Thegamingorca:




All the one's you've been doing since pg1 nko?

You dey find attention?

FrankNetter:
Good morning guys. Today, I start my series of updates.

Welcome back boss

My number one mentor on the travel section of nairaland.. I believe you're doing great sir?

Been expecting series of juicy updates from you sir... Oya oh

1Rebel:


You dey find attention?

You wan be bodyguide

1Rebel:


You dey find attention?

Hmm.. Let him be please bossman

FrankNetter:
First of all, I would like to apologize for the long absence. I won't start giving excuses for this absence, just know that life (school and work) came at me faster than I expected and I didnt plan my time accordingly. At some point during this long sabbatical leave, 24 hours wasn't enough for me sef.

Good thing is, I have handled that phase and I'm here now. You think I was gone forever? Think again

welcome back bro honestly I think you won't come back on here but me they use the previous update they hold body infact I just finished reading all the pages now and this should be the 5th time am doing that, glad you are back.

I see you oh @Mizwisdom

@Predstan

Boss, you dey here and you no call me

@Predstan
Boss, you dey here and you no call me

Vyntra:
Hmm,I wish the OP best of luck in his educational endeavours.I will like to add that there are good universities in Nigeria too that is atleast close to international standards but they are mostly private universities,let's be honest good education is expensive,that's when the government comes in with funds to improve the infrastructure and the sector as all in a way we can refer to as subsidising but it's not their concern,all they care about is their pocket greediness for power,the educational sector in Nigeria,the public ones to be precise will not improve and will be in a pool of stagnacy as long as the old and corrupted leaders are being recycled.

Muyiwa how far sekiros plat?

I left off my previous update at where I was desperate to get promoted at my UPS job and where I was trying to keep up with school work, so that's where I would start off.

FrankNetter:
First of all, I would like to apologize for the long absence. I won't start giving excuses for this absence, just know that life (school and work) came at me faster than I expected and I didnt plan my time accordingly. At some point during this long sabbatical leave, 24 hours wasn't enough for me sef.

Good thing is, I have handled that phase and I'm here now. You think I was gone forever? Think again

Boss, you are pardoned already

Moreover, you owe nobody apologies cos we are not paying you to share your experiences with us.

Hadampson:
I see you oh @Mizwisdom

FrankNetter:
I left off my previous update at where I was desperate to get promoted at my UPS job and where I was trying to keep up with school work, so that's where I would start off.

In psquare's voice.... Bring it on >>>


HeWrites
Iamboladee
Tiptoe
Subomi007

Make una come oh... The boss is here

Mizwisdom:

OMG

I didn't know it's your birthday today

Happy birthday to you ma'am

I hope your birthday marks the beginning of a truly happy and fulfilling life for you. I pray for total happiness, love, prosperity and peace to be with you for eternity




cc: Ugosample, AngelicBeing

Hadampson:



OMG

I didn't know it's your birthday today

Happy birthday to you ma'am

I hope your birthday marks the beginning of a truly happy and fulfilling life for you. I pray for total happiness, love, prosperity and peace to be with you for eternity




cc: Ugosample, AngelicBeing

Take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride till i can't no more

Hadampson:



OMG

I didn't know it's your birthday today

Happy birthday to you ma'am

I hope your birthday marks the beginning of a truly happy and fulfilling life for you. I pray for total happiness, love, prosperity and peace to be with you for eternity




cc: Ugosample, AngelicBeing

Happy birthday to her oooooo

MzWisdom the badt sharp babe

My first semester at Prairie State College was indeed an eye opener for me. I took a total of 4 classes English 101, Biology 100, Philosophy 101 and Psychology 102. These were all introductory courses and coming from a science background, the terms were somewhat familiar to me. I had been out of school for roughly two + years and my brain was somewhat rusty but I caught on fast.

One interesting and wonderful feature the school uses is the online learning webpage called D2L (Desire to Learn)
https://prairiestate.desire2learn.com/d2l/login. Here, in addition to the learning you do in class, all your notes, PowerPoint slides, assignments, class instructions, grades and anything needed for the class are posted by the instructor and as students, you could access the website anywhere even a mobile device.
The two online classes I took were also via this webiste
For the English class, we were basically tested on different aspects of essay writing, our writing prowess and other introductory aspects to writing in general. We were, over the course of the semester given different essays to write about different stuff.
The biology class was also an introductory class into biology for those who were fresh out of high school or those like myself who had been out of the game for a long time.
The psychology class addressed the major aspects of human development, most especially, the theories about development in children (sigmund Freud and the rest).

The class I found most interesting was the Philosophy class. The instructor was a quiet white guy called Mr Hammond.

Thegamingorca:




Take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride till i can't no more

Hmm... Deep!

Ugosample:


Happy birthday to her oooooo

MzWisdom the badt sharp babe

Vielen Dank Chef

FrankNetter no dey disappoint at all
Keep it coming boss.. We dey gallant no shaking


That desire to learn platform caught my attention... I expected it cos you are studying in a developed country

On the first day of the philosophy class, he informed us that this class was not going to be an easy one. He told us that for this course, his teaching method had to be entirely different from other instructors. He pointed out that over the course of our journey into the world of having an education, when we walk into a classroom, we are given knowledge by the instructors or teachers and told to memorize it, but in this class, there would be no such process. That he was only here to guide us to knowledge and not hand it to us like a cookie. I was like "what's wrong this man"?

On the first day of class, we were close to 24 persons, on the second day, two or three persons had run away already and this would be the case for the duration of the semester.

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**At this point, I should add that the educational system here is very different. Before each semester starts, you have to manually register for the courses you want to take, you have to go to the school, fill out a form, pick the courses you want and then register for them. Some classes fill up faster than others because the instructor might be a good one, or the class might be in high demand.
As the semester goes on, if you decide you don't want the class again or you don't like the teacher or the class is too hard for you, you have to go and fill out a couple of forms again and DROP the classes, if you do not complete this process and you stop coming to class, when the semester ends, the school would charge money you for the class and still give you a FAIL grade..

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Back to MR Hammond and his philosophy class. One on occassion, when we walked into class, he asked us to define what philosophy was. Me, bubbling with excitement at having done this course in university in Nigeria, shot my hand up and waited to be called on to answer the question. He glanced in my direction and nodded, giving me the go ahead to answer the question. I stood up and gave the same definiton I was taught during my 100 Level in naija. I told the class that philosophy was coined from two words (bla bla bla). After my definition, he pointed out that I had defined what the word "philosophy" was but I failed to define what philosophy is. Thus began my journey into questioning all I had been taught.

Over the course of the class, we read different works by different popular authors, Plato's Theatetus, Descartes' - discourse on method and works of that nature. Before each class, he would tell us to read a chapter or two of a certain book and when we come to class, we would have an all open discussion about the text we just read. One thing he never did was just spout off definitions straight up, he did what he said he would do, which was guide us to the knowledge so we could find it ourselves.

On one occassion, he asked us an interesting question What does it mean to be human? . He then procceeded to point out the similarities between human beings and robots today. He highlighted the fact that for humans, we had what we called a soul and for robots., they had an operating system which makes them run and function they way they do. That day in class, we talked about how Artificial intelligence (AI) was catching up with humanity faster than we cared to admit and left us to ponder that question What does it mean to be human?

We kept up with the conversation and the class got a little bit heated up when we threw in animals to the conversation. Someone brought up a point that animals don't have a soul and the only reason we feel attached to pets is because of habit. One hispanic girl took it personal, pointing out that animals have a soul. She pointed out numerous instances when her dog displayed emotion (crying when she hurt herself etc etc) and that her dog did have a soul, some asked her if she could say the same about cows and other lower farm animals being butchered everyday; the girl vex o. She said if any of us feels dogs don't have a soul, we, along with the instructor had to be "stupid or something", after she said it, she packed her books and walked out the class leaving everybody dumb founded.

I work night shift at my UPS job. My shift typically starts from 10:00 pm to like 3:30 am. i get home by 4 am and sleep till like 9-10 am and then prepare for school. Sometimes, my drive to school is longer than normal and I end up going late for this philosophy class which starts at 11:00 am. This happened throughout the whole semester and towards the end of the semester, someone told me they actually relished me being in class because I always had something to say about each topic brought up in class. The class started with 24 people, but in the end, we were only around 15 or so because the others had dropped it. This class taught me to believe that which I can ascertain by myself to be true, it taught me to question everything and I believe this is what being educated entails.

At the end of my first semester, I was adviced by two of my instructors to join the honor society called Phi Theta Kappa - an honor society for those whose CGPAs were in the range of 3.5/4.0 to 4.0/4.0. I finished this semester with As in all my courses and a 4/4 CGPA

Welcome back frank. Long time. Glad u're back.

Hadampson really wan japa frm naija oh. . There is no travellin thread dat u won't find him..
May God epp us to leave zoogeria.

DMPaulSr:
Hadampson really wan japa frm naija oh. . There is no travellin thread dat u won't find him..
May God epp us to leave zoogeria.

Lol...who no wan jappaaaaaaaa

Thegamingorca:




Lol...who no wan jappaaaaaaaa

Even animals wan japa sef.. Hunger dn full naija.. Evrywhr dn dy scattrd. Na finland dy my mind.

DMPaulSr:

Even animals wan japa sef.. Hunger dn full naija.. Evrywhr dn dy scattrd. Na finland dy my mind.

Yeah Europe is more accommodating its just the language barrier most Scandinavian country be the issue



But what's that compared to our suffering

Thegamingorca:




Yeah Europe is more accommodating its just the language barrier most Scandinavian country be the issue



But what's that compared to our suffering

Language barrier no be problem... I can learn any language just to japa... I don dey learn hw to endure cold weather, no more blankets nd hot water bath..
e sure 4 me.

Hadampson:



OMG

I didn't know it's your birthday today

Happy birthday to you ma'am

I hope your birthday marks the beginning of a truly happy and fulfilling life for you. I pray for total happiness, love, prosperity and peace to be with you for eternity

Amen, thanks a lot

Hadampson:
@Predstan

Boss, you dey here and you no call me

Baba... u no ft stand day look am ooo. Imagine say na me day dat philosophy class... I go just day remember the day I corrected a lecturer for class and he vowed to give me carry over... na Kolanut I use beg d man ooo

Hadampson:



In psquare's voice.... Bring it on >>>


HeWrites
Iamboladee
Tiptoe
Subomi007

Make una come oh... The boss is here

Thanks man

God bless una sotey you go leave this country before this year end

DMPaulSr:
Hadampson really wan japa frm naija oh. . There is no travellin thread dat u won't find him..
May God epp us to leave zoogeria.

Amen o

I don tey for this country bossman