5 Things Every Parent Should Be Telling Their Children Now About Coronavirus.

5 Things Every Parent Should Be Telling Their Children Now.....

We are not in normal times. Everything is changing at a faster rate due to this novel Coronavirus which has changed the way we do things.
Schools have been closed down. We cannot go to Church or the Mosques.
Markets are been shut down. We cannot shake hands, hug, touch or miss our friend and love ones.
Hand Sanitizers have been placed everywhere.
Don't you think our children are confused, stressed and frightened? What have you been telling them during this period? How do you ensure that our children are not traumatised due to this deadly virus.
In this piece, the writer outlines 5 Simple Things you should be telling your children.

1. Stay away from the Media.
The media, at least most of them, both the private and the Public, print and electronic are churning out damaging, frightening, and misleading information about this virus. We should at least guide them on the choice of media outlets they should be watching in this time. Your children should not be reading things like this .........
https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/coronavirus-kills-3-ghanaians-ayorkor-botchwey.html

https://www.graphic.com.gh/international/international-news/man-beaten-to-death-over-coronavirus-fears.html

2. Show love to sick people.
Not every cough, sneezing or fever is Coronovirus. Nobody can look at your face and determine whether you have Coronavirus or not. Coronavirus does not kill, it is Fear and Misconception which is killing. One cannot be safe from the virus if one practice simple personal hygiene practices.

3. Turn to the Creator in times like this.
There is nothing under the sun that the Almighty God or Allah cannot cure.  Lean on him and everything shall be well. We have a Creator who can do exceedingly above all things. Just rely him. This is not the time to move away from the creator.

4. Eat Fruits, Vegetables  and Drink a lot of Water.
Every creature has a system in the body which can cure any disease. Diseases do not Cure illness, it is the Immune System which fights diseases. You become sick when your Immune System is weak and cannot fight back diseases that attacks the body.
Eating fruits, vegetables, exercises and drinking a lot of Water helps to strengthen the Immune System.
In times like this, we need to increase our intake of Fruits, Vegetables, do more exercises, and Drink more water.

5. Always use Hand sanitizers, wash hand under running water, and use tissue paper when coughing or sneezing.
We should always use Hand Sanitizers, Tissue Paper, Soap and Water and ensure acceptable social distance, etc.

CORONAVIRUS IS NOT DEADLY, IT IS THE MISCONCEPTION AND FEAR THAT KILLS.

By Mohammed Aminu Mohammed 
(Coach, Facilitator, Speaker,
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20 Ways to Prepare for Exams

20 Ways to Prepare for Exams - Augustana University.

1. Routinely review your class notes. Your short-term memory is limited, so you need to distribute your learning over a period of time. Focus on the main points and organize the information into smaller, more manageable parts. 
2. Access free study aids. Check the front of your textbook to see if the publisher provides any online learning resources. Browse Quizlet for other ideas.
3. Minimize distractions. Turn off the TV, cell phone, computer and other potential interruptions.
4. Set specific measurable goals for each study session to keep yourself on track. Reward yourself with naturally enjoyable activities, such as playing X-box or browsing Facebook.
5. Before you begin, mentally warm up. How does the material relate to what you already know or discussed as a class? Prepare your brain to make connections. Link new information to the prior knowledge you have already acquired. Forming these associations will help you retrieve information later and makes the material more meaningful.
6. Match your learning to the assessment method. For example, if your Human Anatomy test gives you a definition and then asks you to recall the word, do the same when you study. We tend to perform better on a recall task when the way we encoded the words matches the way we need to retrieve them.
7. Predict possible questions. Review old tests, study guides or the course objectives. Learn more about identifying test questions.
8. Develop summary sheets for each class. Condense information from your notes and textbook on index cards, post-it notes, or ready reference concept sheets.
9. Create mnemonic devices. Acrostics, rhymes or acronyms may help you remember information.
10. Create visual reference points. Write it down several times. Duplicate the pictures from your memory for lab practicals. Highlight your notes with different colors. For example, in your history class you could use a pink highlight to note dates, blue for names, and yellow to signal events. 
11. Draw it. Create tables, diagrams, mind maps or pictures to represent the organizational schema of the information.
12. Explain it aloud. Go into an empty classroom and pretend to teach the material to someone. Using your own words helps you assess your comprehension, which ultimately aids your memory.
13. Identify examples or illustrations that embody the concept and demonstrate ways you will utilize the information. This makes it meaningful and relevant, while giving you feedback on your comprehension.
14. If you think you know your stuff, prove it. Quizzing yourself problems avoids overconfidence and helps you identify gaps in your recall. Answer the questions at the end of the chapter in your textbook. Complete practice problems. Cover up your notes and try to explain them. Create flashcards. If you find yourself struggling to remember, try different techniques to learn the material.
15. Evaluate, analyze and synthesize the information. What standards or rules can you infer from the information? What can you conclude, hypothesize or recommend? Compare and contrast the information. Critique it. This deepens your learning and helps you own the information.
16. Take short breaks. Your brain can process a limited amount of information and benefits from some rest.
17. Stay healthy. Get some sleep and avoid caffeine. Seriously – your brain with thank you.
18. Don’t go it alone. Form a study group and develop a practice test together. Meet with the professor, a tutor or a learning specialist if needed. Contact the Student Success Center and develop a study strategy with a learning specialist.
19. Manage your anxiety. By listen to calming music, stretching or breathing deeply, you can avoid stress and release negative thoughts.
20. Finally, examine your beliefs about learning. It does not happen quickly and intelligence is not fixed. Stay positive and persist, believing that your hard work and techniques will make a difference.

Guide to GES Best Teacher Award.

Best Tips for Successful Interview.

Learn the skill of interviewing:

ON THE DAY OF INTERVIEW

👉Be at the venue an hour before time.

👉Know your Interview Room.

👉Sit closer to the Interview Room or at designated place provided by the organisers.

👉Try recalling some basic facts about education, teaching, learning, etc.

👉Don't worry if you are not able to recall. This occurs due to a phenomenon known as "Mental Black Out".

👉Be relaxed. Drink little water depending on the weather. Avoid cold water when the weather is cold. This causes frequent urination.

👉Interview is not an examination where you receive "powers" from others. Don't move to where others have grouped discussing the interview.

👉Look for the registration sheet and register.

👉When it time for the Interview to begin get all your particulars organised, pray and get Going.....


DURING THE INTERVIEW

👉Knock and wait till you hear enter

👉When you enter Greet them politely and wait till you are asked to sit before you sit.

👉Sit gently and thank them.

👉Be relaxed. Humbled. Optimistic. Honest and Confident.

👉Ask for explanation of questions when you do not understand.

👉Answer the question honestly and dispassionately.

👉Where you don't know the answer to a question,  be honest and accept your ignorance. You are not Google to know and keep every information.


AFTER THE INTERVIEW

👉Thank them and leave when you are told to go.

👉Do not engage in post - mortem after the Interview.

👉Go home and thank your creator and pray for success.


Some Questions for GES Best Teacher Award.

Describe yourself.

Describe your professional development.( Professional Portfolio)

Describe your teaching Philosophy.

Describe using specific examples how your teaching Philosophy have helped in solving an educational problem in your Career.

What makes you think you are the best for the Teacher Prize.

Apart from teaching your children, which is mandatory, describe other work (voluntary and Free) that you have carried out to solve a specific problem in your area.

Describe some modern Pedagogies that you know and have applied in you teaching.

Which of these is important: Content or Methodology? Explain.

What do you know about the Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education, NACCA and NIB?

Do you have what it takes to be the next best Teacher?

How do you deal with recalcitrant teacher?

Mention any four Codes in the GES Codes of Conduct and Professional Ethics.

Describe the composition of the PTA or the SMC.

The Ghana Education Service has banned the use of canes in schools. What is your view on this?

List any five classroom management techniques used by teachers.

Describe briefly how you dealt with a child in your class you considered stubborn.

The person you are meeting for the first time is the customer you never met.

How do you approach your customers? Do you truly believe in customer satisfaction.
Then read the article below. This simple step by step guide to customer relation would help you relate well with your customers. Following through the step by step guide would boost your sales in no time.

The Art of Customer Relations.
Customer Relations is a very broad and diffult subject. Most business have had situations where they pray they never met a particular customer. Some business owners even concentrate on new customers instead of keeping the old ones.

1. WHEN THE CUSTOMER IS WRONG
As business owners, you must always prepare for situations where you genuinely believe the customer is wrong and yet he is insisting the fault is from you. Approach
such situation with tact and respect. Don't argue with the customer. humbly, show him why you think he is wrong.
Accept responsibility of not showing him the correct way of using the product or service. Replace the product or service where necessary. Apologize to the customer and assure him of your unflinching support. Thank him for using your product or service.

2. KEEP DATA ON CUSTOMERS
Do you have records of your customers? Do you know where they live? The work they do? Their hobbies? Their fears and worries? Their families? If you think they are not necessary, then you should know that your competitors have kept these records.They have them and work with these records.Knowing your customers help in decision making. Assist your customers solve problems even if you don't have the expertise. Contact others who can solve problems you can't solve to keep your customers happy.

3. APPRECIATE YOUR CUSTOMERS
Appreciate your customers by giving them gifts or commissions. Give free gifts to your customers. Give them gifts either quarterly or yearly. Give them free reports on the products or services rendered, include in such reports testimonials of people who have used your products and services.

4. LISTEN TO THE CUSTOMER
Anytime you come closer to the customer, Listen to him / her attentively. As much as possible, ask him / her open ended questions. During such conversations, encourage the customer to talk. Listen to the customer carefully. Give the customer undivided attention. Appoint highly effective people to receive the customer.

5. TURN THE CUSTOMER'S WAITING PERIOD INTO LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Turn the customer waiting period into learning experienc. Give the customer a brochure, reports or testimonials about the products or service. You can show him a documentaryon your products or services rendered. You can also create caller ring tones explaining the benefits of your products or services to the customer when he / she calls the office line. Have dedicated and well - trained telephone handlers who will receive all calls. You can also educate customers on the use of your products or services.

6. TEACH YOUR CUSTOMERS 
 Teach your customers about your products and service. Find time to educate your customers on the usage of the products or service. Teach them the benefits they might gain from the product or service. One thing in the mind of the customer is What is in For me (WIFM). Don't waste time explaining the product or service. The customer is not interested. Tell the customer how the product or service might help him /her.

7. EDUCATE YOUR CUSTOMERS ON ANY ISSUE
Take time to educate the customer on any issue that may help him / her. You can organise workshop or seminar for your customers on how to minimize errors in business, how to sell, investment techniques, HIV/AIDs, etc. Invite experts on these topics if you don't have the expertise. You can educate your customers on individual basis. Establish a well resourced office in your company that may provide such auxiliary services to your clients or customers.

8. CREATE A 24HOUR SUPPORT CENTRE
The support centre should receive calls from prospective clients and customers. Have a dedicated team to man this support centre. Customers and prospective clients should be well educated on the products or services. Create several avenues where customers or prospective clients can contact the support Centre 24/7.

9. TAKE SNAPSHOT AND VIDEOS OF YOUR CUSTOMERS
Take pictures and videos of your customers using your products or service. Create a photo album of your customers. Seek permission from customers to put their photos on the company's media platforms. Encourage the customer to take his / her picture or video using the products or service.

10. RECEIVE YOUR CUSTOMERS CHEERFULLY
Always receive your customers cheerfully. The person you are meeting for the first time is a potential
lifetime customer. Anytime you meet your customers receive them with a smile. Train all your workers to learn to speak politely to customers and potential clients.

Mohammed A. M.
Personal Development Coach,
Aminu Writes Unlimited Inc.
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How your phone is draining your pockets?

According to all the telehost more than 10 million Ghanaians own mobile handset. One cannot finish enumerating the enormous roles of the mobile handset in our lives. But as the saying goes someones meat is another's poison. The wise are using the mobile handset to increase and make money.
About 80% of mobile handset users are only draining their pockets and ruining their future. You can make money with your handset. This piece is not to condemn the use of mobile handset. this is only to show you how the telehost are draining your pockets.

#free calls
Free Calls though good, causes great health hazards on the user. This Free Calls policy make callers speak on the phone over a long time. This causes ear problem in both the immediate and the near future.
Free Calls is one of the greatest time wasters. The time spent can be used judiciously to create wealth. Have you ever quantify the amount of time you spend in making free calls. Can't you use the same time in a viable venture?

#Free After One
Almost all the telecom companies are adopting this strategy. This policy allows the caller pay ¢0.20p for the first minute per call. One thing about this policy, is that, unknowingly, to the caller, it encourages the caller to make more calls.
Let us assume Mr. X is a subscriber to this policy and on average he makes five calls a day. This simply means Mr. X will have to purchase ¢30.00 worth of credits a month. This means he will be spending ¢360.00 annually for making calls. If Mr. X continues this way for the next five years it means he would have to pay ¢1,800.00 just on making calls. Can you imagine what this same amount could do if he had been invested in a profitable venture? You can clearly see that you are the
architect of your poverty. Reduce your calls today and increase your wealth in future. Before you make any call, weigh its importance or relevance. Group your calls into asset and liability. Use your calls to create wealth. Your debt stock can reduce drastically if you reduce your calls by just 1%. Practice reducing your calls and check your asset portfolio.

#Data bundle
Data bundle is the easiest way to give away money freely.
Your aim of bundling your data is to save cost, at least thats what the telehost advises. The truth of the matter is that when you bundle, it doesn't give you the license to use your data any how. A bundled data could finish before the due date.
Bundled Data is money. Anytime you switch on your data, remember you have open the flood gate increase your misery in future. Purchase data only when you want to develop yourself or increase your wealth. If you disagree with me, then let us do the following calculations. Mr. X bought ¢5.00 data which was used up just for a week. He used the data on social media, downloading music files, video files and other images which has nothing to do with his career or personal
developments. If he continues this practice in the next five years it means, he would have spent ¢1,200. (Breaking it down: ¢5.00 * 4 = ¢20.00 - Per month. ¢20.00 * 12 = ¢240.00 - Per Year. For the next five years - ¢240.00 * 5 = ¢1,200.00)

#Borrowed Airtime
There are situations where one is allowed to credit airtime and pay later.
The problem with this strategy is that you pay with interest wherever you want to pay for your debt. Remember this: you cannot cheat the telecom companies. Purchase the airtime instead. This will save you money.

#Caller Ring Tone
All the telecom companies have activated this option for interested subscribers. Though a very good avenue for advertisement, most of us, use it for entertainment.
Some of the telecom companies will charge even if the phone had been off for a month. On average ¢0.50 is charged on subscribers. This will amount to ¢0.50 * 12 = ¢6.00 per year. If the subscriber continues this for the next five years it will amount to ¢30.00.


Mohammed A. M.
Personal Development Coach,
Aminu Writes Unlimited Inc.
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Nkrumah Founded Ghana

Nkrumah Founded Ghana!
I never met Nkrumah. I don’t know his ancestors. I wasn’t born during his time. 

I don’t know whether he found Ghana or Ghana found him. 

But, I attended a Junior Secondary School and not a Junior High School. 

I learnt Social Studies. I was taught by the overall boss, and the best Social Studies in the world, Professor Daniel Akwasi Osei Bonsu. I remember how he describes Ghana’s history vividly and accurately. He taught us the Old Ghana’s History, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire, Askia Mohammed, Azikiwe, Kenyatta, Malcolm X, Luther King Jnr, Nkrumah, etc.

I read all the struggles Nkrumah went through. His arrest, imprisonment, bombing and overthrow. His books and everything relating to Nkrumah were banned and burnt. I learnt how the leadership of various groupings in Ghana joined forces with the CIA to overthrow Nkrumah.

I also read how some leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention blamed Nkrumah for being the brain behind the 1948 Riots against the then British Colonial Administration in Ghana. I also learnt how Nkrumah won election in prison. I was also taught how the Flag of the British Colonial 

Administration was lowered whilst the Ghana’s Flag was raised high.

Growing up as child, I have learnt about several leaders like Nelson Mandela and Chairman Jerry Rawlings.

I saw how Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years and yet he is regarded as the founder of the Republic of South Africa. During his period of imprisonment, there were people who were struggling to make South Africa free. However, they decided to choose him as the founder because of his instrumentalism.

I also learnt how Chairman Rawlings was imprisoned whilst others fought for his release. Yet these same people regard Rawlings as the Founder of the National Democratic Congress.

Others might have helped Nkrumah, no doubt. But, it was his instrumentalism that gained Independence for Ghana. 

Conclusively, permit me to quote my one and only teacher Mr. Daniel Akwasi Osei Bonsu, that “Whether you like it or yes”. Nkrumah is the founder of Ghana. Period!

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Independence Speech - Dr. Kwame Nkrumah March 6, 1957

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

On 6th March, 1957, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah made a remarkable speech.

Below is the full text.

Read full speech below:

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At long last, the battle has ended!  And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!

And yet again, I want to take the opportunity to thank the people of this country; the youth, the farmers, the women who have so nobly fought and won the battle.

Also, I want to thank the valiant ex-service men who have so cooperated with me in this mighty task of freeing our country from foreign rule and imperialism.

And, as I pointed out… from now on, today, we must change our attitudes and our minds.  We must realise that from now on we are no longer a colonial but free and independent people.


But also, as I pointed out, that also entails hard work.  That new Africa is ready to fight his own battles and show that after all the black man is capable of managing his own affairs.

We are going to demonstrate to the world, to the other nations, that we are prepared to lay our foundation – our own African personality.

As I said to the Assembly a few minutes ago, I made a point that we are going to create our own Africa personality and identity.  It is the only way we can show the world that we are ready for our own battles.

But today, may I call upon you all, that on this great day that let us all remember that nothing can be done unless it has the support of God.

We have won the battle and again rededicate ourselves … OUR INDEPENDENCE IS MEANINGLESS UNLESS IT IS LINKED UP WITH THE TOTAL LIBERATION OF AFRICA.

Let us now, fellow Ghanaians, let us now ask for God’s blessing for only two seconds, and in your thousands and millions.

I want to ask you to pause for only one minute and give thanks to Almighty God for having led us through our difficulties, imprisonments, hardships and sufferings, to have brought us to our end of troubles today. One minute silence.

Ghana is free forever!  And here I will ask the band to play the Ghana National Anthem.

Reshaping Ghana’s destiny, I am depending on the millions of the country, and the chiefs and the people, to help me to reshape the destiny of this country.  We are prepared to pick it up and make it a nation that will be respected by every nation in the world.

We know we're going to have difficult beginnings, but again, I am relying on your support….  I am relying upon your hard work.

Seeing you in this…  It doesn’t matter how far my eyes go, I can see that you are here in your millions.  And my last warning to you is that you are to stand firm behind us so that we can prove to the world that when the African is given a chance, he can show the world that he is somebody!

We have awakened.  We will not sleep anymore.

Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!