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.“