Addictions

John Anonymous
SS3
Biology Paper

Part B, Theory

2a: characteristics of living things include
i. living things can jump
ii. living things can play ball
iii. living things can go to the buka and buy snacks
iv. living things can sing

2b. specimen a is a spider, specimen b is a weevil
2c. similarities between both specimens include:

The question that follows should be whose fault is this?
The student or the teacher?
The school or the parent?
The society or the Government?


Proverbs 22:6
" Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it"

Everywhere, there are schemes and programs popping up aimed at creating a better Nigeria:
Skills acquisition..., Woman empowerment..., Small business enterprise...
These endeavor's are nice attempts, all of them but I feel they are missing the point.

How about the children?
Our youths; the leaders, fathers and mothers of tomorrow?
How about their education?


Whatever happened to spelling bees, literary, debate and quiz competitions?
Have they gone out of fashion or have they lost their relevance?
I wonder.

There are sex, drink and drug addictions but the worst addictions are the ones we refuse to admit.

I am going to digress a bit and talk about a boy.
Or, maybe I shouldn't (not now anyway, later!)