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Predstan:
Baba... u no ft stand day look am ooo. Imagine say na me day dat philosophy class... I go just day remember the day I corrected a lecturer for class and he vowed to give me carry over... na Kolanut I use beg d man ooo

Na so bossman buh you suppose call me say Franknetter don come nah

Chai.. You corrected a lecturer

You get mind oh.. I no fit try am

HeWrites:
Thanks man

God bless una sotey you go leave this country before this year end

A big amen to that boss

Hope say your parole dey go wella?

Mizwisdom:
Amen, thanks a lot

You welcome ma'am

Hadampson:
A big amen to that boss

Hope say your parole dey go wella?

Yup bro

Hadampson:
Na so bossman buh you suppose call me say Franknetter don come nah

Chai.. You corrected a lecturer

You get mind oh.. I no fit try am

Hmmm no vex.

Following

HeWrites:
Yup bro

That's good

Predstan:
Hmmm no vex.

I no vex boss

DMPaulSr:
Language barrier no be problem... I can learn any language just to japa... I don dey learn hw to endure cold weather, no more blankets nd hot water bath..
e sure 4 me.

Khaki no be leather bossman

Winter pass harmattan o

DMPaulSr:
.....the girl
vex o. She said if any of us feels dogs
don't have a soul, we, along with the instructor had to be "stupid or
something", after she said it, she
packed her books and walked out the
class leaving everybody dumb
founded.
This americans have guts oh.. Try it in naija....

Dem no born am wella make she try it for naija. Most oyibo no get manners at all

I dey think how i go take train my children sef

FrankNetter:
On the first day of the philosophy class, he informed us that this class was not going to be an easy one. He told us that for this course, his teaching method had to be entirely different from other instructors. He pointed out that over the course of our journey into the world of having an education, when we walk into a classroom, we are given knowledge by the instructors or teachers and told to memorize it, but in this class, there would be no such process. That he was only here to guide us to knowledge and not hand it to us like a cookie. I was like "what's wrong this man"?

On the first day of class, we were close to 24 persons, on the second day, two or three persons had run away already and this would be the case for the duration of the semester.

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**At this point, I should add that the educational system here is very different. Before each semester starts, you have to manually register for the courses you want to take, you have to go to the school, fill out a form, pick the courses you want and then register for them. Some classes fill up faster than others because the instructor might be a good one, or the class might be in high demand.
As the semester goes on, if you decide you don't want the class again or you don't like the teacher or the class is too hard for you, you have to go and fill out a couple of forms again and DROP the classes, if you do not complete this process and you stop coming to class, when the semester ends, the school would charge money you for the class and still give you a FAIL grade..

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Back to MR Hammond and his philosophy class. One on occassion, when we walked into class, he asked us to define what philosophy was. Me, bubbling with excitement at having done this course in university in Nigeria, shot my hand up and waited to be called on to answer the question. He glanced in my direction and nodded, giving me the go ahead to answer the question. I stood up and gave the same definiton I was taught during my 100 Level in naija. I told the class that philosophy was coined from two words (bla bla bla). After my definition, he pointed out that I had defined what the word "philosophy" was but I failed to define what philosophy is. Thus began my journey into questioning all I had been taught.

Over the course of the class, we read different works by different popular authors, Plato's Theatetus, Descartes' - discourse on method and works of that nature. Before each class, he would tell us to read a chapter or two of a certain book and when we come to class, we would have an all open discussion about the text we just read. One thing he never did was just spout off definitions straight up, he did what he said he would do, which was guide us to the knowledge so we could find it ourselves.

On one occassion, he asked us an interesting question What does it mean to be human? . He then procceeded to point out the similarities between human beings and robots today. He highlighted the fact that for humans, we had what we called a soul and for robots., they had an operating system which makes them run and function they way they do. That day in class, we talked about how Artificial intelligence (AI) was catching up with humanity faster than we cared to admit and left us to ponder that question What does it mean to be human?

We kept up with the conversation and the class got a little bit heated up when we threw in animals to the conversation. Someone brought up a point that animals don't have a soul and the only reason we feel attached to pets is because of habit. One hispanic girl took it personal, pointing out that animals have a soul. She pointed out numerous instances when her dog displayed emotion (crying when she hurt herself etc etc) and that her dog did have a soul, some asked her if she could say the same about cows and other lower farm animals being butchered everyday; the girl vex o. She said if any of us feels dogs don't have a soul, we, along with the instructor had to be "stupid or something", after she said it, she packed her books and walked out the class leaving everybody dumb founded.

I work night shift at my UPS job. My shift typically starts from 10:00 pm to like 3:30 am. i get home by 4 am and sleep till like 9-10 am and then prepare for school. Sometimes, my drive to school is longer than normal and I end up going late for this philosophy class which starts at 11:00 am. This happened throughout the whole semester and towards the end of the semester, someone told me they actually relished me being in class because I always had something to say about each topic brought up in class. The class started with 24 people, but in the end, we were only around 15 or so because the others had dropped it. This class taught me to believe that which I can ascertain by myself to be true, it taught me to question everything and I believe this is what being educated entails.

At the end of my first semester, I was adviced by two of my instructors to join the honor society called Phi Theta Kappa - an honor society for those whose CGPAs were in the range of 3.5/4.0 to 4.0/4.0. I finished this semester with As in all my courses and a 4/4 CGPA

Bro is this a Masters or a freshman course. Four courses in a semester?

Predstan:
Bro is this a Masters or a freshman course. Four courses in a semester?

Freshman course

Hadampson:
Freshman course

Chai... I don suffer. Na 12 courses I do here in Naija. First semester first year...

FrankNetter:
First of all, I would like to apologize for the long absence. I won't start giving excuses for this absence, just know that life (school and work) came at me faster than I expected and I didnt plan my time accordingly. At some point during this long sabbatical leave, 24 hours wasn't enough for me sef.

Good thing is, I have handled that phase and I'm here now. You think I was gone forever? Think again

Welcome back bro, I check this thread everyday to the extent that If I press fr on any search box, prediction will bring franknetter.

Predstan:
Chai... I don suffer. Na 12 courses I do here in Naija. First semester first year...

That's Nigeria for you boss

Welcome back Bro

Franknetter welcome back.

Hadampson:
Dem no born am wella make she try it for naija. Most oyibo no get manners at all

I dey think how i go take train my children sef

lol!...Did he say the student was oyinbo

Predstan:
Chai... I don suffer. Na 12 courses I do here in Naija. First semester first year...

huh...And how many credits per course?

Beautyaddy:
lol!...Did he say the student was oyinbo

He said Hispanic but i guess they all behave in the same way

Hadampson:
He said Hispanic but i guess they all behave in the same way

Not necessary true though.

Most Hispanics are more respectful than the AA.

I guess that student might be one of those Hispanics who must have been raised in a broken or neglected type of home environment.

Beautyaddy:
No necessary true though.

Most Hispanics are more respectful than the AA.

I guess that student might be one of those Hispanics who must have been raised in a broken or neglected type of home environment.

Hmm.. Might be true but most AA and hispanic i have met online are very disrespectful

Like one of them asked me if USA government used Africans as specimen for their science project

Beautyaddy:
huh...And how many credits per course?

The highest was 4 credit unit. 3units Full am and 2units

Predstan:
The highest was 4 credit unit. 3units Full am and 2units

hmmm...that is too much.


I want to believe that some courses will suffer due to poor grades.

Beautyaddy:
hmmm...that is too much.


I want to believe that some courses will suffer due to poor grades.

For the first year na War ooo... but with God’s grace by our syd we still graduate with a distinction even though na 50k dem day offer person as salary after five years.

Me for one get office for Nairaland so I day always reject such offer.

Predstan:
For the first year na War ooo... [b]but with God’s grace by our syd we still graduate with a distinction [/b]even though na 50k dem day offer person as salary after five years.

Me for one get office for Nairaland so I day always reject such offer.

Hmmm...congrats.

Even though I sometimes tend to question some earned degrees in Nigeria.

Some students have had to bend body-wise and monetary to graduate.

Beautyaddy:
Hmmm...congrats.

Even though I sometimes tend to question some earned degrees in Nigeria.

Some students have had to bend body-wise and monetary to graduate.

Lol. Believe me, you can’t bend to obtain a first class. Nigeria isn’t as worst as that.