MATHEMATICS AND ITS ODYSSEY SO FAR
Even if one is suffering from haemophilia, we still need to understand that same person is made up of a reasonable amount of haemoglobin. In other words, the term “haemoglobin” known as the red blood pigment which is widely recognized as one of the fundamental functional units in the body of mankind is expected to be present in any living person’s circulatory system regardless of the condition being faced by him/her.
In case we have forgotten; let me draw us closer to some certain facts. We were told that in the beginning God created man in His own image having created all other things/creatures in existence. But have you ever in your lonely mood imagined how those systems in our body were factored together to function as a single formidable structure? You can imagine or be disturbed on how certain things came into existence, but that doesn’t mean that you must come out with a tangible answer. Yes, thinking is natural but the metamorphosis of some of our thoughts may be tagged as supernatural.
Let’s have it this way; those imaginary thoughts that may end up being fruitless, or those deeds/events that we cannot find the reason behind their occurrence are known as mysteries. So having noted this fact, we are bound to realize that there is limit for every ability possessed by mankind. We should also acknowledge that, there are certain qualities we cannot shy or run away from because nature has mandated us to possess some elements of such quality.
This edition has Mathematics as its topic. Mathematics is a subject which involves the study of numbers, quantities, or shapes.
Some time ago, one of my academic sons called from Lagos State to inform me that he secured admission in University of Lagos (UNILAG) to study Mathematics. He told me that he never applied for the discipline, but it was offered to him as an alternative. I knew he was not too sound in mathematics; so I asked him how he intends to cope. He responded that he was going to maneuver every obstacle by using any possible means. I laughed, and frowned too. Yes my physiognomy showcased both idiosyncrasies. It wasn’t a paradox considering the circumstance in question. Because the statement discharged by the poor boy was amusing and devastating.
It is no longer news that Mathematics remains the basis of all sciences, both pure and advanced including social. Yes, there’s no social science discipline that does not depend on or not affiliated to Mathematics.
Above all, I want to state here unequivocally that likewise any famous language on earth, be it spoken or unspoken, Mathematics remains the most famous language in the universe, though may be regarded as an unspoken language. I call it unspoken because no one/group officially recognizes or uses Mathematics as a means of communication. But notwithstanding, I define it as the only language being used by mankind in its day-to-day activity. Take for instance, someone can dwell without all spoken languages on earth since we have other languages or means of communication such as signs, telepathy et cetera, but no one can dwell without observing Mathematics as a language either knowingly or unknowingly. Thus, Mathematics which I call a language of numbers or numerals is widely observed/used by all and sundry. If you doubt me or if you are skeptical over my analysis/opinion, then kindly take a walk to any bus-stop close to you. I bet you; you will discover that even the touts speak Mathematics. In a nut shell, no one can run away from mathematics. It’s natural.
Despite the enormous value attached to Mathematics, it has been abused greatly by most of us including the so-called teachers/tutors of the subject. Go to most of our secondary schools; you will see that the subject is no longer considered seriously by the respective management of the schools. A high rate of apathy has been registered by both the students and teachers as regards Mathematics studies. Even those who have high interest in the subject have lately begun to decline in their acquired skill/enthusiasm due to lack of support or encouragement from their mentors, teachers, or relatives as the case may be.
Apart from the above, so many pathetic utterances are being dished out on a daily basis by several students. For instance, it severely beats my psyche whenever I hear a student say that he/she is reading or was reading Maths in the library. One can’t read or peruse over Mathematics. You can only solve Maths; there’s is no two ways about it.
Brethren, we all must reconsider the high importance of Mathematics in any societal growth or evolution and see how we can contribute our quota towards its promotion. The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), concerned government agencies, stakeholders and prominent individuals in the society should from time-to-time issue an Award to any best performing mathematics students in our various schools which shall serve as a motivation. The schools on their own effort ought to ensure that any applicant to be employed as a Mathematics teacher/lecturer must be duly tested to ensure that he/she is equal to the task that awaits him/her.
Don’t forget, we all must continue to think in the right direction for this enormous challenge yielding these societal cankers to be duly overcome. And the ripe time to act is now. Think about it!
____________________
FDN NWAOZOR
Social analyst & activist
Friday, 30 August 2013
THREE VITAL TOOLS FOR WRITERS
ABILITY, IMMUNITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS:
3 VITAL TOOLS FOR WRITERS
If you are a good and genuine informant and/or educator, then have it in mind that you have been helping to keep thousands of souls alive. On the other hand; if you’re talkative, don’t forget that millions of innocent souls have gone beneath the earth crust as a result of your worthless idiosyncrasy.
Also, as an individual with high profundity, if your optimum interest is to make people around you informed/learned as you are or more learned than you are, then in you, nature is fulfilled. On a different note; if you belong to the team that believes or is being guided with the ideology that the world should be turned ablaze just for its selfish interest, then in you, nature is cursed.
Brethren, both in my leisure and business moment, I have taken time to ask myself and as well think aloud, what the universe would have been like provided there is nothing like information or information dissemination. Sometimes I also ask myself if some other learned fellows are occupied with same or similar thought. But my last encounter with a friend and mentor who happens to be a senior lecturer ushered me into a line of conclusion that most brains are really busy.
If you take a close look at the topic for today, you will discover that we’re discussing writers generally. When I say generally, I meant both creative and non-creative writers. That is; any person/personnel involved in any form of writing. Someone who supports information dissemination. A fellow that encourages change/development. In a nut shell, a crusader of education. Yes, because if there’s no writing, information will never be properly disseminated. And, if there’s no writing, change or adequate development would not be guaranteed. More so, zero writing is tantamount to a society with zero education which is significantly, a blind society.
This is to say that, writers are indeed the backbone of any genuine societal change. In other words, no society/union can dwell without writers or writing.
Having noted the above facts, I also want to use this avenue to notify the people involved or the concerned personnel on the tools they are meant to embrace to ensure adequate/genuine professionalism. Because, any profession has ethics guiding it. In the writing profession, the participant must understand that tools such as ability, immunity and consciousness are not to be taken for granted if effective and efficient and above all, progressive professionalism must be attained. Let’s ride on!
One’s ability to do something is the quality or skill that makes it possible for him/her to do it. There is certain skill requires in writing. This is why you can’t come from anywhere and decide to embark on writing, especially in creative writing. You must possess the needed skill before you could stride successfully. It’s a fact. Yes, a fancy fact! For instance, this is why most times people who lack the skill to write or compile academic materials such as text book end up copying works originated by other academics. And this syndrome has led to a high increase in piracy. If you have the interest to write, next thing you ought to do is to ensure that you acquire the necessary skill needed in writing. This aspect is of great importance, therefore must not be overlooked.
Secondly, immunity according to the context of this edition is the defence one has towards something harmful. Having acquired the needed skill to write, you must also ensure that you have some immunity guiding you. From my humble perspective, the greatest key to one’s immunity room is his/her conscience. In Igbo land, our ancestors call it “ogu na ofo” or “ofo na ogu”. Thus, you must write to satisfy your conscience, else, that would be the beginning of your downfall.
The last but not the least is consciousness. Your consciousness is your mindset coupled with your thoughts, beliefs and attitudes. Every writer is expected to be conscious of what he/she does, say or write regardless of the circumstance. You must endeavour to think in the right direction and continually stick to tangible ideologies. You should be aware of the impact you always create through your writing prowess or creative ingenuity. Write to educate, entertain, inform and above all, to foster absolute development and extreme unity among mankind or amongst the members of any society you find yourself.
Honestly brethren, we must do this thing right for our society to be better. Do it to please He who sent you, and not to achieve your selfish goal/desire. Mind you, you don’t need to be talkative if this must work. Think about it!
____________________
COMR. FRED NWAOZOR
Social analyst & activist
3 VITAL TOOLS FOR WRITERS
If you are a good and genuine informant and/or educator, then have it in mind that you have been helping to keep thousands of souls alive. On the other hand; if you’re talkative, don’t forget that millions of innocent souls have gone beneath the earth crust as a result of your worthless idiosyncrasy.
Also, as an individual with high profundity, if your optimum interest is to make people around you informed/learned as you are or more learned than you are, then in you, nature is fulfilled. On a different note; if you belong to the team that believes or is being guided with the ideology that the world should be turned ablaze just for its selfish interest, then in you, nature is cursed.
Brethren, both in my leisure and business moment, I have taken time to ask myself and as well think aloud, what the universe would have been like provided there is nothing like information or information dissemination. Sometimes I also ask myself if some other learned fellows are occupied with same or similar thought. But my last encounter with a friend and mentor who happens to be a senior lecturer ushered me into a line of conclusion that most brains are really busy.
If you take a close look at the topic for today, you will discover that we’re discussing writers generally. When I say generally, I meant both creative and non-creative writers. That is; any person/personnel involved in any form of writing. Someone who supports information dissemination. A fellow that encourages change/development. In a nut shell, a crusader of education. Yes, because if there’s no writing, information will never be properly disseminated. And, if there’s no writing, change or adequate development would not be guaranteed. More so, zero writing is tantamount to a society with zero education which is significantly, a blind society.
This is to say that, writers are indeed the backbone of any genuine societal change. In other words, no society/union can dwell without writers or writing.
Having noted the above facts, I also want to use this avenue to notify the people involved or the concerned personnel on the tools they are meant to embrace to ensure adequate/genuine professionalism. Because, any profession has ethics guiding it. In the writing profession, the participant must understand that tools such as ability, immunity and consciousness are not to be taken for granted if effective and efficient and above all, progressive professionalism must be attained. Let’s ride on!
One’s ability to do something is the quality or skill that makes it possible for him/her to do it. There is certain skill requires in writing. This is why you can’t come from anywhere and decide to embark on writing, especially in creative writing. You must possess the needed skill before you could stride successfully. It’s a fact. Yes, a fancy fact! For instance, this is why most times people who lack the skill to write or compile academic materials such as text book end up copying works originated by other academics. And this syndrome has led to a high increase in piracy. If you have the interest to write, next thing you ought to do is to ensure that you acquire the necessary skill needed in writing. This aspect is of great importance, therefore must not be overlooked.
Secondly, immunity according to the context of this edition is the defence one has towards something harmful. Having acquired the needed skill to write, you must also ensure that you have some immunity guiding you. From my humble perspective, the greatest key to one’s immunity room is his/her conscience. In Igbo land, our ancestors call it “ogu na ofo” or “ofo na ogu”. Thus, you must write to satisfy your conscience, else, that would be the beginning of your downfall.
The last but not the least is consciousness. Your consciousness is your mindset coupled with your thoughts, beliefs and attitudes. Every writer is expected to be conscious of what he/she does, say or write regardless of the circumstance. You must endeavour to think in the right direction and continually stick to tangible ideologies. You should be aware of the impact you always create through your writing prowess or creative ingenuity. Write to educate, entertain, inform and above all, to foster absolute development and extreme unity among mankind or amongst the members of any society you find yourself.
Honestly brethren, we must do this thing right for our society to be better. Do it to please He who sent you, and not to achieve your selfish goal/desire. Mind you, you don’t need to be talkative if this must work. Think about it!
____________________
COMR. FRED NWAOZOR
Social analyst & activist
AWO-OMAMMA
AWO-OMAMMA AND ITS AGGRIEVED OCCUPANTS
Brethren, gone are the days when virtually all men and women were known for their extreme honesty and sincerity. The days are also gone when kids or children were known for their intense respect for the adult folks or the elderly ones. But if we must analyze, then I will unequivocally tell you that there will never be respect or respect would never hold in any honesty-free society because honesty or sincerity ascertains human dignity. Thus apparently in recent times, the stride or crusade towards obtaining a society loaded with the euphoria of human respect seem to be a mirage since the only tool that ascertains human dignity has been tremendously betrayed. Let’s put it this way; respect is a product or one of the products of human dignity or reputation. On the other hand, dignity is a product of honesty/sincerity. In a nut shell, a dishonest fellow is really day-dreaming if he/she expects respect from his/her junior or younger ones.
The above should not just be seen as a conviction or ideology of the columnist, rather ought to be regarded as a fact. I’m just representing the people by putting up this critique, thus I strongly believe thousands of souls would have come up with similar view many years before now provided they were granted the opportunity. In other words, I’m not alone or I’m not standing on this rostrum alone, therefore I shouldn’t feel lonely.
Penultimate week on the 28th of January, Monday precisely, I had one of the greatest shocks in my life which yielded a very high level of sensitivity that has been hidden in me. Before then, I had always thought that I would never be sensitive to that extent. In the morning of that fateful day exactly eight o’clock on the dot, I received a phone call from one of my relatives in Awo-Omamma, my home town who happens to be my bosom friend. Before the call came in, I just concluded ironing the clothes I would use for the day in my humble lodge at Owerri. As soon as I picked the call, the caller exclaimed “Doc, what are you still doing at Oweerri while Awo-Omamma is on fire?” in his high voice. ‘Doc’ has been a name I was known for since my childhood and most of my friends and relatives go by it. Honestly, I couldn’t comprehend where the fellow was coming from, therefore having taken a quick breath in subsequent to his exclamation, I urged him to expatiate his striking headline which he did in haste before he dropped the call. At that point, I needed not a prophet to inform me that truly Awo-Omamma has been set ablaze. As a concerned indigene, without taking my usual morning bath, I hurriedly gathered myself and began my journey to my home town.
Beloved, on reaching Awo-omamma junction, I was astonished and dumbfounded over what I saw through my panoramic view. The entire Awo-Omamma junction which happens to be situated at the federal road, Onitsha-Owerri road to be precise was blocked owing to a protest initiated by the entire youths of the town. There was no atom of movement and I learnt the protest had lasted for over three hours before my arrival. Even the pedestrians were finding it difficult to migrate. As soon as I got down from the taxi which I boarded, I tried to enquire what really prompted the protest. I was informed that my fellow indigenes/youths were protesting about bad road, poor drainage system and non power supply in some of the areas. The bone of contention was the State road that leads to Okwudor in Njaba L.G.A.
According to the honourable representing Oru East State Constituency in the person of Hon. Barr. Greg Okemili who was there to see things for himself, I learnt the contract for the construction of the road in question had already been awarded to All Seasons construction Company and that the company had been duly paid the sum of 10.8 million naira for the contract. In his further speech, he made the unarmed mob to know that he has severally written to the government for the contract to be rewarded to a different company but all to no avail. After the convincing speech given by the house member, the aggrieved youths agreed among themselves to give the State government more benefit of doubt. In respect to the agreement, the road-block was put to an end at about twenty minutes past eleven (11:20 am) having lasted for over four hours.
Apart from the road issue, for over one year now if I’m not mistaken, the occupants of the community located within the Awo-Omamma junction have been experiencing total black-out due to lack of transformer. And other social amenities the locality has been deprived of. Who is deceiving who? Question yet to be answered.
Brethren, should we continue to live like people destined to experience penury due to the insincere lyrics being dished out by the unworthy musicians or poets amongst us; where has our honesty gone or travelled to? What blasphemy!
____________________
FDN NWAOZOR
Social analyst & activist
Brethren, gone are the days when virtually all men and women were known for their extreme honesty and sincerity. The days are also gone when kids or children were known for their intense respect for the adult folks or the elderly ones. But if we must analyze, then I will unequivocally tell you that there will never be respect or respect would never hold in any honesty-free society because honesty or sincerity ascertains human dignity. Thus apparently in recent times, the stride or crusade towards obtaining a society loaded with the euphoria of human respect seem to be a mirage since the only tool that ascertains human dignity has been tremendously betrayed. Let’s put it this way; respect is a product or one of the products of human dignity or reputation. On the other hand, dignity is a product of honesty/sincerity. In a nut shell, a dishonest fellow is really day-dreaming if he/she expects respect from his/her junior or younger ones.
The above should not just be seen as a conviction or ideology of the columnist, rather ought to be regarded as a fact. I’m just representing the people by putting up this critique, thus I strongly believe thousands of souls would have come up with similar view many years before now provided they were granted the opportunity. In other words, I’m not alone or I’m not standing on this rostrum alone, therefore I shouldn’t feel lonely.
Penultimate week on the 28th of January, Monday precisely, I had one of the greatest shocks in my life which yielded a very high level of sensitivity that has been hidden in me. Before then, I had always thought that I would never be sensitive to that extent. In the morning of that fateful day exactly eight o’clock on the dot, I received a phone call from one of my relatives in Awo-Omamma, my home town who happens to be my bosom friend. Before the call came in, I just concluded ironing the clothes I would use for the day in my humble lodge at Owerri. As soon as I picked the call, the caller exclaimed “Doc, what are you still doing at Oweerri while Awo-Omamma is on fire?” in his high voice. ‘Doc’ has been a name I was known for since my childhood and most of my friends and relatives go by it. Honestly, I couldn’t comprehend where the fellow was coming from, therefore having taken a quick breath in subsequent to his exclamation, I urged him to expatiate his striking headline which he did in haste before he dropped the call. At that point, I needed not a prophet to inform me that truly Awo-Omamma has been set ablaze. As a concerned indigene, without taking my usual morning bath, I hurriedly gathered myself and began my journey to my home town.
Beloved, on reaching Awo-omamma junction, I was astonished and dumbfounded over what I saw through my panoramic view. The entire Awo-Omamma junction which happens to be situated at the federal road, Onitsha-Owerri road to be precise was blocked owing to a protest initiated by the entire youths of the town. There was no atom of movement and I learnt the protest had lasted for over three hours before my arrival. Even the pedestrians were finding it difficult to migrate. As soon as I got down from the taxi which I boarded, I tried to enquire what really prompted the protest. I was informed that my fellow indigenes/youths were protesting about bad road, poor drainage system and non power supply in some of the areas. The bone of contention was the State road that leads to Okwudor in Njaba L.G.A.
According to the honourable representing Oru East State Constituency in the person of Hon. Barr. Greg Okemili who was there to see things for himself, I learnt the contract for the construction of the road in question had already been awarded to All Seasons construction Company and that the company had been duly paid the sum of 10.8 million naira for the contract. In his further speech, he made the unarmed mob to know that he has severally written to the government for the contract to be rewarded to a different company but all to no avail. After the convincing speech given by the house member, the aggrieved youths agreed among themselves to give the State government more benefit of doubt. In respect to the agreement, the road-block was put to an end at about twenty minutes past eleven (11:20 am) having lasted for over four hours.
Apart from the road issue, for over one year now if I’m not mistaken, the occupants of the community located within the Awo-Omamma junction have been experiencing total black-out due to lack of transformer. And other social amenities the locality has been deprived of. Who is deceiving who? Question yet to be answered.
Brethren, should we continue to live like people destined to experience penury due to the insincere lyrics being dished out by the unworthy musicians or poets amongst us; where has our honesty gone or travelled to? What blasphemy!
____________________
FDN NWAOZOR
Social analyst & activist
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