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Zain Africa Challenge

This is one of the best educational programs that graced our TVs between the years 2005 - 2010, with tens of millions of Africans, glued to their screen to see the dexterity of African University's best brains. More often than not, it was always aired every Saturday evening on AIT. However, it wasn't until 2009 when I was in my penultimate year in Secondary School that I got engrossed in the program. It was a sheer display of brilliance and versatility. A great stimulant that will quest up for knowledge. I remember, how I wished to grow and become as brilliant as those contestants. 😁😁 I'm glad those wishes were horses and I rode on them! Sadly, what do we have on TVs these days? Programs that espouse nudity, misdemeanor, and immorality. You may say they are for entertainment. Of what benefit is entertainment without moral justification? Consequently, we now have to grapple with incessant rape cases everywhere, wherefore young female adults are paranoid that every ...

Excellence

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"Commit first to excellence, and everything else will follow" I took interest in a post I stumbled upon on Telegram, captioned "How I got 4 Ph.D. offers in the US with a CGPA of 2.79." Hmm, this will be an intriguing read, I said! I was curious so I decided to read through. According to the narrator, his grade was one of the lowest grades in his graduating class. So I wanted to know how he did it. Incidentally, I don't think there is a more contentious argument than the one on First Class graduates being smarter than graduates of other classes of degree. This has always been a hot zone. "Who First Class help?", you hear them say. To this I've always reacted: everyone is smart, you can't take that away. However, I won't succumb to defend the fact that those who graduated with good grades put in a lot of effort in their study, minus other external uncontrollable factors. Affirmatively, they did, and they deserve the credit! Skimming...