By Chinazaekpere Nnabugwu (Anchor
and Host)
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| Yours truly interviewing the Principal of St Paul's, Mrs Nwankwor Cecilia Ngozi |
Dear Fellow Kingdom minded,
success driven Teens and Kids, I welcome you on board as usual.
This time around I wish to
continue on the issue of sports. I discussed sports on this platform for the first
time as the outcome of one of my regular appearances on “We are Jos Kids”, a Radio programme hosted by my Boss, the amiable award winner, Aunty Mercy Chuwang, on 104.3 Tincityfm Jos, every Saturday from 8.30 - 9.30am. The
second time sports appeared on this platform was when I reported the 18th Annual
Inter-House Sports competition of St Paul’s Academy, Jos. Please click here for the reporthttps://onesquarebell.blogspot.com.ng/2018/02/st-pauls-academy-18th-annual-inter.html
The wonderful experiences and
lessons of that Inter-House sports competition of St Paul’s Academy, Jos, will remain
in my memory for a very long time. I promise to be sharing the experiences and
lessons from time to time.
I call on you, my wonderful
friends, to inform your schools and Parents to always invite me to your/their
events to share your/their experiences as well. I am very confident that most
schools would want their Inter-House sports competition or other programmes
publicized. I assure you of a very good outing when invited.
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| Onuegbu House celebrating as winner of the competition |
As a reminder, let me refresh
your mind that Birthdays, Speech and Prize Giving Day, wedding, naming
ceremonies, and many more are experiences worth sharing on this platform. All areas
that can positively impact the life of Kingdom minded, success driven Teens and
Kids, are welcomed.
Having said that, let us go back
to our discussion on sports.
To do this, let me confess that I
was particularly moved by the fact that St Paul’s Academy Jos, highly reputed
for her very wonderful academic and character molding records, could devote so
much energy, time and resources on sports, viewed in some quarters as no go
area for St Paul’s Academy, by those that prefer to discuss St Paul’s in the
light of a school that has no time for fun/extra-curricular activities.
From my personal observation, I
can tell you that the claim about St Paul’s Academy is true. This is so, because
the school does not see sports as mere fun. It is viewed as serious business
that every attention is given to, to ensure that the goal of making sure that those
gifted in sports in the school attain their peak through appropriate training
and preparations provided by the school. As a matter of fact, it is the same
attention that is given to the academically gifted that is equally given to
those gifted in sports.
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| Mrs. Nwankwor Cecilia Ngozi, Principal St Paul's Academy, Jos |
Another great lesson from my coverage
of St Paul’s event is the statement of the Principal of the school MRS NWANKWO CECILIA NGOZI who said “St Paul’s academy is not used to repeating
records. We are known for smashing records and setting new ones”. If this
statement was made at any other forum, order than sports, e.g. academics, I guess
people, like the group I mentioned already, will understand. I say this very
much aware that some people would be surprised that St Paul’s Academy could
devote so much time and other resources to ensure that students gifted in
sports are provided with such excellent opportunity to harness their God given
talent.
Read more of the Principal’s speech: “It does not matter to us how wonderful a
record is. What we do with every opportunity is to improve on existing records.
We have been setting records and we have been surpassing them on consistent basis”.
Dear Kingdom minded, success Driven
Teens and Kids out there, are you already preparing to follow the direction shown
by our Dear Mother and Mentor, the Principal of St Paul’s Academy?
Do you realize that the Principal
is saying “No matter how good your
previous record or result is, in the thing that you are doing, you must strive always
to surpass the record at every given opportunity?
By implication, she is saying “Being good in academics does not mean you
cannot be good in sports”? As a matter of fact the world of today
recognizes multiple talents and skills, mind you.
To our wonderful Parents, I wish to
draw your attention to the effect that: Mrs.
Nwankwo Cecilia Ngozi, the Principal of St Paul’s Academy, Jos, by
extension is saying:
Support your sports gifted Teens and Kids as much as you would support
those gifted in academics.
In conclusion let me sound like Mommy
Ngozi (real name Mrs. Nnabugwu Ngozi)
of Belford Teens and Kids, (BTK) Club,
Jos:
“It is Academics and Sports that makeup the Education Curriculum. The
notion that those doing well in academics are the ones that are good in
education; and those doing well in sports are not, is very wrong”.
Before I sign out, let me call on
Parents, Guardians, brothers and sisters to give support to sports gifted Teens
and Kids as much as you would to the academically gifted ones.
Remember to always invite ME for publicity and coverage of your
programmes. Remain blessed.
Bye-bye!
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