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At what grade do you think you should leave school? .....
At what grade do your parents want you to leave? .....
DO THE two answers above match? Even if they do and you’re still in school, you may have days when you wish you could quit. Can you relate to the following comments?
“Sometimes I’d get so stressed out that I didn’t want to get out of bed. I’d think, ‘Why do I need to go to school and learn things that I’m never going to use?’”—Rachel.
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“Many times I’ve been tired of school and just wanted to drop out and get a job. I’ve felt that school was doing me no good and that I would rather be getting paid for my time.”—John.
“I went to an inner-city high school and had trouble fitting in. I didn’t have any difficulty with the schoolwork, but I was an outcast and spent a lot of time alone. Not even the other outcasts would talk to me! I was very tempted just to quit.”—Ryan.
“I had up to four hours of homework a night! I became so bogged down with assignments, projects, and tests—all back-to-back—that I felt I couldn’t handle it and wanted out.”—Cindy.
“We’ve had a bomb threat, three suicide attempts, one actual suicide, and gang violence. Sometimes it just got to be too much, and I wanted to leave!”—Rose.
Have you faced similar challenges? If so, what situation has made you want to quit school?
Maybe you are now seriously planning on quitting. How, though, can you tell if you’re leaving because it’s time to do so or because you are just sick of school and want out? To answer that, we first need to define what it means to quit school.
Leaving or Quitting?
How would you describe the difference between leaving school and quitting school?
Did you know that in some countries it’s normal for a youth to graduate after between five and eight years of instruction? In other lands, students are expected to stay in school for at least ten years. So, there is no set age or grade that applies to everyone equally around the world.
In addition, some countries or states may allow a student to take some or all of his or her classes from home, without going to a regular school. Students who are homeschooled—with their parents’ permission and cooperation, of course—are not quitting.
However, if you’re thinking of ending your school career before you graduate—either regular school or school at home—you need to consider the following questions:
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What does the law require? As mentioned, laws governing the amount of schooling a student must have differ from place to place. What is the minimum schooling that the law in your area requires? Have you reached that stage yet? If you ignore the Bible’s counsel to be “in subjection to the superior authorities” and you leave before that grade, you are quitting.—Romans 13:1.
Have I achieved my educational goals? What are the goals that you want your education to help you achieve? Not sure? You need to know! Otherwise, you’re like a train passenger who has no idea where he wants to go. So sit down with your parents, and fill in the worksheet “My Educational Goals,” found on page 139. Doing so will assist you to stay focused and will help you and your parents to plan how long you should stay in school.—Proverbs 21:5.
Your teachers and others will no doubt give you advice on how much schooling you should have. Ultimately, though, your parents have the authority to make the final decision. (Proverbs 1:8; Colossians 3:20) If you leave before you reach the educational goals that you and your parents decide upon, you are quitting.
What are my motives for dropping out? Beware of fooling yourself. It’s a human tendency to give noble reasons for selfish actions.
Write here the honorable reasons you might have for ending your school career before you graduate......
Write here some selfish reasons for quitting......
What honorable reasons did you write? A couple of possibilities might be to help support your family financially or to engage in volunteer work. Selfish reasons might be to avoid tests or to escape homework. The challenge is to discern which is your primary motivation—and if it is honorable or selfish.
Look again at the list you wrote above, and honestly rate from 1 to 5 the reasons why you want to quit school (1 indicating less important, 5 most important). If you drop out just to escape problems, you are likely in for a shock.
What’s Wrong With Quitting?
Quitting school is like jumping off a train before you reach your destination. The train may be uncomfortable, and the passengers unfriendly. But if you leap from the train, you obviously will not reach your destination and will likely cause yourself serious injury. Similarly, if you quit school, you may not reach your educational goals and you will cause yourself both immediate and long-term problems, such as the following:
Immediate problems: You will likely find it more difficult to get a job. And if you do get one, it will probably be lower paying than one you might have obtained if you had completed your schooling. To support a basic standard of living, you may then have to work longer hours in surroundings that will likely be even less pleasant than your current school environment.
Long-term challenges: Research shows that those who drop out of school are more likely to have poorer health, to end up in prison, and to have to rely on social welfare programs.
Of course, completing school is no guarantee that you’ll avoid those problems. But why unnecessarily handicap yourself by dropping out?
Benefits of Not Quitting
If you’ve just failed a test or had a difficult day at school, you might want to give up—any future problems may seem insignificant compared with your present grind. But before you take the “easy” option, consider what the students quoted at the outset of this chapter say about how they benefited because they did not drop out.
“I’ve learned endurance, to be mentally tough. I’ve also learned that if you want to have a good time doing something, you have to make it happen. Along the way, I’ve improved my art skills, which I will use when I graduate.”—Rachel.
“I now know that if I work hard, I can reach my goals. I’m taking a very practical technical training course in high school that will help qualify me for my preferred job as a press mechanic.”—John.
“Because I persisted, I have mastered the fundamentals of reading and writing. School has taught me how to benefit from criticism and how to express myself clearly and logically—skills that are useful in my Christian ministry.”—Ryan.
“School has improved my problem-solving ability, whether in the classroom or elsewhere. Figuring out ways to deal with academic, social, and physical challenges has really helped me to mature.”—Cindy.
“School has helped prepare me for the challenges of the work environment. Also, I faced many situations that forced me to examine the reasons for my faith, so being at school has strengthened my religious convictions.”—Rose.
Wise King Solomon wrote: “Better is the end afterward of a matter than its beginning. Better is one who is patient than one who is haughty in spirit.” (Ecclesiastes 7: So rather than quit, patiently work through the problems you face at school. If you do, you will find that the end afterward will be much better for you.

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Manchester United will await tests on winger Angel Di Maria to see if
he has a chance of facing Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday
after the Argentine suffered a pelvic injury in training.

Record signing Di Maria was injured on Wednesday and ruled out of Friday's 3-1 home victory over
Newcastle United in the Premier League. He had only just returned from a hamstring injury and played in the 1-1 draw against Aston Villa last week. "In the last training session he [Di Maria] stepped out of the warm up," manager Louis van Gaal said. "It was a little bit amazing because he did everything very well but ... now we have to wait and see for the analysis." There was better news on United's other injured
players, including Belgian midfielders Adnan Januzaj and Marouane Fellaini, as well as Marcos
Rojo and Daley Blind. "All the injuries are coming back," Van Gaal said. "It is a little bit late for us because now we have to play a lot of games within one week but they are coming back and, within two weeks, I think a lot of
players will be back. "Januzaj is ill. A virus has approached a lot of
players but for him it was too much. Also Fellaini ... I think it is the Belgium virus! "Will he be ready for Spurs? No, he is ill."

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Legendary singer Lionel Richie's much younger
girlfriend accidentally exposed her right breast as
she joined the singer and his friends, including
Topshop boss Sir Philip Green on board Green's
luxury yacht in Saint-Tropez this week. And you
can see Lionel's friends unashamedly looking at
her exposed boobs. Lol. See the uncensored
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Millions of people worldwide celebrate Christmas
for various reasons. Some enjoy festive times with
friends and family. Others think about God or
devote time to helping the poor or needy. By
themselves, these are undoubtedly worthy deeds.
However, they are clouded by the dark side of this
holiday.
First, many celebrants believe that Christmas is a
birthday celebration for Jesus. However, historians
widely concur that the date of his birth is
unknown. The Christian Book of Why notes that
“the early Christians refused to set aside a date
marking Jesus’ birth” because they wanted “to
divorce themselves from all pagan practices.”
Interestingly, the Bible gives no indication that
Jesus ever celebrated his own birthday or anyone
else’s. In contrast, he did command his followers
to commemorate his death.— Luke 22:19 .
Second, many scholars agree that most Christmas
traditions have their roots in non-Christian and
pagan customs. These include Santa Claus, as well
as using mistletoe and the Christmas tree,
exchanging gifts, burning candles and Yule logs,
hanging decorative wreaths, and caroling.
Regarding some of these customs, the book The
Externals of the Catholic Church observed: “When
we give or receive Christmas gifts, and hang green
wreaths in our homes and churches, how many of
us know that we are probably observing pagan
customs?”
“When we give or receive Christmas
gifts, and hang green wreaths in our
homes and churches, how many of
us know that we are probably
observing pagan customs?”— The
Externals of the Catholic Church
You, though, may wonder what is wrong with
following these seemingly innocent customs.
Consider this third point as an answer. God does
not approve of the blending of pagan customs with
pure worship. Through His prophet Amos, Jehovah
God said to His wayward worshippers in ancient
Israel: “I hate, I despise your festivals . . . Spare
me the din of your songs.”— Amos 5:21, 23 .
Why such strong words? Consider what the people
of the northern kingdom of ancient Israel were
doing. Their first king, Jeroboam, placed golden
calves in the cities of Dan and Bethel and induced
the people to worship these rather than to worship
Jehovah God properly at the temple in Jerusalem.
The king also instituted festivals and appointed
priests to help the people celebrate them.— 1 Kings
12:26-33 .
What those Israelites did was seemingly for a good
cause. After all, were they not doing all these
things in the name of worshipping God and
pleasing him? God’s strong words through Amos
and other prophets indicate clearly just how God
felt about such practices. Through the prophet
Malachi, God said: “I am Jehovah; I do not
change.” (Malachi 3:6 ) Does that not tell us how
God feels about the many Christmas celebrations
today?
After considering the above facts, millions of
people have decided to abstain from celebrating
Christmas. Instead, they find joy and true
satisfaction in spending time with their friends and
family and in helping the poor and needy whenever
they wish throughout the year.
Source: jw.org

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Millions of people worldwide celebrate Christmas for various reasons. Some enjoy festive times with friends and family. Others think about God or devote time to helping the poor or needy. By themselves, these are undoubtedly worthy deeds.
However, they are clouded by the dark side of this
holiday.
First, many celebrants believe that Christmas is a birthday celebration for Jesus. However, historians
widely concur that the date of his birth is unknown. The Christian Book of Why notes that “the early Christians refused to set aside a date marking Jesus’ birth” because they wanted “to divorce themselves from all pagan practices.”
Interestingly, the Bible gives no indication that Jesus ever celebrated his own birthday or anyone else’s. In contrast, he did command his followers
to commemorate his death.— Luke 22:19 .
Second, many scholars agree that most Christmas traditions have their roots in non-Christian and pagan customs. These include Santa Claus, as well as using mistletoe and the Christmas tree, exchanging gifts, burning candles and Yule logs,
hanging decorative wreaths, and caroling. Regarding some of these customs, the book The Externals of the Catholic Church observed: “When we give or receive Christmas gifts, and hang green wreaths in our homes and churches, how many of
us know that we are probably observing pagan customs?”

“When we give or receive Christmas
gifts, and hang green wreaths in our
homes and churches, how many of
us know that we are probably
observing pagan customs?”—
The Externals of the Catholic Church
You, though, may wonder what is wrong with following these seemingly innocent customs.
Consider this third point as an answer. God does not approve of the blending of pagan customs with
pure worship. Through His prophet Amos, Jehovah God said to His wayward worshippers in ancient
Israel: “I hate, I despise your festivals . . . Spare me the din of your songs.”— Amos 5:21, 23 .
Why such strong words? Consider what the people of the northern kingdom of ancient Israel were
doing. Their first king, Jeroboam, placed golden calves in the cities of Dan and Bethel and induced
the people to worship these rather than to worship Jehovah God properly at the temple in Jerusalem.
The king also instituted festivals and appointed priests to help the people celebrate them.— 1 Kings
12:26-33 .
What those Israelites did was seemingly for a good
cause. After all, were they not doing all these things in the name of worshipping God and pleasing him? God’s strong words through Amos
and other prophets indicate clearly just how God felt about such practices. Through the prophet
Malachi, God said: “I am Jehovah; I do not change.” (Malachi 3:6 ) Does that not tell us how God feels about the many Christmas celebrations
today? After considering the above facts, millions of people have decided to abstain from celebrating
Christmas. Instead, they find joy and true satisfaction in spending time with their friends and family and in helping the poor and needy whenever they wish throughout the year.
source.: jw. org

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Johannesburg - Cameroon international midfielder, Alexandre Song, is reportedly set to inform
Barclays Premier League side, West Ham United of his desire to play in next month's Africa Cup of
Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
According to the supersport.com website, Already the Hammers will be without the Senegalese pair of
Diafra Sakho and Cheikhou Kouyate, who
have confirmed their departures for the Africa's biggest football tournament. The departure of Song will make it a third key player in Sam Allardyce's team to join up with their
national team for the 2015 AFCON.
Reports now suggest that the Cameroonian midfielder will put in a request to join up with his country's national team despite earlier questioning the AFCON going ahead in the wake of the Ebola Virus Disease.
West Ham could now play their Premier League matches against Swansea City, Hull City, Livepool
and Manchester United during the period of the AFCON without Song except they make a special
request to the Cameroon FA to keep the midfielder for the games against Swansea and Everton in the
Cup. Song has played 11 of West Ham's 17 Premier League games this season, winning 25 tackles and
blocking three shots.

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“When everyone else falls apart, I’m there to fix their problems and make them feel better. But then—and this is the part that few people see—I go home to my room and cry.”—Julie.
“When I’m down, I isolate myself. If I get invited somewhere, I come up with an excuse not to go. I do a good job at hiding my sadness from my family. They think I’m fine.”—luck.
HAVE your thoughts ever been similar to those of Julie or Luck? If so, don’t hastily conclude that there’s something wrong with you. The fact is, everyone gets sad now and then.
In some cases, you may know why you are sad; in other cases, you may not. “You don’t have to be in a horrible situation to feel sad,” says 19-year-old paul. “It can come on at any time, even if your life is trouble free. It’s weird, but it happens!”
Regardless of the cause—or even if there doesn’t seem to be one—what can you do when sadness holds you in its grip? Try the following:
1. Talk about it. In the midst of his turmoil, Job said: “I will speak in the bitterness of my soul!”.
Kellie: “The relief I feel after talking to someone is amazing. Finally, someone knows what I’m going through. They can lower the rope and pull me out of the pit—saved at last!”
Suggestion: Below, write the name of a friend in whom you could confide when sadness overwhelms you.
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While bedwetting can be a symptom of an
underlying disease, the large majority of children
who wet the bed have no underlying disease. In
fact, a true organic cause is identified in only a
small percentage of children who wet the bed.
However, this does not mean that the child who
wets the bed can control it or is doing it on
purpose. Children who wet the bed are not lazy,
willful, or disobedient.
There are two types of bedwetting: primary and
secondary.
Primary bedwetting refers to
bedwetting that has been ongoing since early
childhood without a break. A child with primary
bedwetting has never been dry at night for any
significant length of time.
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Secondary bedwetting is
bedwetting that starts again after the child has
been dry at night for a significant period of time
(at least six months).
In general, primary bedwetting probably indicates
immaturity of the nervous system. A bedwetting
child does not recognize the sensation of the full
bladder during sleep and thus does not awaken
during sleep to urinate into the toilet.
The cause is likely due to one or a c ombination
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*.Wel today News no much SHA, na waytn
we day talk everyday. Mak una play safe.
*.Mak una no forget SES form neva com
outside at all, bkuz some bad bad guys
WAY THEIR NAME NA FRAUDSTERZ EYE DAY
CHOK FOR MONEY, day say e don cum out ,
juz to dump una money, mak una day
aware.
*.School Portals still day open, for those
way neva pay their Fees, mak una try go
pay, I NO SAY MONEY NO EASY TO FIND, MAK
UNA TRY GET AM.
*.Abeg i no say cut off mark na 180 oo,
bkuz i hear say people day say, na me day
kari news 4head lyk School, abeg Auchi
poly neva talk d real koko, una go hear
from me if day don release am.
*.Regular form stil day pend,e neva
commot. Day AwARE SAY 419 FUL GROUND.
*.All this Aspirants juz day publise dem sef,
sak of say, the election don day reach
hand.
*.Diz na waytn i fit giv una, Una
doohhhhhh..... MAKE una Stay far from Bad
bad tinz, b ur neighbour'z keeper.
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