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simple2004: is it a sin for christian to drink wine or alcoholic drinks? matured answers with bible references from christian pls.

It isn't a "sin". Christ drank wine during the Last Supper, created it in Cana and drank it at Zacheuss's house, but excessive drinking could lead you to sin.

Contestant 4. Writing for Strike: A Wrong Approach To Nigeria's Educational Problem.
Industrial action or strike is it is popularly called, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. It often takes places in response to employee grievance.
Ask an average Nigerian youth his or hers misgiving about attending a public university in Nigeria and the issue of incessant strike action is always top on the list. Our public tertiary institutions are usually plagued by frequent strikes, some of which stretch part three month. It is now apparent that unions have adapted strike, a tool that should be reserved as the last resort, as the main and only ammunition in their arsenal.
The motive of this essay is to illustrate that strike is a wrong approach to Nigeria's educational problems through showcasing its negative effects on student and the nation.
One of the very negative effects of strike action that decrease its validity as a tool for solving educational problems is that it could prompt the untimely death of students. When students learnt of the current strike being embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, they ceased coming to school. Students living in the dormitory or hostel had to return to their various homes. One of them is a Mr. Patrick Uzochukwu Iloh, a student of Geology and Mining in Enugu State University of Science and Technology. He left the hostel for his parents' home in Housing Estate in Feggae, Onitsha, Anambra State on the 9th of July. He didn't reach home. He died in a fatal automobile accident along Ugwu Onyeama in Enugu. Patrick who have long since been buried would have graduated this wear to become a Geologist and perhaps gain employment with a mining company. We will never know. But one thing we're certain of is that all the labor and investment his parents exerted on him would mostly amount to nothing.
Another major negative result of the strike is that it puts all academic activities in our institutions, especially universities and polytechnics to a stand-still once any union starts a strike action. It doesn't matter what the group or union that is initiating the industrial action is agitating for, they cease performing their functions in the institution and therefore crippling the system. Case in point, the current strike action being embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Since the 1st of July when the industrial action commenced, not a single lecture has been held by a lecturer in all the public tertiary institutions throughout the nation. In fact, lecturers and students have been absent from school since that memorable day. Examination which were due in some institutions had been ignored and resumption of a new semester had been postponed till further notice. Worse still is the fact that to some extent, but the final year students who are due for Housemanship, Law School and the mandatory National Youth Service have all been delayed. This has also affected the country socio-economically: thousands of final year/graduating class students who would have been inducted into the nation's workforce would now have to spend an extra year at home -and that is if the strike ends this wear. Indications show that Law students who missed out on getting admitted into Law Schools will only be eligible again come October next year. Students who ordinarily would have participated in the Youth Service come November would have to wait and struggle to be dispatched in the next Batch next year.
Regular students are not left out in this mayhem. As they spend unnecessary time at home, their mental energy wastes away. Some of my friends have forgotten their Registration Number, talk more of some of the complex topics they've been taught. Moreover, when the strike is eventually called off, some schools might have to "rush" through the course works, taking less time than the normal four months semester to teach and organise examinations for students with the hope of catching up with the academic calendar.
The delay in graduation, deployment to Law School, Housemanship and Youth Service and being forced to stay at home as discussed above can cause trauma to students and parents. The fact that one has to spend an extra year could cause emotional and mental distress to students and parents who already have high hopes on evental graduation. This has been exhibited by the recent peaceful protest by women on their match to the National Assembly.

More troubling is the fact that when academic activities get stalled indefinitely as is often the case with ASUU strikes, young people whose profession used to be attending lectures and studying to pass examinations suddenly become unemployed. Most of them return home, sitting ducks doing mostly nothing useful. They might end up dabbling into various crimes. Young men could take up odd habits like smoking, involve themselves in crimes like rape, robbery and worse. I wouldn't even start to describe what our female students could do, but suffice it to say that some of them might end up making mistakes that could hunt them for life.
Which shouldn't come as a surprise. What should we expect when imaginative, diabolic minds with young supple, strong bodies filled with selfish and carnal desires spend long hours doing nothing? A popular English idiomatic expression says, "An idle man is a devil's workshop". When school activities are disrupted by the now infamous, indefinite strikes, our young bodies give in to the wayward thoughts and evil desires that obviously harm our society in the long run.
Strikes send a negative message about the country's educational sector internationally. Recently, I was having a conversation with one of my friends on Facebook who attends a university in West London. It was embarrassing when he said, "What kind of professors do you guys have there? They seen very greedy and troublesome." It is obvious that he views our education system to be retarded since our teachers have to strike to gain attention. Due to the media rampage on the issue of the current strike, some forgien observers might even believe that things are worse than they are.
These strikes have also become part of the excuse for some parents to send their children and wards off to tertiary institutions in countries with developed and stabilized education systems. They argue that it is better for them to spend more on their children in these institutions because they don't want their kids to spend more years than necessary in the university. This act isn't just unpatriotic but also harmful to the economy. It has been reported that Nigerians have spent more than fifty-four billion naira in educating their children in foreign universities in the past decade. That is a huge amount of money considering that it is about 25% of what ASUU is demanding the goverment to inject into the education sector annually. Some parents who can't afford to send their children abroad have settled for the private institutions in the country whose tutiton aren't "chicken change" either. In fact, some of these schools, especially the ones owned and being run by churches and past political leaders charge as much money that could be used to purchase plots of land at The Zoo, a new upscale residential area in Enugu. Since these parents have realised the emphasis placed on tertiary education and the certificate that comes with it, they concur to sell their properties and engage in fraudulent activities in order to pay the exhorbitant tuition these schools charge.
Even the lecturers are not left out as they also suffer from the strike. Some of the lecturers who are undergoing PhD and Masters Degree programs are also stalled in their quest to acquire more knowledge to impact on the students.
With the introduction of the "No Work, No Pay", lecturers are begining to experience some financial hardship as the salary of the previous month is reported to be withheld from them.
Deducing from the above points, it is apparent that strike isn't just not the ideal, but the wrong approach to solving the educational problems in our dear country. Strike was popularized during the Industrial Revolution in America as the weapon of last resort. I will now state the ways these unions could address their issues.
Firstly, they should have various meaningful meetings with the government to introduce and address these issues. Consistent and peaceful dialogue with the executive government not only helps in solving their problems but it also makes them familiar with the government's problems too.
If the meetings and dialogue with the government fails, the unions can explore other options like involving other organisations and respectable members of the public. The general public could also be alerted of the issues through mass media as they affect them. Their involvement will mount pressure on the government in the favour of the progress of education in Nigeria.
The unions can always involve the judiciary in the matter if direct dialogue fails. The current row between the government and ASUU that has led to the four month old strike. Since the agreement between both bodies in 2009 is a legal document, ASUU could have filed a law quit against the goverment on its failure to uphold its side of the agreement.


Strikes, no matter what they say, doesn't solve problems, rather it makes things more difficult for the people involved. It has been proven time and again with the number of times ASUU and companions have embarked on nationwide strikes in the past decade. In fact, no single class passes through the university without experiencing the renowned ASUU strike with some classes experiencing it more than once. Strikes are generally ineffective in the long run. It is time for us to give up the aggressive approach and embrace dialogue and solve our problems like civilized and educated people without hurting ourselves with our actions.
Thanks.
Illuminatus.
Reference:
Meaning of Strike from Wikipedia
As ASUU strike lingers by Agbo Agbo.

I was expecting everybody to be here already. Sighs. I'll check back in five minutes

Danjuma827: @fynestboi 1000 words on paper is about 5000 words in the nairaland post forum because it also counts the space and paragraphs as words in it.please take note and try writing a sentence and count, you will observe what i am saying.

there's a difference between word count and character count. Yes, Nairaland uses character count which counts everything, but (I'm thinking) we're expected to use word count. Illustration:
John is a boy.
Word Count: 4
Character Count: 13
Get it?

masonkz: Thanks a lot guys. Y'all have no idea how happy I am


It feels absolutely great to be older when you're on the right track to achieving your dreams. Every single day becomes a stepping stone, and with beautiful souls around you, the world can as well be a disneyland.


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*in Kyle Trager's voice* I've never heard someone so happy about aging.

Mazi_Omenuko: Concentrate on the debate. Forget who I be. I'm just an ordinary contestant who may not even go beyond the first stage.

Rolls eyes.

Happy Birthday Mason. Have like ten bucket loads of fun. But, Please, enjoy safely.

You shouldn't be the one to tell her. That's what your friend should do. Your job is to tell your friend point blank to deal with the issue. You might as well pressurize him.

Love is blind, but it isn't deaf and dumb either. Go over to his place and have a talk with him. Ask him point blank if he wants to marry you. Then discuss with him. It depends on his financial status now, but you guys should start something already if you want to get married. I don't know how you are, but 3 years is a long time and you're both adults. Meet his parents, have him meet yours. And then agree on a time plan. I'm not skeptic but I think you would be bitter if you turn down a lot of guys for this dude and he disappoints you in the end.
Good luck.

People like me find it a little hard to say "I Love You". I'd rather SHOW you than TELL you.
Now, the reason she doesn't call or text might be because she isn't that type of person. I don't call or text often, but I love chatting on social media. If you're really concerned call her then. Moreover, you guys meet each other often right? Why the need to recieve her call?

You can't have this conversation with CHILDREN. Even some adults have difficulty grasping the idea.
Don't worry, by the time they get JSS3 they will understand.

I'm a big fan of Yanni's since I listened to his Tribute album a few years ago. Unfortunately, I'm the only guy in my class (of 100) who knows who Yanni is and appreciate his music. It'd be pointless of him to come over here because the concert wouldn't have up to 500.

God. This competition is getting...stiff. Look at these contestants! All formidables!

It isn't wrong that you asked...but it's... I don't know, weird because you started dating even though she was "not skinny" then. That kinda means you accepted her baggage.
I don't know how you told her about it. But you need to calm. Tell her about the health risks and how you feel about her weight. Don't even remotely mention other girls while having this talk with her. Then ask her how she feels about her weight. Does she like it? You might have to suck it up.
But instead cheating on her, just break up with her.

Gudintent: Please Apologies to everyone who has reached out to me.I may not be able to respond to my mails or visit nairaland soon.My mom is in the hospital,she had a fatal accident yesterday morning when she got back to Lagos.I'm still quite not myself for now.as soon as I get myself back together.I'll reply everyone.Thanks.

^^^^^^^^^

That was posted by Hezron @ 6:30pm.

Hezron my prayers are with your family, I can only imagine what you are all going through, but I know God will restore your mum back to perfect health in Jesus Name Amen.

I also pray God gives you all the strength to cope and be supportive to each other through this trying time Amen.

No wonder. Lorraine mysteriously pulled out of something this afternoon. I was wondering why. Now so sad this is the reason.
Sending positive and healing thoughts her way.

I just saw something at the criteria section. It says that best two FOR and AGAINST essays on both topics would picked. Does this mean that if three contestants FOR score 85 percent (which I'll take as the highest mark) and two contestants AGAINST score 80 percent, two of the contestants FOR will be choosen, two AGAINST will be choosen and the contestant FOR that also scored 85 percent won't be choosen?