Luckylife:
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At 38, I was losing interest in my job as a carpenter and my back hurt. At 40, I had my first child, a girl. At 42, my first son. At 45, I entered university. At 50, I had two bachelors degrees: computer science and applied mathematics. But something called the dot-com crash had happened while I was studying and computer work was hard to find, even for the young kids I was at university with. I spent another year at school, training to be a math teacher, then had a semester as a supply/substitute teacher, called in when someone was sick. I was called in twice in four months. Meanwhile, I was working as a carpenter again, actually enjoying it after a long break. Then I was offered a temporary job teaching residential construction and math-based engineering courses to young adults at a polytechnic. The students were great: good people with varied backgrounds. The job became permanent until I retired a few months ago at 66. I could have continued but have plans, interests, which will only become more difficult to achieve.

Have I achieved much in life? It depends on your value system, I suppose. I am certainly not wealthy in financial terms but, with a small pension and some investment income, I have all I need. (Certainly, if I'd started earlier, I'd have more money but I have no regrets.) I have a beautiful wife whom I love even more than the day I married her 30+ years ago. I have two wonderful adult children. I am fairly healthy. I am happy. I have achieved all I could wish for. I am very lucky.

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Luck seems to have smiled on Ejikeme Mmesoma, student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State, who was accused of inflating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, as one Gaius Chibueze from Enugu State has offered her international scholarship.

In a statement on Sunday Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, had said the student, who was widely celebrated for scoring 362 anr said to be the highest for 2023 UTME, actually scored 249 in the exam.

Benjamin had said the student tampered with the original result to curry favour.

He subsequently announced that the result would be withdrawn while Mmesoma would face prosecution.

But speaking on Monday, Mmesoma said she printed her result from JAMB portal, adding that she was not capable of forging her result.

She said she had always been a brilliant pupil, who had secured first position from primary school days.

Mmesoma said she was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) where her statement was taken, and she was told that investigation was ongoing.

She said she felt traumatised by the incident, adding that, “there must be problem somewhere”.

While the controversy rages on, Mr. Chibueze took to his verified Twitter account on Monday night to announce: "I and our company @VoiceOfTheEast are ready to offer Miss Joy Mmesoma a 100% scholarship to study in the UK, CANADA or the UNITED states of 🇺🇸 America.

"Our team will work with her to get admission From any university of her choice in any of the above 3 countries.

"We will take 100% charge of her Fees and upkeep until her masters level.

"@lota_nna, kindly get in touch with her and her family!"

He called on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, to stop harassing Mmesoma, adding that the action of JAMB is also an Igbo race.

"We are calling on @JAMBHQ to desist from such unprofessional behavior.

"This is not just an attack on her person but the entire Igbo race!"


https://journalist101.com/2023/07/04/breaking-student-accused-of-inflating-utme-score-mmesoma-ejikeme-receives-fully-funded-international-scholarship/

What is the update on this audio scholarship 😂😂??