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In Nigeria one can easily notice that for you to prove hw learned u ar, it's simply by hw good u ar in terms of speaking the English language

I hv undrstood dat, one major reason why pple use dis standard as a yardstick to measure ur intellect is because being civilize as a blackman stil boils dwn to hw good u ar in trying to emulate n act like your earthly master(the whiteman) in terms of dressing, behaving, eating, speaking etc.

They are lot of contradiction 2 d Nigerian understanding of being learned, but am nt totally in disagreement to the statement because being intelligent or learned, you stil hv to knw hw to properly construct n use words of the English language fluently.

But my question stil remains.
Why do we Nigerians measure one's intellect by how good u ar in terms of speaking the English language?

Opinions and suggestions are welcome

Question, I'm still waiting for ur response

In Nigeria,'schooled' individuals are seen as learned.

skillful01:
In Nigeria,'schooled' individuals are seen as learned.

Exactly.
And without seeing the four walls of an higher institution, one is tagged illiterate

Raychux23:
Exactly.
And without seeing the four walls of an higher institution, one is tagged illiterate

Without seeing the four walls of an institution, one normally should not be able to learn how to read or write..




So....

SirWere:
Without seeing the four walls of an institution, one normally should not be able to learn how to read or write..

So....

Correction

Without seeing the four walls of an higher institution, one is tagged uneducated