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Bullying in Nigerian Modern Educational System.

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Bullying in Nigerian schools, particularly secondary schools is becoming rampageous in these recent days. It has been happening from the start; many vices are happening in Nigeria like: homosexuality, cultism, rape(sexual abuse), drug abuse and bullying; but, I want to emphasize more on bullying. Such vices are learnt mostly through peer pressure and you should be careful about your choice of friendship. There is a cliché that states, "show me your friend and I will tell you who you are".  There are hierarchical order in the school management starting from the school principal to head of departments, to class teachers and finally the school prefects to delegate authority. Powers are bestowed on each of them in order to carry out these duties in order to ensure orderliness in the school. The school prefects are being chosen from the final classes to assist others in the hierarchical order of the school. The seniors tend to misuse the power and they maltreat their juniors. They...

Fear

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According to Cambridge dictionary, " Fear is an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or might happen". Fear is a feeling that something bad might happen in the present or future and it can be accident, death of loved ones and others .It is a traumatic feeling that affects the emotional, psychological and mental health of an individual. Fear is one of the seven universal emotions experienced by everyone around the world and this makes us human. It has a strong effect on your mind and body. There are so many things that makes us to be fearful. The universal trigger for fear is the threat of harm; real or imagined. Phobia is under the category of fear. A phobia is an irrational fear of something that is unlikely to cause harm. Phobia cannot be termed the same thing as fear. Common fear triggers Imagined events Darkness or loss of visibility of surroundings ,especially, after watch...

Self confidence

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<script type="text/javascript" async src=" https://platform. foremedia.net/code/11731/ analytics "></script> What is the meaning of self confidence? Self confidence can be termed as having trust in his or her own abilities, capabilities  , beliefs regardless of any situation . I know that it isn't very easy to build the confidence, but it is a gradual step because a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step. You might have been hurt in different ways or the other in your formative years ,but, you have to rake every iota of self confidence in you. Self confidence is an essential part of humanity and without it you will be tossed around like a used paper. It is a trait that reflects in every areas of our lives be it academic life, professionalism and personal life style. " As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live"- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe . "Believe you can and you're halfway there"- Theodore Roosevelt....