STRENGTHENING THE POOR 25

Many years ago, after I failed to get the required grade to do science, I had another opportunity. Our class principal had announced that whoever failed to get the required grade to do science can still do sciences if he passes the next exam he'll be setting. One day he came to class and started writing out various formulae and while he was writing them on the board, he kept insisting that we must memorize those formulae if we want to do sciences. When the formulae were getting too much, many started leaving the class. Not knowing exactly what our principal had in mind insisting we memorize all these formulae before we can have the chance to do sciences was too incredible to believe. The only reason I didn't leave the class was just because as I look at his head I told myself, if all these formulae has found space in his head, they would also find a space in mine. Later when he turned to see that the number of students had greatly reduced, he told those remaining, 'congratulations, you are my qualified science students'. That was how I got my second chance.

To train the African child to be successful, let him know that any value he sees other creating are an example of the values he too can create and any height of wealth he sees others attain are examples of wealth he too can attain.

If my principal could have all those formulae on his head, it means I have the capacity to be able to retain all those formulae too. If Mark Zuckerberg can create Facebook and become very wealthy, you too can create something that'll make you wealthy as well, if Bill Gate can produce something that made him financially free, you too can produce something that'll make you financially free.
The successes of others are evidences that you too can succeed because you have the same quality of brains with them, just put it to use.
God bless you
Promise Ikpe
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