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Civilian Casualty 3: The Thing About School Fees Part 1

THE FATHER THERE IS A GENERATION OF MEN in Nigeria, born two decades before Nigeria’s independence (1960) and during the period of independence, they subscribe to the belief that labor, builds character. It is a principle that they place above all else and they are not wrong, labor does in fact build character – at least some aspects of character. No amount of labor has thought these men to keep it in their pants, not even when it invites more labor and hardship for them.  However, I believe that something may have been lost in the translation or application of this principle by a good number of these men because somewhere along the line, the word labor was subconsciously substituted for masochism in their psyche until suffering came to equal labor in their minds. ( It explains for instance why these men consider eating three meals a day, living with your parents or attending school as the height of luxury). Tade was one of such men. Of the many snacks availa...
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Welcome to my People Memoirs




It has been a while since i posted anything. Thank you so much for being patient during my hiatus. Here is the deal, i will commit to updating the blog and i do hope that you guys will continue to read me... however ludicrous i may sound.

Now, I do not particularly count myself among the wise, the knowledgeable etc.

 Do i consider myself a genius?

 Definitely yes!

 To believe otherwise is to rubbish the wisdom that has been passed to me through many people and to walk all over that wisdom and knowledge.
I recently learnt that wealth is not sustained just by hard work but by ingrained values and knowledge passed down from one person to the next. Most importantly is the God factor, which cannot be taken out of the mix - at least not the way i see things.

 It has therefore become of utmost importance to me, to remember how i got here and how people are a big part of that. This entire blog is therefore now dedicated in its entirety to this renewed sense of vision.

 Therefore, relax, sit back, read and enjoy.

 P.S. You can now check out My Mini Memoirs series on its own blog: www.funmemoirs.blogspot.com 

 See you there!

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