The Academy

A poem written by Daodu Rachael who's a student of the university of Benin studying metal work technology,she has a passion for acting and writing.And her best friend is the Holy spirit. I was born into a world of borrowed arts Where English is the language spoken daily While we swallowed our native tongue for dessert. There was no space for the truth to the young generations. It was termed old-fashioned which was to be value-fashioned. Yesterday the wave of civilization swept, Carrying away the values our ancestors  cherished,kept and left. They have died-in heaven they weep; For they know not heaven but the spirit world. Heaven is for the Whiteman: Who does not know the sweetness of yam and palm oil; Who have tossed us into darkness with light; Who have slapped away our nakedness with his. Hell is for the Blackman; Created by the Whiteman To contain our blackness - our freedom. Then he gives us a hope of heaven - our enslavement. I am not making sense, no? How...

Maybe it’s because I did not prepare. Maybe it’s because I slept too much. I think it’s because I did not have enough practice. OH! Is it because I did not pray? So many similar questions has been used as judgment for failure in our lives but the true and only reason why I failed was just  IGNORANCE. All those questions are just parts to failure but can never be a reason for failure; we have directed the reason for failure to different angle but still did not realize that failure is caused by  IGNORANCE . Ignorance not only limited to the lack of knowledge or education, can also know what to do but lack the information to do it. Ignorance to do when you have to do it and ignorance to do how you need to do it has been the bedrock that has enhance  failure in all ways, ignorance has spearheaded failure for so long and will continue to until it is realized and defeated.  The point at which failure begin is the part at which we start ...

I failed not because i want to. I failed not because the society was bad. I failed not because the economy was crumbling. I failed not because my parent had no money. I FAILED BECAUSE I HAD TO! Failure being one of the most used adjective is usually used to describe under performance and inability to meet up as expected to a particular task, but we ourselves fail to realize that failure  is not just a disappointment but a  CHANCE.  We all have different definition to describe failure but i define it as a  SECOND CHANCE A second chance to rise. A second chance to think. A second chance to realize. A second chance to  WIN. I failed not because i want to, but i failed just because i had to go back to identify with me mistake and make an advantage over it. We all have and are still having our own fair share of failure in some areas, we all have and are also suffering from the discrimination attached to it but we miss out on a simpl...

“OPPORTUNITY COMES ONCE NOT TWICE”  A very popular quote, a quote which meaning has been altered. Opportunities are created, opportunities are realized and opportunities are worked for. For one to create an opportunity for one to be aware of an opportunity you have to identify your PURPOSE, everything with success and achievement revolves around  PURPOSE.   Purpose is identifying with your inner self, knowing what you are built for; purpose is a sense of achievement with determination. So many has failed, so many has dropped, some sees that road as an impossible journey but bitter truth is that their purpose has not been identified with. Teenagers are the highest victims to that, they tend to know what they want but they fail to realize what their abilities are, we tend to “ASSUME” instead of identifying. Purpose plays a vital role in achieving your goal because a right purpose for a wrong goal can lead to disaster in your achievement. Purpose is identifying, i...

One of the greatest threats known to man, a threat which tries to push the root of a man out of the soil, a threat which some calls "a state of the mind, "while others sees as a disease that pronounce it's self when infected. For so long we have try to fight, for so long we have try to conquer, for so long we have been in intense battle with it but still the winner is yet to be determined Poverty, some say it's a state of mind and others sees it as lack but no matter how hard we try to coat it with words, the mention of it name brings terror to the ear. My warriors cry out for help, their shout is all about to be redeemed, their prayers are to be saved but still they go around looking for the enemy who rest in his doom Take your net I say to them, get your cutlass and hoe I preach but their reply is like a tasteful aroma to the nose of that which seek their defeat. The beast has been awaken, seeking to quench it thirst and my warriors are ignorant about its threat...

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." We all have dreams, vision and goals we want to achieve, we desire to soar to a greater heights, we all have that point we want to step on in life but we fail to do it the right way. Every dream achieved is a product of PLANNING, as simple as that word might seem, it's more powerful than what you imagine. We all hear about how business crash and how dreams are folded up, but what we fail to understand is they fail to plan. Planning is not just about thinking of how to do things but all a way of being organized in your line. A organized mind is a very strong root that can't be moved but for you to achieve that you must cultivate the habit of planning to help you to guide you in other to escape uncertainty in the way. Planning is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal. It involves the creation and maintenance of that goal to reach its point. Planning is a process that inv...