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Happy Birthday Sweet-tease! I'm so sorry for it being rather belated. I wish you the very best in life my dearest.

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Weldone Fynestboi, I can see you've begun the Journey towards Greatness. More powers to your elbow.

When will this stop? When will the sponsors be caught and prosecuted? When? I need answers.

Austeenx: Is it true that Mukinat is 16?

Sweet 16

Mukina2, I wish you God's favour in all you do. HBD.

Austeenx: Jizz-us!

Mukina is 16?

So, I can toast(woo) her?

That would be child abuse

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Happy Birthday dear Mukina2. May you be more prosperous than Sulayman (King Solomon) and may you live longer than Prophet Saleh (Methuselah).

I wish you the very best my dear. Have a blast!

Regards

[quote author=Mazi_Omenuko]Tertiary Education in Nigeria should be free: Opposing[/quote]

Samtolly4JESUS: Tertiary Education Should be free in Nigeria.

Supporting.

Thank you very much Mazi Omenuko and Samtolly4Jesus for your choices. I now call on Aliciakeys to choose the side she will be debating on. Thanks.

Fynestboi: [color=olive] FIRST: MAZI OMENUKO



SECOND: SAMTOLLY4JESUS




THIRD: ALICIAKEYS




FORTH: DESCHYKO



nawa oo just a female...


Let wait other analysis to be done by the CHIEF JUDGE...


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*point the mic to the CHIEF JUDGE.*

So to the four contestants who made it to the next round here's the topic for debate:

Tertiary Education in Nigeria Should Be Free

We need two in support of the motion and two against.

The first, Mazi Omenuko, should do the honours of chosing the side he wants to debate on. This will be followed by the second and then the third.

The Coordinator will tell us the deadline for topic selection. If one of the four contestants fails to indicate interest before the stipulated time we might have to replace him or her with the contestant who came fifth and so on.

The modalities for the second phase of the debate will be announced by the Coordinator at the appropriate time. Pls stay tuned. Thanks.

Congrats to all the contestants, you're all winners. Like I said earlier, we will only be analysing the scores of the first four contestants. Other contestants who want their scores sent privately to them should do either myself or the coordinator a PM

Mazi Omenuko tried as he appeared in the top four list of the four Judges who sent in their scores. Samtolly4Jesus appeared in three of the Judges top four list while Alicia and Deschyko appeared in two of the Judges top four list.

Mazi came tops with a total of 66 points (Content 16, Organization 16.5, Expression 17.5, Mechanical Accuracy 16)

He was followed closely by Samtolly4Jesus with 64 points (Content 14, Organization 17, Expression 19, Mechanical Accuracy 15)

Alicia Keys cames third with 58.5 points (Content 16, Organization 15.5, Expression 14.5. Mechanical Accuracy 12.5)

While the last but not the least was Deschyko with 57 points (Content 12, Organization 14, Expression 15, Mechanical Accuracy 16)

The contestants with the best Content was Aliciakeys and Mazi Omenuko (they had a tie with 16 points)
Samtolly4Jesus was the best in Organization with 17 points
Samtolly4Jesus was also the best in Expression/Persuasiveness with a staggering 19 points out of 20
While Mazi Omenuko and Deschyko had a tie in Mechanical Accuracy with 16 points.

On the over all,

Mazi Omenuko came out tops as all four judges certified him in their top four list. He also had the highest number of points

Samtolly4Jesus followed closely as three judges certified him in their list. He had the second highest points.

Aliciakeys was certified by two judges. She had the third highest points

And Deschyko was also certified by two Judges but had an inferior score to Aliciakeys.

The rest had lower scores. But I must state here that all contestants tried.

Regards,
Obinoscopy

infoscope: Thanks for the appraisals, you couldn't have done any better. Your constructive criticism can only make us get better. Meanwhile I noticed you didn't do any appraisal on some of the essays.

Other essays will be appraised by the other judges.

Hi everyone, how is our Sunday going? Hope all the Christians went to church today? And I hope all our Muslim brothers and sisters are resting well in preparation for work tomorrow?

I will be appraising the essays of several contestants of this first of a kind educational debate. I must say that I had high expectations from our contestants. I had hoped to learn a few things from their essays. I must admit they met my expectations to some level and I did learn a lot from their work, but I must be quick to add that there is still room for improvements. One of the major setbacks of most of the contestants work was the paucity of standard reference materials. Some that managed to use, were referencing Wikipedia which is very wrong. But, all in all, they tried. It is not that easy to sit down and piece together an argumentative essay of 1000 words and above. I might have done even worse if I were in their shoes. To that end, I will say they all did marvelously well.

Infoscope and Deschyko both wrote in opposition to the motion that Strike is a wrong approach to solving Nigeria’s Educational problems. They took a rather unpopular stance as it would appear that more contestants were in favor of the motion. Their provision of historical details of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike in Nigeria goes to show that they were well versed on the topic.

However I would say that their work lacked the desired persuasiveness. The two contestants were quick to blame the Federal Government for all the woes betiding the educational sector but they were slow to explaining why strike is a BETTER approach. Infact, I had even thought Infoscope was in support of the motion when I was reading paragraphs four (4) and five (5) until I got to the sixth (6th) paragraph. This statement of his below was responsible for my confusion:

Infoscope: It is something both the employees and employers never pray for as it cripples the entire system and leaves it in shambles.
In Nigeria, strike has been used way too often to settle conflicts in labour- management relations.

I think he shot himself on the foot by making that comment.

Deschyko’s statement that “five out of the nine agreements [between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government (FG)] focuses (sic) on the improvement of educational standard and quality in the country” is very apt as it could counter the notion that ASUU embarked on the strike solely for selfish reasons. But he however failed to mention and elaborate on all five agreements. In fact, a lay reader might not even know which group reached the agreement and what the agreement was all about.

However I must not fail to commend both Deschyko and Infoscope’s command of diction, their well sequenced paragraphs and correct spellings. That being said, there is still room for improvement.

Don Salvy, Sammytolly4Jesus and Mikebis all wrote against the motion that Geniuses are born not made.

Sammytolly4Jesus work was okay. I really loved his play with words especially the following: “we weren’t (sic) born with the alphabets imprinted on our foreheads,” “a chauffeur also wasn’t (sic) born with wheels in his hands,” and “Lionel Messi. . .wasn’t (sic) born with football in his legs.” Those expressions were very apt and really spiced up his work. Despite the rich content and examples, his work was very poor in persuasiveness. I felt he could have done more to convince his readers. He failed to explain and establish beyond reasonable doubt, the difference between Child Prodigy and Genius and this is enough to weaken his argument’s foundation. Conclusively, I will say Sammy did well. I really hope he makes it to the next round, same goes for the others.

Despite the scantiness of Don Salvy’s work, I must say his use of the Intelligent Quotient (IQ) score to buttress his argument was quite impressive. His illustrations were very explanatory and clear. But, like I said earlier, his essay is very scanty.

The same might be said for mikebis. It would seem mikebis did not finish his work, probably due to time constraints or internet logistics as his conclusion was very poor. However his mentioning of the three ways by which geniuses are made (Learning, Thinking Ability and Determination) was quite inspirational. He would have done a lot better with his argument if he had committed more time, resources and energy towards it.

So that is my appraisal, folks. I wish all the contestants the best. Let us remember that this competition is not a do-or-die affair. The essence of this debate is not for superiority display but for us to learn from each other and keep our brains busy by engaging in healthy arguments. May the best four make it to the next round. Amen.

Expect more appraisals from the other judges.

talktimi: Una no serious o, after over a month yet no moderator still. Thunder fire op & the gang *wakacomotsfromthread*

Please bear with us. You will hear from us at the appropriate time. We're sorry for the delay.

@Ndu_Chuks, thanks for your suggestion. We'll keep it in mind.

Fellow Contestants,

I say well done once again. The Judges have started reading your work. After reading they will score your work and submit to the Chief Judge who will then collate and aggregate scores. The top four Contestants will then be revealed to the Coordinator who will make the announcements by 9pm tomorrow on this thread. Note that Citics/Appraisals from the Judges will be ongoing from now till 5pm tomorrow.

Also the Topic for the second phase of the debate will be revealed by the Coordinator tomorrow and the Four contestants will choose the side they'll be debating on.

The audience are free to ask the contestants a few questions. Audience can even post their arguments or comments on the debate topic.

Thanks

infoscope: No, since it's an intellectual affair and not a do or die affair as was earlier stated, I think the results of all the contestants should be released so that they(we) know where their weaknesses are. It will only make them get better, moreover it will make the whole process transparent.

Think about it my incorruptible judges.

Thanks

The results of the individual contestants will be revealed to them privately if they so wish. Any contestant who wants to know his or her score should send a PM to either myself or the coordinator after the Four Contestants have been announced. However the scores of the four contestants will be revealed and analysed here.

As regards the contestants knowing their strengths and weaknesses, be rest assured that the Judges will do a Critic/Appraisal of all the contestants work. There in, every contestants can know his or her strong/weak points even before the results are announced.

Thanks.

Oluwatola5: Arguements? Me thinks that will only happen when results are out. Now most people will be perturbed with how good or how bad, or how competent their co-contestants are.

Whether the audience posts their arguments or not, it won't change the outcome of the result.

Elliotwiz1: will the essays be scored, or would the first four only be announced?

Yes they will be scored but only the scores of the first four will be revealed.

Weldone fellow contestants, you all did great. The Judges will give their Critic/Appraisal for the various Essays. Also the Four Successful Contestants will be announced here on this thread. Stay tuned.

P.S: Our audience are free to post their arguments either in support or against the essay topics. Audience can also critic or appraise the various contestants essays. Thanks.

[quote author=♥Dεs•Chγκσ♥]Hihihihi.. Person wey write pass 2500 words on top argumentative essay kuku like fight pass quarrel sha.. Na argumentative textbook sure pass for am gaan..[/quote]The maximum is 2500, the Judges are not obliged to read beyond 2500 words.