Autobiography

I will always remember the effect of a civil war in Nigeria that left hundreds of thousands of children malnourished. Tens of thousands of the rural population were afflicted with different types of diseases. Malaria fever was prevalent, and it was the main cause of death among children and infants. I can recall vividly sitting in an empty room after the end of the civil war in 1970, and assured my self that I must go beyond the confines of my continent – Africa to seek knowledge so as to assist in alleviating the suffering of my people. After I had graduated from high school, my dream of coming to the United States of America was far fetched reality. At that time in my life, coming to America was almost impossible. My family lost everything during the civil war. The civil war forced my parents to abandon their properties in the northern group of provinces, and returned to their ancestral home in the southern region. The soil is sandy and porous – the region suffers from soil leaching and soil erosion due to torrential rainfall. Harvests from our farms after six months of toiling under the heat of the sun were scanty. We barely eked out a living. Life then was harsh, and the future was blink. In spite of the odds confronting me, I was determined to forge ahead no matter what.

After the civil war, I went back to school to complete my high school education. In 1971 I graduated from high school. I worked briefly and enrolled in a private institution under the auspices of the Seventh Adventist Church in western Nigeria. There, I complete a two-year diploma in business education. Andrews University in Michigan was affiliated to the Seventh Adventist College, and thus, it facilitated my opportunity of obtaining a ...

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...ator, it is my responsibility to transform, mold, and impact knowledge to every student that comes into my classroom for instructions. As a science instructor, I have developed strategies in science instructions that enable students deficient in calculation to succeed. With respect to classroom management, my democratic approach has proven to be more effective, both for classroom management and student learning. My managerial background enabled me over the years to be patient, to be industrious, to be dedicated, and above all, to be trustworthy. I consistently manage my students, time, and other available teaching resources and equipment.

I have spent valuable amount of my time mentoring students from varied socio-economic backgrounds. I have learnt from them just as they have learnt from me over the years. At the moment, I have jointly