fit the bill was
JAVA IN 24 HOURS by rogers cadenhead.
his jokes werent stale,
his examples were simple enuff for a newbie.

thanks for you understanding, i didnt say i needed help on solving the problem,
like suen said just use a more abstract and unrelated verb -'move'
but in real life do say , i 'moved' the car, i 'moved' the boat - no!! if u said that u'd need clarification,
u'd tell ur puzzled hearer , i mean , i 'cruised ' the ride/car - OOP is meant to model the real world - remember. therefore it should do it right.
ok , think of these,
interfaces, u not that interfaces ,which are nothing but answers to 'actions'
carry ugly implementation details,
if i need just one method in an interface of 20 declared public methods,
i'd have to give the remaining 19 methods blank implementations,
look at java swing for example which uses a lot of interfaces,
most interfaces are just bases for adapter classes,why.
to work with an action ,i.e just 1 out of the many methods,
u have to use two classes, the interface and the adapter classes
that gives blank implementations.
u see the cumbersomeness in dealing with actions coming thru i wont even talk about inner classes
.
if direct dealing with methods could be possible code would be slimmer in OOP - usng java
OOP is poor at dealing at the 'verb' level that why java is a NOUN centric language.
and this centricity makes it cumbersome,
i'm not pointing to a problem with coding but with language specification.
e.g do you notice in C that u save a 'function' by name , u use an action right out of the box,
in OOP its ,full fledged u can't ,u move functions by moving classes.
OOP solves a lot but in code,and software the 'action' scores is the 'worker'
but there is lil freedom at working with methods as they are with working with method containers
i.e the classes .

All hail Nairaland.abeg does anybody know if any parastatal under the following ministries are recruiting.1)ministry of Science and Tecnology 2)Ministry Of Interior.thanks una too much!

OOP Flawed paradigm
====================
OOP solves problems by modelling them,but i think
it stops at the noun level,at the verb[action]
level a lot more is expected.

e.g
supposing i'm creating a video game with
an action hero who's suppose to be able to drive
any vehicle he comes accross,

my code should read like english.

to force all vehicles under one type i'll implement
interface
Vehicle.
all vehicles will implement this interface.

i expect one action of all vehicles .
and this is where the problem begins,
while different vehicles can be grouped under one
type.
or under one ESSENCE.
all actions cannot be captured with one general
word.
even when other vehicles have different names,
they still adhere to one TYPE [vehicle]
but not so with the actions they are expected to perform.


lets say the hero has these vehicles to drive in the game:


An Aeroplane,
A car,
A truck,
A canoe,
A rocket,
A bicycle
A motorbike,


to minimize code the ideal would be : implement
one interface, concretize one method.



so car , aeroplane, helicopter, boat,etc would
implement interface VEHICLE
and fill in the drive method.

but the 'drive()' doesnt fit all classes of vehicles.
while all the machines are VEHICLES,not all vehicles
are operated
driven with the 'drive()' word.

u dont drive a plane
u dont 'drive' a canoe.
u dont 'drive' a bicycle.
u dont 'drive' a rocket.
u dont 'drive' a motorcycle.

u 'drive' a truck and a car.
so the general action word doesnt fit all classes of vehicles. working around this shortfall would mean
introducing more code, and more type-checking,
more 'if - else''s and more type creation.
when in the real world, its perfectly understood
that though the 'actions' have different names
they have the same essence.

more interfaces could be created: like,
interface Four_Wheeler, interface Air_Borne,
interface Sea_Vehicle, etc.

But what are all these interfaces trying to address,
- THE METHOD NAME,
Four_wheeler would hold an appropriate abstract
method name like 'drive'
Air_borne would hold an abstract method name
like 'fly'
Sea going would hold an abstract method name
like 'steer,paddle'
etc.But even then some action name's would still be inappropriate
after creating so many forks of the same interfaces.
e.g
you fly an aeroplane, but u dont fly a rocket!
both are still [clumsily] air borne.
ok. to address this name problem we create
anoda interface [it's getting clunky here]
interface Space_borne {}
and give it a more appropriate name 'launch' etc

how about the method or class created to use a vehicle
type.
it takes on generic type - VEHICLE,
and calls a generic method - which one ?

with so many vehicle types and so many method,
it resorts to type checking.

if Four_wheeler type -(drive())
else if
Sea_going type - (paddle or steer etc())
else if
Air_borne type - (fly())
else if
Space_borne type -(launch())
else if Two_Wheeler type - (pedal,ride())

so much type checking.

when the ideal code should have read.
Take a vehicle type.
and call any action that in essence
does the same thing,with different names.

so, at the noun level its easy to create
a machine that is in essence a vehicle though
it may have a different name,

at the action level,
one should be able to create any action
that is in essence
a 'driving action'

e.g
Aeroplane implements Vehicle{

fly [some keyword] drive(){}
fly extends the 'drive' so fly is a type of
'drive'!
}
Canoe implements Vehicle{

paddle [keyword] drive(){}
}

Rocket implements Vehicle{
launch [keyword] drive(){} }

MotorCycle implements Vehicle{
ride [keyword] drive(){}
}
and so on ,
the consumer class or method just calls drive.
and whatever form of drive in the subclass is called
no more type checking. less code, less SHOE HORNING,
no more massaging method names etc.
no meaningless,more abstract method names.

consumerMethod(Vehicle v){
v.drive();// whatever form it takes, it
get's driven,
The action hero does his thing.
}

it could be argued that a more abstract method name
could be used,but such names dont perfectly suit
the 'real world' OOP tries to model.
e.g 'operate' , 'move' could be used. but this names unsuitably describe the intended action.
i.e to 'drive' the vehicle.

Most mechanics in naija will tell u they got into the profession because
of financial inability to pursue a higher goal. e.g like getting tertiary education or due

to lack of jobs - few do it for the love of the work.
A mechanic may be versed in fixing many brands of cars or specialize in a particular brand
, so we have peugeot mechanics, honda mechanics, mercedes mechanics etc.
Though the mechanic business is looked down on by better-of people it can be more

financially rewarding than an office job.
The mechanic can be very knowledgeable about the design and make-up of a car, to the extent

that he can detect a fault by the sound of the engine.
But despite the mechanics usefulness , the well-to do's prefer taking their cars to 'other

mechanics of esteem" . i.e those who put together their buggy.So we see patronage at such
places like 'the honda place , and so " . Maybe this is all about perception but the car

owner cares about his car and he wants it to be in the hands of people who know more about

the car ,and such people would likely be those who built it.
Even underneath , most people patronize road side mechanics because - they can't afford the

high price of a particular brands garage.if they had their way , no mechanic [ road side] or

unqualified mechanic will touch their car.

How does apply to programming?.
unlike the road side mechanic, some programmers come into the profession - not as a last

resort, but out of love of creating computer-based solutions and problem solving.
but their slowing turning themselves into 'mechanics' instead of engineers , while the road

side mechanic can be easy to tell by appearance and so and [ obvious signs of high

illiteracy] the mechanistic-programmer may not be so easy to tell worst is that enthusiast
hoping to be knowledgeable are gaining mechanic training.

e.g
A mechanic prides himself in the brands of cars he can repair.
An automobil engineer doesnt prides himself in understanding the theory behind the
automobil.
A mechanistic programmer is all about how many programming languages or the latest

programming language he can use.
the non-mechanistic programmer , is all about the theory of computing.

the mechanic has to learn the latest technology to stay competitive.
in naija it don't matter , most of his customer drive old cars that's okay.
the mechanistic-programmer has to learn the latest language to stay employable.
the non-mechanistic programmer has to master the latest/or invent the next theory that

will make it's predecessors obsolete.

the mechanic begins by learing how to use tools and spanners,
graduates to other mechanistic functions . its all about the 'how-to' rarely the 'why' or

'how-come'.
the mechanistic programmer is all about learning syntaxes. various language syntaxes, and

different libraries.
As choice customers don't give their cars to road side mechanics,
it typical that pricey customers want more than mechanistic-programmers to handle their

software development.

Automobile engineers are designing the next cars the next mechanic will have to repair
non-mechanistic programmers will design the next programming language the next
mechanically oriented programmer will have to learn.

but in all it seems , against choice or leaning of will, employers are the highest
creators of mechanistic programmers. The define what technology their employee learns and
load him with work that keeps him bound to mechanistic -learning so that he never has the

time to advance in learning.
So while the pay may be good and one is specializing, a change in underlying technology

could get one obsolete and one's skills dead. e.g like , cobol programmers are rarely
in demand.

point i'm trying to make is 1) Proprietary solutions will ruin the web.
the web succeeds because it uses non - proprietary ,FREE standard solutions
and technologies (e.g javascript, html,xml,css,xsl etc)
2) why microsoft ,adobe etc :
there are other browsers. True. other browsers are a minority. ( less than 15% of market . Microsoft is about 90%+(if i'm not mistaken)
,Adobe is the main multimedia solution for the WEB not desktop,
the profit motives of these companies mean locking in market share is a priority and these will usually be done be frequent product introduction - though functionality stays the same.
3) for the interested web enthusiasts it means, more choice,but a deluge of technology to learn .Technology that will keep changing overnight.
these will increase work stress. interalia.

4) For the corporate world to be as profitable as it would like to be
a way-round the free - for -all approach of the web will be better a separate web. the only antidote to this is the open source alternative.

there's more to it but i'll stop here.

The internet the information architecture as we know it evolved around humanitarian, and compassionate objective of improving the quality of life for HUMANITY thru the provision of one the most essential ,though intangible, necessities of life - information.
Looking at back at the period before the internet, one only wonders how humanity managed to cope, many today consider those years to be like a kind of 'information dark ages' for humanity esp. the underdeveloped countries of the world as a whole. But we couldnt be aware of our shortcomings until we were exposed to a better thing ,then we could really compare and contrast - shake our heads at the blindness that was upon us.
In the same vein, it will very pitiful if the one best thing to befall modern man, is basely subverted again.
This time by key players in the field.
With objectives running parallel (One driven by profit ) and the other driven by altruistic motives ,its clear that the regulators of the internet and the providers of internet technology will never fully agree,
it is this divergence of perspective that will affect the would be deployers of some of the technologies in the market today.
So the would-be or web developer, programmer etc will be directly affected by the antics of profit-spurred technology vendors, most notably
Microsoft,- browser technology and Adobe - multimedia capability,
their functionality notwithstanding,the impact on the long run on the developer cant be ignored.
For Microsoft to make more money more people have to use its technology,
which includes its web browser, no problem to the surfer, but to those who create content for such browsers it would mean investing resources and time getting acquinted with its technology i.e how to program for the browser and after such an investment(education time, resources etc) being made coupled with the market dominance of its browser and the inclination of people[develpers etc] to settle down with tools their conversant with, it would be hard for another technology to grab market share, infact competition will be stiffled.But, unfortunately for microsoft, the language browser's(html,css,javascript) understand was'nt invented under its roof neither is the protocol of the internet its product.(http).Futhermore,the standardization of these languages has meant browser makers have to standardize rather than differentiate.Good for the developer because it means he can now improve productivity by writing code once that runs on all browser platforms but if the browser maker is still intent on garnering market share to flush out competition he will still have to devise a means of breaking the sameness - introduce uniqueness ,that locks in the developer with its technology and so on.
Microsoft has been good at this, (so has oracle- Oracle certification stuffs, Cisco networking certifications etc ) fine, but as always its the production user[developers] of these technologies who surfer from the rapid turnover propelled by company antics. How productive is the developer in the midst of all these fleetiness, e.g so much code was developed in VB6 what happens to all that investment when VB gat replaced by VB.Net, almost overnight- again it's the develper who has to master dot Net 'overnight' to meet new coding conformance ,by contrast, html,css and javascript code of long ago are still valid,
how about Flash and dreamweaver, with flash in version 8, or so, and photoshop in anoda version ,the developer has to keep up piling new softwares to match up to current trends , trends that have to keep changing for the company's profit line sake.
For Oracle its a different ball game , just get ready to be certified yearly,
but not advocating stagnacy of improvements, the implication of instability on the 'information' high way's front-end is highly negative.esp change that dont cater for backward compatibility.
Oracle may change a thousand time a year, the web surfer isnt affectd, neither is the web programmer,but IE change or macromedia changes mean the web developer of tomorrow will be back to square one ,relearning new bells and whistles, instead of using his or her time more productively, do for a couple more years and ur ready to throw in the towel on this 'IT career' of a thing.
Come to think of it, there would be no web and flash versions ,if not for the stability and and standardization of its underlying technologies.
The wide acceptance of this open standards has increased the growth and explosion of the internet.The W3C didnt need any fancy flashy campaign to win html developers ,like Adobe is needing to promote flex and microsoft will be needing for whatever new stuffed package is coming with its new Operating system.

set up a company and compete with all this NARROW MINDED, PEA BRAINED  employers , instead of canvassing to be
an item on their pay roll,
besides , EMPLOYERS suck u like orange , take ur youth grow their business make their millions and dump u when u old
( retirement) so why , give ur life and youthful years to them??
- THINK  

what a dead thread, ur the only poster [all 3 ]
well as for ur problem i think u'd use java's IO package,
get the input from the <u>command line</u>
and the special character the dollar sign as a signal for the program to quit.

HOPE THIS HELPS.

actually, women would make very [even better ] web designer because of their instinctive deeper appreciation of beauty and their simultaneous ability to think allogically, switching off thier logical mindsets to evaluate a thing,
but one thing i see in women is their susceptibility,
how many women dont wanna learn how to code, or become programmers but a jeer puts them off,
or they see a text book full of 'ugly' looking code and back off,
programming , is logic - 70 or 80 %
any mind in any head can be taught to think logically,
hence women can be taught to think and solve problems 'logically'
and express this via 'code'
any woman can do this,
but will they be able to bypass the 'fear complex'?

hey why dont u guys just face up to the facts about urselves and stop acting suprised.
who are the highest peddlers of fake drugs in nigeria?
why does NAFDAC insist on closing onitsha main market,?
from which tribe where the suspects who wanted to assisinate the Nafdac boss from and what was the motive,
[obstructing lucrative fake drug business]
IT'S PRE DOMINANTLY IGBO'S ,
why dont not face up to the facts and stop rapping about tribal bashing.
in olympics its certain CHINA,AMERICA,RUSSIA are always top ranking winners, when ascribed to them they dont say ur tribal for ranking me as a top team in the olympics , because the statistics point to it,
in cases involving NIGERIAN delinquencies ,fee fraud, sorry, but face the facts, t he statistics overwhelming point
to one tribal group : THE IGBOS
if it were for sth. good , u'd be fighting to exaggerate the claims,
now the igbos need to sit down among themselves to eliminate this stigma the bad eggs are causing to them,
or they can bury their heads in the sand and claim tribalism.

-BIOYE
9yrs of java !
boy u should be ripe to write a JVM

how do i validate xml schema without resorting to programming
i gat xerces jar files in ma classpath, but so far the parser only
validates xml- defined with DTD's when i switch to xml schema i get an error
??
or isnt there no way for apache's xerces parser to directly validate xml schema's
, like i does for xml with dtd's. fill me in roooooom.

alexia,

am i a programmer?
i'm still learning but not all that of a newbee,
i'm writing out of my experience with the lifestyle coder's have to adopt
.
i began by accident , and i've grown by self study,
i'm learning data structures in java,
the problem is my lifestyle isnt what it used to be,
i think the high in programming is seeing ur code run,
but my friends and family ,they surfer because
from writing the code to running it to moving on to the next chapter takes time
something 'java programming for dummies' didnt tell me',
so i have to make a lot of sacrifices and i still have a lot a whooping lot to learn!!


maybe i'm confused but i international adverts i see require so much of programmers
and it's not something that u could rush thru in a few months,
unlike school exams where u could jack overnight,not so with code ,
if it dont work, u failed,period. no excuses, and getting code to behave seems
sth of experience - so u see programmers are geeky not by their consent.
code just gat to run!

sbu , u aint in naija ,
u talking of yankee and britain where work methods are far from arcane
in nigeria,
get my context,
and in business most programmers are regarded as back room boys,
thats why many rush to get an mba , later on .
as for programmers not having a life ,
admit ,coding is a terribly geeky thing to do,
writing a full blown app, as an itenerant nigerian programmer will have to do , to see
some cash flow , needs serious, night long debugging,
in certain cases where programming power is sparse - eg india - the rush to deliver to
market means putting so much work load on the programmers,
this is tasking,
yeah, if u hit the right employer u'll see the juice [money] alright,
but it time expensive.
secondly,look at what java is turning into,
an obese behemoth that can't control itself,and a programmer has to
utilize literally ,thousands of API's ,men the more u learn the more it spawns.
look at php, it aimed at simplicity, but its helper classes are so large,
u see my point,
the basics of coding is easy,afterall its all logic.
but the learning, - a lifetime,
the debugging - ha ! a nightmare.
if u were'nt well paid would programming be such fun?

why should be a programmer in naija?

programmers dont have a life, most dont have hobbies besides staring at their screen
2)
a simple " hello world" still has bugs?- newbies can debug one all night.
3)
writing any substantial program takes months and sb else could have done it,
better, and pirated versions abound?
4)
programming is tedious, takes years to learn?
5)
u aint sure u of bread on ur table when the code finaally runs
6) programming is a backroom job - the manager takes all the glory?
7)programmers dont make headlines, ha what a life?
programming requires dozens of hours of power , a rarity in naija
9) a programmer without a degree is regarded as a technician
10) u get a flatter arse than u mama gave u,cuz u sit endless hours at a time
11)u risk gettin arthritis early - at least in ur fingers before it spread to other body parts
12) u always chasing latest fads,
today its java,tomorrow dot Net, next week php, next month C# and so on,
13)
a programmer relaxes by dissing other programmers kinda like east coast west coast thing:
java programmers say C++ is rubbish,
C++ coders retort back;
14) programmers neva rise to positions of great importance nationally,
kinda like uplifting a motor mechanic to sit on state guvnor.-
15) after studying for 10 yrs , u only know a drop in the bucket ,
16) programmers are a dime a dozen - despite ur knowledge ur replaceable

17)at the rooot programming is a very dry subject and books that make it interesting
only skim the surface deep - they neva give u full working codes,
cuz a full working code block would probably require a different book of same size
18)
every non - programmer looks at ur code , ur sweat of endless debugging and says,
"oh, that's simple!!"

when are we gonna have robots abi na cyborgs in our midst.
with cyborgs
the police wont be using humans to fight crime,
banks will have formidable security
, risky jobs will be done by machines
, mama's will relax more instead of endless hours in the kitchen.
the list is endless,
inf act i believe the wonder will eclipse the impact of both the automobile
and
computer age.
but i wonder what's stalling the reality?
aint the world techy enuff to spurn this ' bad ' guys.

this is not a sob story.
i still wanna hav an education,despite setbacks.- U can only do this things once.i wanna do it b4 its too late.
i'm 28 and without a first degree after 8yrs in a Nigerian uni.
let's skip the explanation:
but, i wasnt a cultist, not a party-goer,
shit just happened and strike took its toll.somebody didnt do the job he was paid for and time sped by.




however,

i have anoda opportunity to take a stab at school,but i aim for somewhere outside africa.
i aim at US or Canada. so i can work and subsidize cost.
why? - quality of education is high. cost of living[i think] is low.
probs is ,my sponsor is against my choice of countries,
saying there's no way the US embassy will giv me a visa,my age disqualifies me, and he aint ready
to waste money ,[interview fees etc] in vain, and that besides they gonna see me as
an immigrant cloaking as a student.

i hope to use my secondary school transcript [ 11years ago , i left secondary school]. i hope to start afresh and in a diffrent field.

So what's likely can i git the visa, how likely?

NB:
case u still wanna know why it took so long[ or u still gat appetite fe more sob story].
my school senate too wants to know,that why they hanging the approval of ma result.


************ anatomy of wasted years**************************

[
Admitted-1998.[age -20 ]
5yrs: - 4yrs program duration +1 yr ASUU strike
1yr: extra year[ i wrote ma B.sc project,and all " reported " outstanding courses],
******************************************************
2 yrs: ** [2004 - 2006]
[ cost of a faulty department information system.
searching for my result when i shd have been a graduate.
in the process, more outstanding courses discovered ,date back to yr1,yr 2,
never were reported,
takes me by suprise, no waiver's granted . hav to retake em all. cost me 1 1/2 yrs.
to address em.
july, 2005 all data available at department. hope to git my result by jan 2006,
[despite my data available since 2005, result aint computed till april,2006 !!(9 months later)]
.
2006 is almost over, i'm still hearing stories. senate wants to know why the overstay in school.
My patience has worn out.
not keen on the lil' game no more.
[age 28 yrs].
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Reminiscing: remember joking with my mom that i could have ma Ph.D when i'm 28, and graduate
at 23,
ha ha ha, funny how life goes.
i'm seeking admission[b.sc] in ma Ph.D age.!!

Last Words: i'm too proud to be an immigrant,exchanging ma life for minimum wage. $8 or $7 /hr.
or go work as a male nurse- sorry i gat ma manhood on , i gat ma pride!!
rather reign in Naija than kiss white arse in yankee,but you dont have to believe me ,do you?