SHALLY A.

  Last night, I tried but I couldn’t sleep My mind danced, eyes twitched My belly rumbled, just as the doorbell rings I stand, sit and rise again Please Lord, no soldiers today It’s been a year of cold waiting Through lonely winter nights And pillows of tears Silent rhythms of body aging Aging from the lack of you here Do come home When the evil war passes over Its sweet ending brings us together Let the promise of forever stay stronger Sipping sweet scents into my life As I stand to open my home’s door Let it be no soldier of death I look through my door’s hole A glimpse of dread Sturdy fellow on the other side peeps back A braveness takes over I open with peace He opens his lips He bravely shatters my soul Today is the end He spills tales of death like it’s fame Another one of us has fallen today , he says Fallen or died? For justice or political ego? His death holds no gallant victory for m

am trying hard to imprint in my head with a permanent marker   the words responsibility, change, pain, love, diligence its tough I am not the child that her feet plays pitty-patty in the rain my face is lined with mature bones body curved with precision  and fearful perfection eyes deeper and more mysterious my smile has lost its careless abandon dreams far far away Alice in wonderland growing up is tough it’s just less delightful than childhood less protected and less free I want to be a child again   I wrote this poem in 2010... I still have those moments where all I want is to be a little girl again. ;)

I reflect deeply about the future of education in Nigeria and the world in general. What is the impact of technology in education? How does technology affect the methods and potential of learning? Will technology kill the classroom? From my research, I have found some interesting answers…  ******** Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences - Freeman Dyson Information technology (IT) involves the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data   (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary). The term is commonly used for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. The method we store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data has evolved drastically; therefore, information technology has cha