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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by PrettyPacy: 7:58pm On Jun 20, 2025
Lexusgs430:
Look for managerial roles within the NHS, in this sectors. Policy development, service delivery and research roles within the NHS.....

You might have to start the bottom, but starting is the key...... 🗝️🔑

Unfortunately, you might not have access to frontline roles.....
But then again my fear is experience like I said I work as a support worker. How do I go about the experience on my Cv?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by D1uncle: 8:21pm On Jun 20, 2025
PrettyPacy:
But then again my fear is experience like I said I work as a support worker. How do I go about the experience on my Cv?
Try to secure the Senior Support Worker role first, and then apply for a managerial position based on your experience. If your workplace offers NVQ training, request to take part through your supervision meetings and use the opportunity to demonstrate leadership.

In the UK, whenever you see a vacancy, apply — the worst that can happen is a rejection, but even that gives you insight into the interview questions and process. You already have the degree, so now it’s about gaining experience by showing leadership in your current role and clearly communicating that when the time comes.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by PrettyPacy: 8:55pm On Jun 20, 2025
D1uncle:
Try to secure the Senior Support Worker role first, and then apply for a managerial position based on your experience. If your workplace offers NVQ training, request to take part through your supervision meetings and use the opportunity to demonstrate leadership.

In the UK, whenever you see a vacancy, apply — the worst that can happen is a rejection, but even that gives you insight into the interview questions and process. You already have the degree, so now it’s about gaining experience by showing leadership in your current role and clearly communicating that when the time comes.
I am very grateful for this input , thank you
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 9:10pm On Jun 20, 2025
Lexusgs430:
Why not? Let's blame Donald Trump for everything....... 🤣😂

What happened to the 14 years jail term....... 🤣


Gay men in Africa blame Trump for their recent HIV diagnoses after he cut prevention funding https://mol.im/a/14831883
How are we sure those men are gay indeed, things Dey happen o! 😂
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 9:14pm On Jun 20, 2025
D1uncle:
Try to secure the Senior Support Worker role first, and then apply for a managerial position based on your experience. If your workplace offers NVQ training, request to take part through your supervision meetings and use the opportunity to demonstrate leadership.

In the UK, whenever you see a vacancy, apply — the worst that can happen is a rejection, but even that gives you insight into the interview questions and process. You already have the degree, so now it’s about gaining experience by showing leadership in your current role and clearly communicating that when the time comes.
@prettyparcy kindly follow the advice or suggestion here. That’s a very good pathway there and be open minded, Begin to apply for various roles within the NHS and highlight and previous leadership roles including previous volunteering leadership roles as well

The NVQ training is key, check with your current employer and make a request for it as it’s supposed to be a mandatory career benefit
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 9:39pm On Jun 20, 2025
Goke7:
How are we sure those men are gay indeed, things Dey happen o! 😂
Why would the Nigerian government allow USAID, support the gay community in Nigeria.....

When the act of been happy, is an illegal act........ 🤣😊😂

Our laws are either not implemented or confused...... 🤔😕
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 10:15pm On Jun 20, 2025
Lexusgs430:
Why would the Nigerian government allow USAID, support the gay community in Nigeria.....

When the act of been happy, is an illegal act........ 🤣😊😂

Our laws are either not implemented or confused...... 🤔😕
It may have been a precondition to get support for other areas of funding, you know how the west has been trying to force those things down in Africa reason I doubt if those folks are truly gay as people Dey use this thing as runs o
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 10:38pm On Jun 20, 2025
Goke7:
It may have been a precondition to get support for other areas of funding, you know how the west has been trying to force those things down in Africa reason I doubt if those folks are truly gay as people Dey use this thing as runs o
So is that a double negative or double positive........ 😂😊
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 4:48am On Jun 21, 2025
Goke7:
Apt! 💯 the story you shared the other day about those parents who rebuked their children for complaining about being sexually bullied in school comes to mind, I still struggle to digest that story but the kind of comments you see here validates that’s how many people still think.
It rings true. Imagine the son of such a person coming to tell him/her they were abused and called a monkey at school or their daughter returning to tell them she was touched inappropriately. Their response might just be - 'know you place'
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 4:56am On Jun 21, 2025
LionInZion:
💯
It's pointless educating people with such mentality. Just like you I'm also concerned about young people growing around people with such views. They'll psych them up to walk on eggshells all their life. Unfortunately, it is what it is. A man once titled his book Slaves Who Love Their Chains Will Remain In Bondage
Nice title- in this case it's not even loving the chains. It's believing the chains are there when they are only but an illusion.

Reason why I am strongly against some of the visa changes cos they perpetuate poverty which then has a way of debasing peoples mind. Someone who struggled in 9ja, then struggled to get into the UK and continued to struggle for over a decade while paying huge sums in fees might inadvertently think the reason they are suffering is because they are inferior or not intelligent enough. It takes alot to get a child who grew up with such mindset to succeed. Talk to an average kid in a grammar, private and state school and general difference in thinking and aspiration (which mostly starts from home) becomes evident
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m):
Gerrard59:
- modern women are not as interested in marriage and/or childbearing as much as men of today are. Why should we disregard facts simply because we don't like the messenger?
You're making this a man vs 2oman thing which it hardly isn't. No woman owes you, the world or even the human race a child.

I took the time out to watch the video and even looked at outcomes of studies done. They are neither here nor there with lots of overlap.

We are not talking about those on the fringe. Modern day man AND women are increasingly opting to have less kids. In my experience, it seems to be ladies that are more keen on having kids than men. There have a few societal advantages. I have increasingly seen men come in their 20s asking for a vasectomy which is largely considered a permanent form of contraception. Ask around and you'd be shocked the number of blokes who've had a snip. My favourite was someone who got a snip cos he didn't want to have kids with his current partner only for them to break up a few years after and he now hooked up with someone new and was frantically chasing a reversal.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 7:27am On Jun 21, 2025
Lexusgs430:
So is that a double negative or double positive........ 😂😊
Whichever way na way 😂 na condition make crayfish bend
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 7:31am On Jun 21, 2025
jedisco:
Nice title- in this case it's not even loving the chains. It's believing the chains are there when they are only but an illusion.

Reason why I am strongly against some of the visa changes cos they perpetuate poverty which then has a way of debasing peoples mind. Someone who struggled in 9ja, then struggled to get into the UK and continued to struggle for over a decade while paying huge sums in fees might inadvertently think the reason they are suffering is because they are inferior or not intelligent enough. It takes alot to get a child who grew up with such mindset to succeed. Talk to an average kid in a grammar, private and state school and general difference in thinking and aspiration (which mostly starts from home) becomes evident
That’s why that narrative of ilr or citizenship is a ‘privilege and not a right’ is just a synonym for ‘Know your place’
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 7:34am On Jun 21, 2025
jedisco:
You're making this a man vs 2oman thing which it hardly isn't. No woman owes you, the world or even the human race a child.

I took the time out to watch the video and even looked at outcomes of studies done. They are neither here nor there with lots of overlap.

We are not talking about those on the fringe. Modern day man AND women are increasingly opting to have less kids. In my experience, it seems to be ladies that are more keen on having kids than men. There are also few societal advantages. I have increasingly seen men come in their 20s asking for a vasectomy which is largely considered a permanent form of contraception. Ask around and you'd be shocked the number of blokes who've had a snip. My favourite was someone who got a snip cos he didn't want to have kids with his current partner only for them to break up a few years after and he now hooked up with someone new and was frantically chasing a reversal.
Confusion break bone ye kpa na Double wahala for dead bodi and the owner of dead bodi 😂
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 9:31am On Jun 21, 2025
Goke7:
That’s why that narrative of ilr or citizenship is a ‘privilege and not a right’ is just a synonym for ‘Know your place’
You know it!
One even told another that....

"At least you should be happy that they allowed you to escape Nigeria"

That is enough

I'm like smh undecided undecided

The psychological ruin done to Nigerians collective psyche is so damaging
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ehizario2012: 10:30am On Jun 21, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
"Where is the lie?

Sentiments aside, Asian are top, followed by Caucasians and the rest when assessing the average intellect of racial groups...even Hispanics are rated higher than blacks.

Even our economy and continents shows we are the bottom of the races on an average... reason why you ran away to a foreign land, built by White men."


The bolded is something only someone who is struggling with self worth will say.
Eugenics have been proven time and time again to be false science, and that there is ZERO correlation between race and IQ

That given disparate people the same exposure, you will have converging outcomes when tested.
In this country, kids of Nigerian/Ghanaian immigrants SCORE higher than most people in their GCSEs and are even performing very very well at school.

Does it now mean then that they are "superior" to their white fellow students or the other ones that they outperform?

Nobody is inferior to anybody inherently
It's environmental exposure that to a large extent, drive this outcomes
I actually align with this line of thought, but when we look at the level of developments in the various continents, it's so difficult to see there's nothing wrong with Africans...
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 12:34pm On Jun 21, 2025
jedisco:
You're making this a man vs 2oman thing which it hardly isn't. No woman owes you, the world or even the human race a child.

I took the time out to watch the video and even looked at outcomes of studies done. They are neither here nor there with lots of overlap.

We are not talking about those on the fringe. Modern day man AND women are increasingly opting to have less kids. In my experience, it seems to be ladies that are more keen on having kids than men. There are also few societal advantages. I have increasingly seen men come in their 20s asking for a vasectomy which is largely considered a permanent form of contraception. Ask around and you'd be shocked the number of blokes who've had a snip. My favourite was someone who got a snip cos he didn't want to have kids with his current partner only for them to break up a few years after and he now hooked up with someone new and was frantically chasing a reversal.


Nothing spoil nah, he should go under the knife again and have his condensed milk, syringed out of him....... 🤣😂🥛🥛

Let's assume his babe is either called TESA or PESA..... They would simply TESA the PESA, into her area........ 🤣😂😁
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 12:40pm On Jun 21, 2025
Homophobic comments i am reading here is somewhat disturbing to be very honest
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Gerrard59(m): 5:18pm On Jun 21, 2025
jedisco:
You're making this a man vs 2oman thing which it hardly isn't. No woman owes you, the world or even the human race a child.

I took the time out to watch the video and even looked at outcomes of studies done. They are neither here nor there with lots of overlap.

We are not talking about those on the fringe. Modern day man AND women are increasingly opting to have less kids. In my experience, it seems to be ladies that are more keen on having kids than men. There have a few societal advantages. I have increasingly seen men come in their 20s asking for a vasectomy which is largely considered a permanent form of contraception. Ask around and you'd be shocked the number of blokes who've had a snip. My favourite was someone who got a snip cos he didn't want to have kids with his current partner only for them to break up a few years after and he now hooked up with someone new and was frantically chasing a reversal.
Yes, modern people are opting for fewer children, but so far, the statistics globally indicate that more women opt for this than men. It is women who are opting out of marriage, not necessarily men, and since it takes two to tango, then fewer marriages which lead to fewer children. Historically, the long standing phenomenon shows that when women are educated, they opt for fewer children. This cuts across all cultures, racial groups and religions. Educated women hold the ace for childbearing not just because of the biological aspect, but the empowerment, both economic and physical, that education comes with.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 9:25pm On Jun 21, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
Homophobic comments i am reading here is somewhat disturbing to be very honest
So we can't have a discuss about a story in the news...... 🤔🤔🤔

I bet you did not read the news caption.....

Where did you get your homophobic chatter from.....
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 9:32pm On Jun 21, 2025
Lexusgs430:
So we can't have a discuss about a story in the news...... 🤔🤔🤔

I bet you did not read the news caption.....

Where did you get your homophobic chatter from.....
Of course anyone can discuss whatever

But I know homophobic undertones when I read them, and those who are involved know themselves, explicitly or tacitly
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 9:34pm On Jun 21, 2025
Gerrard59:
Yes, modern people are opting for fewer children, but so far, the statistics globally indicate that more women opt for this than men. It is women who are opting out of marriage, not necessarily men, and since it takes two to tango, then fewer marriages which lead to fewer children. Historically, the long standing phenomenon shows that when women are educated, they opt for fewer children. This cuts across all cultures, racial groups and religions. Educated women hold the ace for childbearing not just because of the biological aspect, but the empowerment, both economic and physical, that education comes with.
But child bearing rates and marriage rates are also lower for men with higher education

And jn addition, the more educated the man, the more likely he is to get divorced as well

Hanging it as primarily the woman AGAIN, is not accurate

Thr long standing phenomenon (lemme borrow your words) is that when men are highly edu ated
They have fewer children

I mean, anecdotally, educated men IN Nigeria who married illiterate women also had less kids than their peers who were not educated, but also had an uneducated wife
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 9:42pm On Jun 21, 2025
Lexusgs430:
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Nothing spoil nah, he should go under the knife again and have his condensed milk, syringed out of him....... 🤣😂🥛🥛

Let's assume his babe is either called TESA or PESA..... They would simply TESA the PESA, into her area........ 🤣😂😁
Hehe
In the past, I used to be quite cautious when relatively young men turn up for a vasectomy. These days, I no dey lose sleep. As far as you understand the risks and benefits, na your body. It has become quite clear how different cultures view certain things. A number of my colleagues have also had one.

Another is when people say they would not have kids because of what the world has become- that they wouldn't want to bring a child into this world in its current state. In the past, I'd gloss over it as play-talk but I now see quite a number of young folks actually mean this. I tell them that statistically speaking, the world has never been in a better place.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 9:44pm On Jun 21, 2025
Gerrard59:
Yes, modern people are opting for fewer children, but so far, the statistics globally indicate that more women opt for this than men. It is women who are opting out of marriage, not necessarily men, and since it takes two to tango, then fewer marriages which lead to fewer children. Historically, the long standing phenomenon shows that when women are educated, they opt for fewer children. This cuts across all cultures, racial groups and religions. Educated women hold the ace for childbearing not just because of the biological aspect, but the empowerment, both economic and physical, that education comes with.
Yeah, there are different reasons for this but I'm going down with women-blaming or we vs them narrative.

Like I've said, having a child is a choice- no one owes the world more kids.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 9:50pm On Jun 21, 2025
Interesting message I received of late.

It then occured to me how a few years ago, migrant pupils were blamed here for saturating the school system and preventing 'British kids' from getting choice slots. So soon after numbers dropped, effects are being felt. How long before this makes it way higher up the school system?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 10:04pm On Jun 21, 2025
jedisco:
Hehe
In the past, I used to be quite cautious when relatively young men turn up for a vasectomy. These days, I no dey lose sleep. As far as you understand the risks and benefits, na your body. It has become quite clear how different cultures view certain things. A number of my colleagues have also had one.

Another is when people say they would not have kids because of what the world has become- that they wouldn't want to bring a child into this world in its current state. In the past, I'd gloss over it as play-talk but I now see quite a number of young folks actually mean this. I tell them that statistically speaking, the world has never been in a better place.
Out of 50 childless people(geriatrics) I have been privileged to speak to, when life changing health decisions are required....... I would say about 45 of them, regretted not having a child or children......

Each to their own...... 😊😂
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 10:05pm On Jun 21, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
Of course anyone can discuss whatever

But I know homophobic undertones when I read them, and those who are involved know themselves, explicitly or tacitly
I listen, I don't judge....... 🤣😂👂
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 10:22pm On Jun 21, 2025
Lexusgs430:
I listen, I don't judge....... 🤣😂👂
You already did quite a bit of judgement lol
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 10:25pm On Jun 21, 2025
Immigrants remain the soft targets to be blamed for every bad thing that happens in this country lol

Blaming Immigrants for brexit consequences is quite funny
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 10:27pm On Jun 21, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
You already did quite a bit of judgement lol
So all your fingers, pointed my direction..... 🤞😂🤞😂
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