“A judge, when sentencing a man for robbery, asked if he had anything to say. The man replied, “Yes, your honor. Please sentence my parents to jail also.” The judge asked, “Why?” The prisoner answered, “When I was a little boy, I stole a pencil from school. My parents knew about it but never said
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“There was a young boy who used to come for regular practice but always played in the reserves and never made it to the soccer eleven. While he was practicing, his father used to sit at the far end, waiting for him. The matches had started and for four days, he didn’t show up for
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Where there is no vision, the people perish. A man without vision ends up in commotion. In short, have a mission and a goal for your academics and life. Set a target that at this age I should be through with my academics, then I proceed to the labor market! When many high school students
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In school, you are faced with so many pressures. These are not just pressures from school like loads of homework, but you are also confronted with pressures from your peers to indulge in some activities. It may be pressure to smoke, to have sex, to take drugs or to cheat. Of course, you know very
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The CIAPS Public Interest Essay themed “Nigerian Recession: Diagnosis & Prognosis” which has a total of one million naira (N1million) Prize is opened to Students, Graduates, Professionals, Academics and all Stakeholders with interest in and understanding of the Nigerian economy. Application Deadline: 12am 29th November 2016 Eligible Countries: Nigeria To be taken at (country): Nigeria About the Award: For the
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Flexibility increases the readers’ potential to vary his speed of reading to meet either his purpose in reading or to fit the difficulty in reading material. The following reading rates are quite relevant to our discussion. Skimming rate: This is extremely fast reading. This involves a quick survey of a passage or text, either to
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After the normal introduction, which can also involve the author’s purpose for writing the book (some authors include this in their preface), move to the body may include explanations on the author’s style, the characters, the plot, theme, setting and so on. Answer questions like from what sources are the characters drawn, the author’s attitude
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As we all know the genres of literatures include drama, poetry and prose. Drama comedy tragedy farce melodrama musical HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW ABOUT A DRAMA Introduction: name the author, the drama and the location. Mention what type of drama it was i.e. comedy, tragedy etc. Mention if there was anything unusual about the
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I personally dread book reviewing; this is because it involves a description, critical analysis and evaluation on the quality, meaning and significance of a book. It does not mean retelling the book, it is neither a book report nor summary but it focuses on the book’s purpose, content and authority. Reviewing a book is not
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The Empowering the Teachers (ETT) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) invites young, brilliant and upcoming African academics, who recently completed their doctoral degree, to spend an intensive and inclusive semester at MIT in a bid to understudy the mode (& dynamics) of curricula development and content delivery at MIT. Application Deadline: 1st December, 2016
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