Today, me and Ugo
What a title… Hung out most of the day with my buddy Ugochukwu Nwosu and realised how much I miss working at PIN (www.pinigeria.org) and especially with Ugo and the man we all call Gs and respect so much (though sometimes he jokes we do not). I travelled with him to Ajegunle where he met […]
Duties of students
This excerpt is taken from chapter 59 of the Guanzi, a book on statecraft by legalist philosopher Guan Zhong. It is one of the earliest discussions of education in China. From Guanzi “Duties of the Student” Attributed to Guan Zhong The teacher presents his teachings; students take them as their standards. By being docile and […]
Some of …My many questions!
How many schools are in Nigeria? How many students are enrolled? How many schools provide learning opportunities? What is the distribution? What is the national ratio of teachers to students—qualified teachers? Who monitors teacher training and teachers’ continuing education? The question could go on…but besides the obvious fact that these questions points at the national […]
Here at home
He should be tired by now. It’s been a long 21 months of hard work (you can capitalize and underline that) and even though the strength you draw from speaking with a crowd of over 120,000 can be intoxicating, it’s already 11:30pm in his time zone and it will be a long day tomorrow — […]
The full text of Barack Obama’s victory speech
President-elect Barack Obama spoke to the world from his home city of Chicago as he became the first black president of the United States. Here is the full text of his victory speech: “Hello, Chicago. “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who […]
Back to School
Originally penned on Thursday 5th June, 2008 I returned to the classroom as a student earlier today- though I made an earlier return a few days back, as teacher at the Government Secondary School, Minna where I am carrying out my primary assignment as a Youth Corps member. Now I have experienced firsthand what ‘Gbenga […]
Law makers or …
Have you seen the Hallowed Chambers of the National Assembly on TV recently? They are always empty?!* I wonder what other business the honorable members of the national assembly have other than tending to national legislations and issues in that direction. In truth one does not need a sooth-sayer to know that the honorables are […]
GREAT -IFE: Dammy’s New song
There has been some excitement at home in recent times, as two independent processes though related in some ways, matured about the same time thus: University of Lagos graduated her 2003 set and the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, released the names of successful students in her ongoing admission process. This translated for my […]
What they have said to me…
There had been several people in my life and in a brief moment of reflection a few minutes back decided to mention the following and their charge to me – some are humorous though. ‘Gbenga Sesan: Work! work!! Work!!! and Plaaaaaaaaaaay!!! But whatever you do focus on the movie not the snap shot- look beyond […]
Letter to the Looser
Was checking through blog posts on my favorite social networking site: Taking It Global when I came across the post with the same title as this blog post, I liked it and wanted to share it and guess what the author wanted me to :). Here is it: “Dear Loooser, Winner creates history and looser […]