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Floating School in Nigeria
Two years ago, a floating school in Lagos’s ‘floating’ slum of Makoko was labelled as ‘illegal’ by authorities who then threatened to demolish it. This year the school, which is the brainchild of Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, was nominated for the London-based Design Museum’s Design of the Year award.
Adeyemi is the founder of NLE, a design and architecture company focused on creating sustainable buildings in developing regions. His innovative design came about after he had had several discussions with Makoko residents about how to resolve the environmental issues – SUCH as flooding – that concerned the local community. He and his team came up with a prototype for a floating building, which is now the Makoko Floating School.
“There are hundreds if not THOUSANDS of Makokos all over Africa,” Adeyemi says. “We cannot simply displace this population; it’s important to think about how to DEVELOP them, how to create enabling environments for them to thrive, to improve the sanitation conditions, to provide the infrastructure, schools and hospitals to make it a healthy place.
“My belief is that in developing Africa we need to find solutions that can be developed by the grassroots, THROUGH the grassroots, and achieve the same level of significance as we have on the high-end projects.”
You can read more about the construction of the floating school <– by clicking here.
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Content Sharing
Here is a cool infographic that shows what content is shared on social media: What type of content do you upload most often?
Content sharing
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10 Tips for Choosing a College Major
Too important to ignore…
Get to know yourself. This is all about you. Try to take some personality tests or career pathway tests to see where your interests lie.
Discover a day-in-the-life-of this career. Research the possible work or service you will be performing in a typical work week. Will each day be relatively the same or different? Which would you prefer
Ask professionals with this major/career. Your parents may know someone who is also a marketer or nurse or teacher. Asking people who already work in these environments is a great way to find a new perspective on your major of choice.
Consider availability/pay, but don’t focus on it. This is still your future and you must plan so. Follow your heart, but also consider the possibilities which will be open to you in the future.
Find possibilities open to the major. With this major, what opportunities are open to you for a career? Do…
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Job Interviews
When you are still a student/new grad & you’re excited to tackle the world, but your potential employer hits you with how inexperienced you are in an interview:
Well; doesn’t that just annoy you…
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Unintentionally Funny Excuses Written by Parents
This is too funny…
These are real excuses by parents courtesy of sarcasticsarcasms.blogspot.com.au:
1. My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.
2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and I had her shot.
3. Dear school: please ecsc’s john being absent on jan . 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.
4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.
5. Please excuse roland from p.e. For a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip..
6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.
7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.
8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.
9. Chris will not be in school cus he has…
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University Slides
If you are struggling with a concept/looking for help or more information – then Google this:
“[subject] site:.edu type:.ppt”
This will give you Powerpoint lectures from universities.
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Student Debt
If you are a student & you and your family are feeling the weight of student loan debt; then here is an infographic with some interesting data – including tips on how to manage/overcome your debt (click to enlarge):
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Student Loan Repayment
If you are a student suffering from some nasty debt; then here is an article on how a newly implemented plan should help student loan repayments:
http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jul/25/new-plan-on-student-loans-helps-repayment/
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