A NIGERIAN STUDENT

NAME: Akindele Oyedele

SEC. SCHOOL: Iganmode
Grammar School, Ota, Ogun State

Won The National Champion of the
2013 Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition
scored 94 points out of a possible 100.

Student of the week

NAME: Ogooluwatan Odefemi

SEC. SCHOOL: Cenfex High School, Mokola, Ibadan.

YEAR GRAD: 2012 (at the age of 16)

SSCE: (WAEC) nine distinctions.

UNIVERSITY: College  of  Medicine,  University of  Ibadan for the 2012/2013

ROLE MODEL: Benjamin Carson

QUOTES: "success is not hereditary and failure is not genetic and that  action without delay is the secret of efficiency."

“Aside all these talks, I also read  about a man, called  Benjamin Carson,who was not very brilliant while he was in primary and secondary schools, but later became a great physician"

"I  have realised that 90 per cent of  a child’s  academic success comes from motivation from his immediate environment; the society, parents and the school, as well as motivation from within himself."

“...I learnt to put God first in my life. Even though I read, I also prayed for grace  to succeed."

  "I met some otherbrilliant boys and girls in the college. Having realised this, I started to read more than  I used to do when I was in primary school."

"To the glory of God, I became the best student in my class from the beginning to the end of my years in the college."

"In fact, by the grace of God, I became the  college scholar, the collegescholarship award winner."

  became a serious problem for me. But as soon as the school changed the teacher, I got over the problem.“In academics, teachers matter a lot.
"Some teachers may  be very good, but they may not have the skill to impact the knowledge in the way the students will understand it."

"Children need motivation from parents and the teachers. Even when they seem not to be doing well in school, they need encouragement to get over the problem."

ADVICE: I will advise day students to map out reading strategies that would be convenient for them. In  my own case, I made sure that  I read everyday before I go to bed. Asked how he prepared for UTME and the post UTME, he said that he made use of past questions.“

Poem

The Perfect Dream

Waves beating on the sand
There we sit hand in hand
Waves crash down
And I wipe away my frown

The sun begins to set
It seems like we've just
met
But we've known each
other for a while

Now just the thought of
you makes me smile
We begin to walk
And we start to talk
Our steps are in sync
I can't even think

He stops and looks at me
I look up and he is all I see
He leans in
And it's like the perfect
sense

But I always wake up
And realize It was all just a
dream

Word of the Day

EGREGIOUS

Pronounced: Ee-gre-jis

Synonyms: Shocking; extreme; glaring

Definition: Something that is very bad, in an offensive way.

Sentence:
The egregious bird stole our bait and we were all shocked and surprised.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela's Quotes

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. --Nelson Mandela

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ---Nelson Mandela

LETS SMILE

Those guys that smell their boxers in order to know when to change it,I respect your hygiene.. Una case dey Yaba left"

If you think nobody cares if you're alive,just borrow money from people and miss the date of payment."

Poem

“Life is an opportunity, benefit
from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not
destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”