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Ibime:
It's in SS1 you decide after everybody done know themselves for Junior Secondary. Nobody decides for you. Are you telling me you were decided for?

In SS1 they automatically place extremely brilliant students in Science class irrespective of what they decide . You will only be placed in art or commercial if u insist.

Other students are allowed to freely make their choice ; tho the school counselor still tries to convince them on what may be best for them .

swiz123:
I recently realized that Biology is very simple and I could have been a doctor if laziness didn’t stop me from keeping up with writing lengthy notes.

hmm - what is a cephalopod tho?

or a gastropod?

or commensalism?

semid4lyfe:
Question - How do we raise our kids to have aptitude for mathematics?

I believe it's the bedrock and foundation for STEM courses and would want my kids to do STEMs.

Me, I was average in it and wifey though a first class & distinction graduate read sociology.

Though its early days, my 6-year old in Basic 2 is already showing a dislike for it and grumbles whenever its time to do Maths home work.

Have u tried getting him a home tutor ?

Sometimes home tutors help kids learn better

BlueRayDick:
In SS1 they automatically place extremely brilliant students in Science class irrespective of what they decide . You will only be placed in art or commercial if u insist.

We are making the same point. Sharp students in science and dunces in Arts. I don't recall specifically making a choice in SS1, Science was always a given. The choice is usually with the dunces in Arts who want to do Science and have to make their will be known. But the choice is there.

If you have been sitting in an area of class with sharp minds like Bode, Souala and Arinze from JSS1 to 3, sharp irons who also sharpen your iron, you will not willingly go and sit with Mumudu and Portable in Arts class who you have known as dunces since JSS1, that's recipe to dull yourself.

Ibime:
We are making the same point. Sharp students in science and dunces in Arts.

If you have been sitting in an area of class with sharp minds like Bode, Souala and Arinze from JSS1 to 3, sharp irons who also sharpen your iron, you will not willingly go and sit with Mumudu and Portable in Arts class who you have known as dunces since JSS1, that's recipe to dull yourself.

the nastiest irony and karma for ibime will be when his pikin tells him i am going to be a [insert art course here ] or even worse an influenza or an online media star in whatever it is at that future time

semid4lyfe:
Question - How do we raise our kids to have aptitude for mathematics?

I believe it's the bedrock and foundation for STEM courses and would want my kids to do STEMs.

Me, I was average in it and wifey though a first class & distinction graduate read sociology.

Though its early days, my 6-year old in Basic 2 is already showing a dislike for it and grumbles whenever its time to do Maths home work.

a competent teacher who knows his stuff as a lesson teacher. my dad always tells me about how maths used to be very very hard for him until they got this new teacher for the school

Ibime:
We are making the same point. Sharp students in science and dunces in Arts. I don't recall specifically making a choice in SS1, Science was always a given. The choice is usually with the dunces in Arts who want to do Science and have to make their will be known. But the choice is there.

If you have been sitting in an area of class with sharp minds like Bode, Souala and Arinze from JSS1 to 3, sharp irons who also sharpen your iron, you will not willingly go and sit with Mumudu and Portable in Arts class who you have known as dunces since JSS1, that's recipe to dull yourself.

Na only u know why u Dey talk down on other people’s choice of department sha . Only u know wetin art don do u in ur first life . 🤷‍♂️

semid4lyfe:
Question - How do we raise our kids to have aptitude for mathematics?

I believe it's the bedrock and foundation for STEM courses and would want my kids to do STEMs.

Me, I was average in it and wifey though a first class & distinction graduate read sociology.

Though its early days, my 6-year old in Basic 2 is already showing a dislike for it and grumbles whenever its time to do Maths home work.

Find Numberblocks on YouTube, incentivise them to watch it religiously and thank me later

My son found Numberblocks on his own and knew all his timetables, prime numbers, square numbers etc by age 4. He could even extend it further and be doing 13 times, 14 times up to 20 times by adding up. He has changed his watching interest from Numberblocks in the last two years but you can't catch him out with any addition, multiplication or division till date. He has even started Algebra and can find X in a simple equation from age 6

His senior sister on the other hand struggled with timestable till age 8 so I had to start bribing her with £1 per Numberblocks video till she completed her timetable recently. Mind you she was still top 3 in Maths in her class but the constant praise of her Junior brothers proficiency in Maths wrecked her confidence and made her feel inferior such that she would not look at timestable or attempt any Maths. Sometimes she would be doing homework, calculating and counting her fingers furiously and her Junior brother will just shout out the answer within one second, infuriating her and wrecking her confidence. So I had to have a talk with her to explain that her brother is exceptional and not to pay him any mind, while laying out bribes for her to learn timestable and hanging timestable on her wall for her to inculcate every night before bed.

Ibime:
Find Numberblocks on YouTube, incentivise them to watch it religiously and thank me later

My son found Numberblocks on his own and knew all his timetables, prime numbers, square numbers etc by age 4. He could even extend it further and be doing 13 times, 14 times up to 20 times by adding up. He has changed his watching interest from Numberblocks in the last two years but you can't catch him out with any addition, multiplication or division till date. He has even started Algebra and can find X in a simple equation from age 6

His senior sister on the other hand struggled with timestable till age 8 so I had to start bribing her with £1 per Numberblocks video till she completed her timetable recently. Mind you she was still top 3 in Maths in her class but the constant praise of her Junior brothers proficiency in Maths wrecked her confidence and made her feel inferior such that she would not look at timestable or attempt any Maths. Sometimes she would be doing homework, calculating and counting her fingers furiously and her Junior brother will just shout out the answer within one second, infuriating her and wrecking her confidence. So I had to have a talk with her to explain that her brother is exceptional and not to pay him any mind, while laying out bribes for her to learn timestable and hanging timestable on her wall for her to inculcate every night before bed.

he can also add numberjacks, though that is a bit older.

it may be better to download the videos sha - youtube can be addictive esp for kids.

So I had to have a talk with her to explain that her brother is exceptional and not to pay him any mind

the humblebrag is STRONG

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this sounds unfair for a president to be at the fore-front of deportation

GloriousGbola:
the nastiest irony and karma for ibime will be when his pikin tells him i am going to be a [insert art course here ] or even worse an influenza or an online media star in whatever it is at that future time

Name it

Mass communication

raumdeuter:
Name it

Mass communication

na obodo oyibo - worse things than mass comm dey

i am sure there are courses on new media

but dad! your friend uncle XX was presidential adviser on new media and see how well he did

BlueRayDick:
You have a habit of renovating people’s speech and “saying what u think someone meant “. Person wey talk no put any qualifying words to say he was referring to multiple choice or theory exam.

He just felt because of his general knowledge of systems of government , current affairs and listening to news he would ace a subject called “Government “ . He attempted saw a glimpse of multiple choice questions and agreed he won’t ace it like he claimed earlier .


Why do u feel the need to still try to cling on to the possibility of him acing the exam ? 🤷‍♂️

Ibime:
Find Numberblocks on YouTube, incentivise them to watch it religiously and thank me later

My son found Numberblocks on his own and knew all his timetables, prime numbers, square numbers etc by age 4. He could even extend it further and be doing 13 times, 14 times up to 20 times by adding up. He has changed his watching interest from Numberblocks in the last two years but you can't catch him out with any addition, multiplication or division till date. He has even started Algebra and can find X in a simple equation from age 6

His senior sister on the other hand struggled with timestable till age 8 so I had to start bribing her with £1 per Numberblocks video till she completed her timetable recently. Mind you she was still top 3 in Maths in her class but the constant praise of her Junior brothers proficiency in Maths wrecked her confidence and made her feel inferior such that she would not look at timestable or attempt any Maths. Sometimes she would be doing homework, calculating and counting her fingers furiously and her Junior brother will just shout out the answer within one second, infuriating her and wrecking her confidence. So I had to have a talk with her to explain that her brother is exceptional and not to pay him any mind, while laying out bribes for her to learn timestable and hanging timestable on her wall for her to inculcate every night before bed.

Thanks for this, I had them downloaded a while back from PirateB@y and they were watching it at some point, but been too occupied of late to police what they watch and just allow them decide on whatever nonsense they want to watch on Netflix

Serious policing resumed.

BlueRayDick:
You have a habit of renovating people’s speech and “saying what u think someone meant “. Person wey talk no put any qualifying words to say he was referring to multiple choice or theory exam.

He just felt because of his general knowledge of systems of government , current affairs and listening to news he would ace a subject called “Government “ . He attempted saw a glimpse of multiple choice questions and agreed he won’t ace it like he claimed earlier .


Why do u feel the need to still try to cling on to the possibility of him acing the exam ? 🤷‍♂️

I actually got 2 of the 4 questions you posted without blinking. That's already 50%. With guessing on the multiple choice, I may get one of the other 2. With one night of revision, I would get them both, so rest with your Government talks.

E get some Maths or Physics courses, you will start reading one week out from the exam and you will quit within the first 10 mins because you know you have no chance. Immediately, headache and depression will start to catch you simultaneously and you will just write it off as carryover because you can't kill yourself.

Theflint1:
Generally, yea, but sometimes it depends on the exam and the format of the exam.

Exams that involve explanation would be difficult without some form of preparation, but for multiple choice exams, even without preparation, you can find some courses quite relatable and do fairly okay, and I believe that's what Ihebu meant.

Lmaoooo

If you are the greatest physicist in the world, you will fail a nebosh IGC exam if you don't prepare.

This is a simple safety course that involves just writing and no calculation.
The thing with courses that involve just writing is that if you don't study, you'll find yourself repeating answers because the questions look very similar.

Ibime:
A science student will smash Government and all those other nonsense courses with one day revision or just general knowledge picked up from radio, TV or suya wrappers.

As an example, I smashed A in GCSE Geography without opening book one day. Just from general knowledge and simple classroom attendance without any revision. Same with English GCSE. I mixed up the exam date, received a phone call from the Headteacher who said I haven't arrived for exam and he is sending an A Level student to my house to pick me up. Luckily my house was 5 mins drive from school. I arrived 30 mins late for a 2 hour exam, still finished 30 mins early and collected B with zero revision. Mind you till today I don't know difference between pronoun, adjective and adverb. I just know how words fit together. Same thing for English literature which I sparked with zero revision. The reading of the books in class was enough. The only subjects I studied for were Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology and I sparked everything except French where I collected C.





There is nothing like all rounder. You only have science students who can do non-STEM courses with their eyes closed, while non-STEM students go dey Cho Cho Cho. Even with non-STEM, the lawyers were great science students who only specialised toward law after finishing STEM at secondary school level to a high level

Lmao.. Just talking out of your old yansh.

Because the curriculum na wetin you fit consume in 1 week.

You think say na Hollywood be this?
You go fail wetin nor good

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Ibime:
Speak for yourself. We know how far on average

E get reason why those in class A from JSS 1-3 ended up as Science students in Senior secondary while those in classes B-D in Junior secondary starting forming Art student in Senior Secondary

I don't know how your school separated students on ability but we know ourselves right from JSS 1 based on class A to D system

In which secondary school was this law?
And before you start capping, I am a science student.

So how many secondary schools did you attend in Delta State to deduce that majority of the class A students where in science class?
Because unlike you, my family owned a secondary school in warri and I am pretty sure I have better understanding of how education works than you.

So how you take come to this conclusion?

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. Just talking out of your old yansh.

Because the curriculum na wetin you fit consume in 1 week.

You think say na Hollywood be this?
You go fail wetin nor good

Voltron of the Arts

No be talk, we did it. Most of my Maths courses were revised in one week max, some in one night. My Partial Differential Equations exam was sewn up from scratch in 3 days with 96% pass mark, you dey talk about social sciences wey we go use 2 hours memorise everything for the whole semester.

In accounting exams, we had Enterprise, Management and Financial pillars. Never spent more than one overnight session on Enterprise and Management modules, na Financial modules we dey spend like 3 days on.

I have a friend who is now in Angola who studied tourism degree. I did every single one of his coursework and had him on course for 1st class, the nugga fvcked it up back to 2.2 with his performance in exams. Funny enough he is the nigga I am always arguing with about Ibrahima Traore, bloody art student

Don't compare memorisation skills with science students please. Niggas done see blood for eye. I am a particularly lazy student who only gears up in exam week, have done that my whole life. Accounting exams especially the non-numeric ones were like walk in the Park after tackling heavy Maths exams up to Masters level at one or few days notice. Na Kola nut and redbull we dey use write Maths exam, zero sleep the night before having left revision till last minute. But if na arts course, we will sleep like baby, wake up 5 am, read for 2 hours and pass exam without attending one lesson all semester. I am speaking from experience because my degree was 3/4 Maths, 1/4 Economics. Never attended Economics lessons because they clashed with my Maths modules and were too easy to catch up on.

liveLongNprospa:
In which secondary school was this law?
And before you start capping, I am a science student.

So how many secondary schools did you attend in Delta State to deduce that majority of the class A students where in science class?
Because unlike you, my family owned a secondary school in warri and I am pretty sure I have better understanding of how education works than you.

So how you take come to this conclusion?

Wetin you dey yarn sef?

Is there anywhere class A students gravitate more toward Arts than Sciences?

Na Rivers State I dey, which one be Delta. And no be only una get school

So you are telling me that in Delta where Oil industry is the main game in town, sharp students will rather gravitate towards Arts than Science/Engineering that pays in oil industry. Maybe Delta boys dull, not Rivers boys

Ibime:
Wetin you dey yarn sef?

Is there anywhere class A students gravitate more toward Arts than Sciences?

Na Rivers State I dey, which one be Delta. And no be only una get school

So you are telling me that in Delta where Oil industry is the main game in town, sharp students will rather gravitate towards Arts than Science/Engineering that pays in oil industry. Maybe Delta boys dull, not Rivers boys

But wait oh... Do you always look down on non-stem graduates in real life too, or only on nl? You're taking all this stem vs non-stem stuff too serious oh.

If u are smart , u are smart .

Science doesn’t make u smart neither does art make u dull. Know this and know peace !

we need a proper fight jare

mass comm /arts attacker vs mass comm/arts defender

Ibime:
Wetin you dey yarn sef?

Is there anywhere class A students gravitate more toward Arts than Sciences?

Na Rivers State I dey, which one be Delta. And no be only una get school

So you are telling me that in Delta where Oil industry is the main game in town, sharp students will rather gravitate towards Arts than Science/Engineering that pays in oil industry. Maybe Delta boys dull, not Rivers boys

I support ibime's claim about class separation right from JSS, I went to a federal unity school in delta so I can attest about about majority of students would rather be in science or struggle at least for it na only those wey head nor carry am go give up to join arts or commercial.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmaoooo

If you are the greatest physicist in the world, you will fail a nebosh IGC exam if you don't prepare.

This is a simple safety course that involves just writing and no calculation.
The thing with courses that involve just writing is that if you don't study, you'll find yourself repeating answers because the questions look very similar.

I think the question should be how the greatest sociologist or management student would fare taking elite science exams, even with preparation.

There's a reason you almost never have science/management students doing cross-over into sciences while the reverse is the case.

Dathypebruv:
I support ibime's claim about class separation right from JSS, I went to a federal unity school in delta so I can attest about about majority of students would rather be in science or struggle at least for it na only those wey head nor carry am go give up to join arts or commercial.

Even BlueRay knows this, but he's using himself and his buddies that were probably outliers to speak for everyone in social scienes/management courses.

Ibime:
That's what US General meant by Traore stealing Burkinabe gold. They will gather Wagner boys and start extracting minerals without recognised agreement with the National Government and Traore will benefit personally but no formal agreement with the country. That's what US General meant but all of a sudden, it means US wants to invade Burkina, as if US wants to get involved in another war with terrorists in the Sahel.

The other day User09 was decrying the fact that GE was not given guarantee to run our DISCOs. Instead it was given to friends of the President. Had GE been given DISCO contract, I'm sure nzombu nzombu people will claim they are ripping Nigeria. Oya do am yourself if it easy.

It is only people from non numeric or non economics background that buy these communist arguments. Anyone who looks at numbers know these arguments are hogwash. France which has a yearly trade deficit of $12bln with subsaharan Africa is somehow ripping Africa.

Oya free yourself if it easy. What is more fundamental to your economic liberty than having your own currency and exiting the currency administrated by your so called biggest enemy? Yet they refuse to exit Frances currency because they know what France is doing for them. They just rabble rouse against France for stüpid people so they can grab power.

So many hidden stuff d happen for our mining industry. Illegal mining here and there. That industry is corrupt and deadly.

For Tinubu to put en right hand man there to oversee that sector ( Dele Alake) means sai en know what's going on there. Dele Alake go cash out big time.

Theflint1:
Even BlueRay knows this, but he's using himself and his buddies that were probably outliers to speak for everyone in social scienes/management courses.

Oga there were several dull science students in my secondary school . And for the smart science students , I don’t consider them superior because we took same courses up till the point we were separated in SSS class and they never bested me .

So u don’t see Ibime who is a first class science graduate making himself both the sample and population of the data set Abi , na when I speak for management/social sciences u Dey point out outlier .

What bias will do to u people ehn…. 🤦‍♂️

Theflint1:
The thing about intelligence be say, where your own take end, na where another person own take start.

It reminds me of the story of Jeff Bezos, and when he realized that he'd never be truly elite as a theoritical physicists when a problem that had taken him and some other of his friend a few days to crack, without solving, some of his other friend provided the solution and these where Physicists in Princeton.

I had this story of Bezos in mind on how difficult some courses are even for the brightest of minds, Bezos had a problem solving an equation and within minutes of taking same question to Yosantha man called Cosine as the answer.
I studied statistics but have helped an aunt with assignments on political science and she aced the assignments. First one I collaborated with a political science grad the other one I did it by myself. I argued why I think APC will win 2015 Presidential Election citing merger, general dissatisfaction about insecurity and economy, and violation of rotation principle.
I remember barely attending Entrepreneur, Philosophy and Logic and Nigeria peoples and Culture classes but passed them by attempting past questions a day before, .my attempts to do same in other science courses landed me poor grades or carryover that plagued my life in school.

BlueRayDick:
Oga there were several dull science students in my secondary school . And for the smart science students , I don’t consider them superior because we took same courses up till the point we were separated in SSS class and they never bested me .

So u don’t see Ibime who is a first class science graduate making himself both the sample and population of the data set Abi , na when I speak for management/social sciences u Dey point out outlier .

What bias will do to u people ehn…. 🤦‍♂️

Of course there'd always be dull science students that social science/management students will bench, but point is, that on average...

Smart Science Students > Smart Social/Management Students
Average Science Students > Average Social/Management Students
Olodo Science Students > Olodo Social/Management Students

Keyword being on average

TemporaryHansel:
But wait oh... Do you always look down on non-stem graduates in real life too, or only on nl? You're taking all this stem vs non-stem stuff too serious oh.

Same way our parents discriminated to make sure we understand what puts us in best position in life is same way we must preach the STEM message to the younger generation. This thing fit be matter of life and death for them

Yes I do discriminate in real life. Na so my niece wey spark 9 A stars at GCSE and is more intelligent than all of us talk say she no go do Maths for A Levels. I had been fighting with her for 2 years to let her know A Level Maths is the foundation for her to be brilliant in whatever her course of study. Even if she wants to be a Doctor, she would not be a brilliant Doctor without at least a grounding in Maths up to A Level standard. Luckily she chose Biology and Chemistry for A Levels, leaving the Medicine route open, then combined with English and another nonsense. That one leaves the Lawyer route open. Finally she done pick Law and Cambridge done invite her otherwise would be a monumental waste of talent, so my mind done come down small.

Even at her not choosing Maths at A Levels, my pressure still forced her to seek a solid grounding in Maths that has helped her to be brilliant at A Levels and will surely mould her logical reasoning going forward. This life no be play, adults wey know as market be should not allow children to make wrong choices and fumble their future success