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REDEFINITION OF EDUCATION: SOUL’E RHYMEZ CAUSED ANOTHER UPROAR

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Ever since his essay “ When Education Becomes Indoctrination ”, has gone viral, enjoying publication on different websites, blogs and newspapers across the country including The Guardian Newspaper . Soul’e Rhymez has been resilient in his bid to redefine education.   In a bid to do that, the writer, who is known for his controversial style of writing haven’t stopped getting attention from people, both positive and negative. The eccentric public speaker and poet raised another set eyebrows again on the 12 th of November, 2016 at a seminar organized by Dream Achievers World (DAW), tagged “Sabificate beyond Certificate” where he was invited as one of the guest speakers. The seminar which has the likes of Mr. Christian Nonso, Mr. James Ifeanyi, Miss. Juliet Obi and Mr. Emmanuel C.S Eze in attendance left a lot of questions in the minds of the audience, who battled to understand the difference between schooling and education. Soul’e Rhymez started by affirming that edu...

WHEN WISDOM LOOKS LIKE SIN

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More than 2000 years ago, Jesus, the greatest entity to grace this earth said, “The children of the world are wiser than the children of the kingdom.” What are they doing better? Looking at Jesus’ example of a servant who after realizing his master was going to chase him away due lack of productivity, he called his master’s debtors, whom he has given goods on debt without the knowledge of his master, telling them to pay half of what they owe. This made it easier for them to pay, they paid and he gave the money to his master, who in return retained him and loved him more. He had achieved three things with that: making his master happy, retaining his job and setting the debtors free. Looking at it critically, that servant wasn’t honest. He lied to his master by collecting half of his debts and making him believe it was the full debt. He was not being honest, yet Jesus referred to him as being wise. Does it mean Jesus support dishonesty? You need to know more. ...