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dabrake: to my (further)mathematics 'titia' who would solve a question, clean the board six times in continuation only to arrive at the original question again, hence, forcing us to cancel 14 pages of our notes, . . .

Crazy boy

Got me lmao on the road

Teachers I can never forget

Primary school
Mr Samuel(Pry 6, Ghanaian)- I prayed not to be in his class at the end of class 5, but ended up being in his class; strict, but in hindsight, a good guy

Mr Asiedu(Headmaster, Ghanaian)- Good guy

Mr Agboola(Primary 2) - my class teacher in primary 2, good teacher

Junior Secondary School
Mrs Oshundun (Social studies);Definition of passion. Teaching with all her body, jumping, bending, giving graphic examples.

Mrs Gbadamosi(Integrated Science): Dreaded. Always insulting students. But I have forgiven her.

Senior Secondary School
Miss Eze (corper): The little she taught me in Accounts in SSS1 was all I knew in that subject in secondary school. Other teachers that took the subject after she left made me hate that subject

Mr Ibrahim(Mathematics): At least taught me Longitude and Latitude and Geometry Did nice job

Mr Shittu (Geography): Too good!!! Made Geography look like pap. By far my best teacher in Secondary school

Private Teaching
Mr R.F Jimoh: At a time I dreaded Maths, a 2-week coaching with this man was I needed to score B2 in Maths in SSCE. Great job. I had lost hope in Maths until I met him few months to my GCE in SS2.

Mr Afolabi(Mathematics); Taught me Calculus while I waited to resume at Ife after gaining admission to study Economics.


No doubt teachers play great roles in our lives and they deserve our gratitude.

emmatok: Just asking when was the last time an Army Officer occupied that post CGS .
ALL I see is the Navy and Airforce.

They have occupied it most. Let Naval and Air Force officers also do teh job. I actually grew up thinking CDS was only for Army officers.

acidtalk: @Jarus, you are so on point.
One major problem why so many people are not employed is that they know next to nothing. Youths of today find it difficult to read business, management, inspirational and History books. They don't news news and business stations as well. You only find them watching MTV, bET, E!, Mnet and the rest.

Intellect is perceived as soon as you enter the interview room.

The last interview I had for my current job got to a point we were discussing current affairs as it related to my role. Asked when the new Personal Income Tax regime takes effect, I answered with something like : "Few days ago, I was reading in newspaper a statement credited to Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala that the law was already on the President's desk for assentment.....blabla".

AjanleKoko: @OP,
it's not true that most advertised jobs are facades. You think companies would pay a lot of money on advertising, only to not hire anybody?
Qualified and quality candidates usually get jobs. My first job was from an advert in the Guardian, believe it or not.

The problem is that candidates in Nigeria apply for each and every job advertised, regardless of their qualification and fit for the job. Not that it is the fault of the graduates, it's a desperate situation. But even in the chaos, a focused person can still find something.

I agree. I also got my current job via Guardian advert. The advert was in Oct 2011 edition of Guardian.

Good one.

I have always been an advocate of 'at all, at all na hin bad' - that is, taking a job, irrespective of how meagre the pay is, in as much as your honour is intact and it is a legitimate job. This was why I fully endorsed Dangote's graduate driver scheme on the pages of newspapers.

I have a brother with MBA earning 30k per month in a small tax consultancy outfit. He was humble enough to take it. He is gaining experience at least.

Truth, like the poster said, is that you can never be satisfied. Dangote, with all his billions, is still looking for more money and complaining. When I was earning less than 200k per annum few years ago, I was complaining, it kept increasing and the complaint never stopped. Even with almost 3 times that figure now, one is still complaining. That is life.

My advice for graduates looking for job is:
1, Package yourself well. Packaging has always made great difference for me
2, Load yourself - read, read and read; be versatile, know something about everything; you will impress in tests and interviews
3, The journey starts from school - struggle for good results. There is a lot of competition in the marketplace; equip yourself with extra materials
4, Information is key. Access information. Information makes great difference in job hunting

Dstar4u: pls, hw can i chek d mail

Bros, na wa o. Which email address did you use in registering on NL? PMs come as email with the address you registered on NL with. I just replied the mail.

Dstar4u: @ Jarus, Thanks in Anticipation

I had replied you immediately. Check your mail.

I am not happy with our leaders, but I am human enough not to play politics with anybody's health - even my enemies. During the kerfuffle over Yar'adua's ill-health, I refused to join the crowd. I sympathized with them. It is only natural that I empathize with the Jonathans too. Get well soon, Madam.

I got your PM.

We had similar discussion on NL here in 2008 and here was my contribution - an opinion I still hold:

https://www.nairaland.com/163757/secrets-first-class-students#2706290

By the grace of God, I belong to this category. My secret? God's help of course.

But from experience, the following could be useful:

1, NATURAL BRILLIANCE: Most First class grads are naturally brilliant,not strugglers. Sure you still have to read. Yes, you just have to read. But if you see student X and student Y read for 3 hours, subject to the same condition, and X scores 80%(or let's say graduates with with First Class) and Y scores 50%(or more generally, graduates with 2-2), what is at play there is natural brilliance. First Class materials don't struggle academically, they are naturally brilliant. In my class for example, the guy that read most was not among the Top 60 students in class. Likewise, I wasn't among among the Top 20 heaviest readers, if hours spent reading is anything to go by.

2, OPTIMISM & SELF-BELIEF : Most First Class students have self-belief that they can make it, right from year 1. They don't get swayed by the common pessimistic ranting of majority of the students that YOU CAN'TMAKE FIRST CLASS;THEY WONT GIVE YOU. First Class materials dismiss such claims, and go ahead pursuing it.

3, LONG TERM TARGET Most First Class studenst don't use the Fire Brigade approach. It involves setting targets and being conscious of it. I started a conscious pursuit of it right from my year 1. I always targeted A in every course.

4, CALCULATIONS: Most First Class students always have their brains doing calculations and permutations on how to achieve their target.Don't be surprised if you see a First Class reading a purely theoretical course but having calculator by his side.He is using the calculator, not for the course he's reading, but for calcualting stuffs and assumptions like: 'If i had B in this course,what will my GP be?', 'What if I misfire in a 30 marks questions(i.e misinterprete) in this course and eventually score D, won't i drop from First Class'. He will simply take his calculator by his side and work out what his GP will be under these assumptions.I, for one,didn't look at A from the point of scoring 70% but from missing 30 marks. 30 marks is too big to miss in a course.So in any course I didn't miss up to 30, I scored 70% and above and that was A. Later, A became so easy for me. I scored A in 76.6% of all the courses I did from year 1 to 4.

5, COMPETITION: I have always hated playing the second fiddle in my life. I think many First Class students also share this. I can't stand not being among the 'frontliners' anywhere I find myself. So the desire to top my class motivated me to study hard. My class was especially very competitive, and I can't afford not to among the best, if not the best.

meksroland: With all those money made in Lagos state, are we suppose to be celebrating?? How about Ejigbo and other places? The difference between Lagos and other states is just that Fashola receives too much press praise and being favoured by dem also. Amechi still remains the best gov cos u don't experience flood anywhere in PH now cos he constructed deep underground gutters. Fashola is working as far as press is concerned

I beg to disagree. Most of the people that praise Fashola in the media are independent reviewers like myself that don't know him, but just sent an article to newspaper yesterday commending him. While other states spend huge fortune on PR. You only send good product. I laugh looking at Uduaghan and his Kangol on ChannelsTV rolling out his fictional achievements.

afam4eva: I hope he has food to eat sha cos that's the most important thing.

Honestly, the guess doesn't look well-fed
See his sokoto like that of palm wine tapper

A car that is not up to N10m sef

There are actually very good girls, wife materials here. And I'm very serious

I wont name names, but I have met two that are easily wife materials anyday - beauty, brain and manner!

afam4eva: I use to watch any Yoruba home video but now i only limit myself with the ones made by Tunde Kelani or Kunle Afolayan.

Bros, u don become ogbologbo Yoruba o. Omo nna t'on p'ofo. Lol

I found. Could have married a Nairalander. That was 2010.

After I had bought, used and sold my own

afam4eva: Most people that watched this movie loved it but i didn't find it interesting because the kind of behavior exibited by Jenifa in that movie is stale. That's why i didn't even bother watching the subsequent parts.

Bros, you dey watch Yoruba home videos?

Jenifa - highly overhyped, no big deal in a village girl going to city and misbehaving. It's something you see everytime.

Malawi my foot! If we wan chop frog, no be one wey no get flesh.

supereagle: If you a muslism or if you leave in the west , you must av heared abt him

More like, if you're literate and follow the news. This thread was even started by a Christian, news of his death broken on NL by a Christian - shows his popularity.

Inna lilahi wa inna ilaehi rajiuna. The death of Dr AbdulLateef Adegbite is clearly a great loss to Nigerian Muslim community. Raised and schooled in a generation where you had to change your name and faith before being admitted to school, yet dogged in acquiring western scholarship at the time without shedding Islam. Going on to be a pillar and respected voice of Islam in Nigeria for more than 50 years. No doubt this man was an asset to the ummah. I hope Boko Haram and others who subscribe to violence and reject western education can learn a lesson on how education and advocacy, as opposed to force, can be a tool for the propagation of the deen. We pray Allah accept Dr's soul into Aljannah.

When I'm close, I enter, albeit at reduced speed.

Will Seun make his own statement with a birthday gig? Abi Seun na Ijebu ni

I can overlook that.

It appears folks here have never seen Fayemi(Ekiti) speak before. The guy is loaded abeg. And I have only listened to him once on Channels TV.

Of all the ones I have listened to, Fashola and Fayemi are the most articulate and eloquent.