ANOTHER CHANCE

Welcome to 2015/2016 Academic Session, 2014/2015 is gone, here we are in a brand new session. Results are out now, every student knows where he or she stands. For those of you who haven't done well as expected here is another chance to improve. However for those of you who have done great, you can always do better. Academic Success can always be improved, the only person who do not need to improve is the dead. The following are tips that can help you improve this success.

i. Start Early: it is important to start early this session, registration is the first thing to do, don't wait till dead line before you register. For you to have uninterrupted online flow with your facilitators, you need to register. Note by University standard any student who is not registered can not be regarded as a student. so stay connected by registering on time.

ii. Study Hard: there is no short cut to success, success come by hard-work. Whoever fails to prepare is preparing to fail, so what do you want? Studying hard involve interacting constantly online, get involve online, visit the LMS regularly to update your self, do all assignment on time, don't ask people to do it for you. Doing your assignment yourself is another way of studying. Seek for more materials, to stand out, you need to be a step ahead of others. Don't limit your self to just your course materials, seek for additional knowledge,it will help you. This can only be achieved when you start studying early.

iii Ask Questions:  if confuse on any matter ask questions, if its academic seek help from your course adviser, facilitators or  those who can genuinely assist you. No question is foolish in an academic setting. The biblical principle of  ask and you shall be given is not only with God, but also with man.

iv. Seek Help: the help desk is created to help student in dilemma seek answer to pressing issues. You will always get genuine help from the help desk. For issues beyond the help deck, especially when confidential, contact the counsellors. The instistute have well seasoned counsellors who can always help you. Don't seek help from wrong source, has this will only complicate your problem. With the counsellors your secret are kept. confidentialy is our watch word.

v. Stay out of trouble: it is important to stay out of trouble this session, don't get involve in fraudulent activities because, this will only jeopardize your effort as a student. No body can alter result for you, don't fall into the hands of fraudsters. If you work hard enough, then success is grantee.

DETERMINATION

Hi, let me start this week's post with a popular song we used to sing when I was in the primary school many years ago. I am quite sure that you are very familiar with the song. It goes like this:
           Determination, determination is my motto,determination.

Do you still remember this song, I want you to know that determination entails trying to continue in an endaevour even when it seems difficult. Determination is an attribute any learner or student who wishes to succeed must imbibe. So I encourage you to be determined in everything you are doing most especially in your academics so that at the end you shall record success. Kindly listen to the video attached and think about it. Thank You.

TALKING ABOUT FAILURE

It may surprise you that I am talking about failure. Every average Nigerian would quickly reject it with the following sayings; “ it is not my portion” “ back to sender” “God forbid” and many other phrases like that which are actually misleading so many young people today to believe that any time you experience failure in any activity you engage in, that something evil is responsible for it. I am not here to talk about religion or religious beliefs.  However, just as Senator Ben Murray Bruce would say, I want to make common sense, hope you would be willing to reason with me.
Failure in itself is not a bad thing, it depends on how we see it. I want to begin my discussion with the following quotes.
⦁ You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try – Beverly Sills (1929)
⦁ Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up. – Alacia Bessette (2010)
⦁ If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. – Bill Lyon.
I am discussing failure as a topic, because, the results of the last session’s examinations are already being released by different departments. Many people would record success, while many may fail one or two courses. How you handle your failure would determine your success in subsequent examinations. Therefore, rather than looking for the causes of your failure from the outside, I want to encourage you to take out time to review what factors actually contributed to your failure. It may be:
1. Lack of adequate time to study,
2. Inappropriate study habit, study skills and attitude,
3. Examination anxiety,
4. Over-confidence,
5. Misplacing your priority during examination period, that is, ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’,
6. Hoping that there are other shortcuts to success, which may disappoint you at last.
After you have reviewed the factors listed above, you would definitely identity one problem or the other that contributed to your failure. You therefore need to consciously work on that problem in order to overcome it before the next examination.  Let me conclude with the following quote.

“Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.’’
John Keats
English lyric poet (1795 - 1821)

Thank You.

IMPROVING YOUR READING SKILLS

                             
Have you ever read a book? How well did you understand what you read,? or do you find it difficult to finish any book you decide to read. Reading is the process of looking g at a series of writer symbols and getting meaning from them. Some people can   read for several hours at a stretch with perfect concentration and understanding, some read for only 3hours and get tired. Our individual brains have different capacities to understand what you read?
Reading is the process of looking at a series of written symbols and getting meaning from it .Some people can read for seven hours at a stretch with perfect concentration and understanding. Some read for only three hours, and feel the need to engage in some other activities before they return to reading. Our individual brains have different capacities for absorbing and understanding what is read.
SKILLS NEEDED TO IMPROVE READING
Pick up a book. Try finding something to read that interest you. Explore news papers, magazines, novels etc
Practice your reading habit. Now that you have found what you like to read, you
Can set a goal of 20 minutes a day of reading. After you have achieved this, you can increase the time to 1 hour a day
Do not give up. Winners never quit. If you find you cannot complete the task in the first place, do not be discouraged.
Do not put too much pressure on yourself. When you find yourself being stressed while reading a book, do not continue reading under pressure.
Before you read a book, go through the table of contents first, in other to form an idea of what you are about to read
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                         


                 
                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                   \                               READING DIFFICULT MATERIAL

Read the title and the first paragraph.
   If there is a summary at the end of a chapter, read it. Get grasp of how the material is organised. If you need more background seek another source. Now decide if you have enough background to begin reading.
Look for main ideas
Look for titles, headings, and subheadings. Pick out topic sentences. Utilise graphs, charts and diagrams. Take notes while you read.
 Look up words
Look up words whose meanings are important to your understanding of the material, but you cannot discern from the content.
Monitor your comprehension
    Periodically stop and ask yourself, ‘’what have I learned’’ connect this to what you already know.
Reread
     If you do not comprehend an idea, go back and reread. Restate difficult ideas in your own words.
Read to the end
Do not get discouraged and stop reading. Ideas can become clearer the more you read. When you finish reading, review to see what you have learned, and reread those ideas that are not clear.

                             
 

ATTITUDE IS ALL

MANAGING EXAMINATION ANXIETY

Anxiety is a normal thing in life. Every human being at one point or the other experiences a little bit of anxiety in life. When an individual is faced with a new task or a challenge, such an individual is bound to experience a kind of anxiety. Anxiety sometimes propels an individual to put in more effort into an activity. However, when anxiety affects an individual’s performance negatively; such as when it makes one not to perform optimally in an examination, it then becomes a problem that the individual needs to seek solution to.

HEALHY JUICES

HEALTHY JUICES

Health is wealth, staying healthy is one major step that any individual who want to succeed must bear in mind. Dear student the residential is here again, this is a period when must student leave the comfort of their homes just to study with the hope of excelling. It is a known fact that most students just eat what they see at this time. Most often will say ‘is it not just for three weeks (3), will soon go back home to take care of myself’. However staying healthy is an important examination tip. A student with a running stomach or weak body cannot study, not to talk of passing the exams.

Please try as much as possible to stay away from all sort of carbonated drinks and junk food. The following are some healthy drinks that will keep you healthy not just for the exams but throughout your life time, if you can give it a trial. It is safe, cheap, available and convenient.

v Carrot +Ginger + Apple  = Boost and cleanse our system

v Apple + Cucumber + Celery = Prevent cancer, reduces cholesterol, and eliminate stomach upset and headache

v Tomato + Carrot + Apple = Improves skin complexion and eliminate bad breath

v Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk = Prevent bad breath and reduce internal body heat

v Orange + Ginger + Cucumber = Improved skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat

v Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon =Dispel excess salt, nourish the bladder and kidney

v Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi = Improves skin complexion

v Pear + Banana = regulate body sugar content

v Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango = Clears body heat, counteract toxicity, decrease blood pressure and fight oxidization

v Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk = Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and strengthen body immunity

v Papaya + Pineapple + Milk = Improve skin complexion and metabolism

v Banana + Pineapple + Milk = prevents constipation