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Long time ago in the Animal Kingdom, a sheep was passing and saw a lion crying inside a cage trap and the lion begged the sheep to save him with a promise not to kill and eat it but the sheep refused.

After much persuasion and for the sheep's gullibility it opened the cage for the lion.
Now the lion was very hungry having stayed in the cage for days without food.
It quickly grabbed the sheep to kill and eat but the sheep reminded him of his promise.
They were still there arguing when other animals came passing and they sought to know what happened.

Both the lion and the sheep narrated their own side of the story but because of fear and in trying to gain Favour in the sight of the lion, all the animals took side with the lion except the Tortoise who claim not to understand the whole scenario.

Now the Tortoise asked the lion to show them where he was before the sheep rescued him, he pointed at the cage.
He asked again, "were you inside or outside when the sheep arrived"? The lion said he was inside.
The tortoise again said "ok, enter lets see how difficult it could be inside".
The lion entered and the tortoise locked him back inside.

In amazement the other animals asked tortoise "why" and he replied "if we allow him eat the sheep today, he will still go hungry tomorrow and we don't know the next amongst us to be eaten tomorrow.

Moral:

Don't support evil today because it doesn't affect you directly, tomorrow it could be your turn.

Children in the UK finish secondary at 16/17. Children in the US and Canada finish secondary school at 17/18... a few of them 19.

The British children would still go ahead and graduate by 21/22. The Americans and Canadians will still go ahead and graduate at 22/23/24. Or a few years more for courses of more than 5 years.

In Nigeria, skipping classes is now the order of the day. Every parent claims their children are the genius and smartest and too intelligent to do all classes.

For the life of me; I don't understand what a child who is less than 16 is doing in a University or any tertiary institution for that matter. Where the hell are you rushing these children to?

And no! Those who skip classes are most often NOT among the most intelligent. In my primary school, I can remember that the best five students in our class did NOT skip any class. I know the top students in my primary school and we know that most of us did all our classes. Most of my primary school classmates who skipped classes were the class average students. So, stop deluding yourself that skipping a class is a sign of intelligence.... NOT in Nigeria.

In primary school, I found some of my subjects boring because I thought I was far ahead. My parents were primary and post primary education specialists/professionals. My father was also a professional in child developmental psychology and education guidance and counseling. When it comes to planning children's education and career, my parents were the professionals you could consult.
They told me that I was not going to skip any class. As a child, I was angry at my parents for not letting me skip classes, but now I understand and I'm grateful for their decision.

Some of those AVERAGE students who skipped those classes are on my Facebook list and they haven't achieved anything more than I have. I am more intellectually and emotionally grounded than most of them. They rushed, I caught up and overtook most of them. Career-wise, I'm ahead of most of them. So, what exactly was the aim of the rush?

A system of education is there for a reason. In planning a system of education, a lot of factors are put into consideration.
The Nigerian system is orginally designed for a child to graduate secondary school at 17/18. That's NOT too late. It means that such a child would graduate from a four year university program at 21/22; which is still perfectly ok.

Yes, I know there can be strike. But do you really think it's wise to rush your children just to make up for the possible strike? How about letting them go through the normal route? How about letting them develop emotionally?

In most developed countries, only the very few children who have demonstrated very high intelligence get to have their education fast-tracked. And this decision is not necessarily made by the parents. A person who specializes in child development and education must have assessed the child to be of extraordinary intelligence, plus the child must have the emotional capacity to handle academics far ahead of his age.

In the real sense, only less than 0.5% of the world's population have such high intelligence or "near-genuis" IQ level. But in Nigeria, once a child scores above 90% in maths and says one intelligent thing, the child is automatically assumed a genius too intelligent to go through the designed line of education. They start "jumping" classes. Some of them jump and break their legs in the process. 😑

None of my children will go into University before the age of 16. If you like be a genius. My children will be allowed to be children. If they get into University at 16 and graduate at 20, that's still very much early enough. We are not in a hurry to overtake the planet.

My 11 year old child will NOT be cracking Quantum Physics and Navier Stokes Equation while her mates are still watching cartoons. You can only be a child once... adulthood is a long stressful journey. My children will have their childhoods before they start cracking their brains with adulting.

In my early 20s, I was in Engineering school cracking Navier Stokes Equation and a bit of Quantum Physics, and that thing gave me headache, sleepless nights and almost HBP. I won't put my 11 year old through that just because he or she happens to be of high IQ.

Every Nigerian parent claims their children is too intelligent to do all classes. So, tell me, with all these "class jumping geniuses" we've got, what have they invented over the years?

NEWS FLASH!
No one told you this. I know this might hurt but someone has got to say it anyway...:
Most of those your children who you think are too intelligent to do all classes are just intelligent enough to be at the top 25% of the class. Not too intelligent to have their education fast-tracked and normal childhood development disrupted.

Good morning
*MUCH RESPECT TO WHOEVER WROTE THIS ARTICLE*

*__It is a mistake to think time is going. Time is not going. Time is here until the world ends. It is you that is going. You don’t waste time. Time is infinite. You waste yourself. You are finite. It is you that grows old and die. Time doesn’t. So make better use of yourself before you expire. And one of the worst things to do with time is comparing yourself to others. A cow eats grass and gets fat but if dog eats grass, it will die. Never compare yourself with others. Run your race. What works for one person may be that which will kill you. Focus on the gifts and talents God gave you and don’t be envious of the blessings He gave others_ .*

*Both Lion and Shark are professional hunters, BUT:*
*A Lion cannot hunt in the Ocean and a Shark cannot hunt in the jungle*
*That a Lion cannot hunt in the ocean doesn't make him useless and that a Shark cannot hunt in the jungle doesn't also make him useless both have their own territory where they can do well*

*If a rose smells better than tomatoes, It doesn't mean the rose can make a better stew. Don't try to compare yourself to others.* *You also have your own strength, look for it and build on it.* *All animals that exist, were in Noah's ark. A snail is one of those animals. If God could wait long enough for snails to enter Noah's ark; His door of grace won't close till you reach your expected position in life. Never look down on yourself, keep looking up.* *Remember that Broken crayons still colour.*
*_Keep on pushing, you never can tell how close you are to your goal...!*

COPIED
“The Obstacles In Our Path”
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed
on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.
Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants
and courtiers came by and simply walked
around it. Many loudly blamed the King for
not keeping the roads clear, but none did
anything about getting the stone out of the
way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.
After the peasant picked up his load of
vegetables, he noticed a purse lying on the road where the boulder had been. The purse
contained many gold coins and a note from
the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the
roadway.
The peasant learned what many of us
never understand!
Moral : “Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.”
Don't relent in ur doing Good!!!