THE PARROT SPEAKS

DVM V TO SPLASH #1.25 MILLION ON FINALISTS’ WEEK, OTHERS.

The present DVM V students have resolved to lavish a whooping sum of #1.25 million naira on the forthcoming finalists’ week. This was made known last week when the organisers of the event announced that each member of the 83-member class would have to contribute #15,000 for the event and a needless photo album collection. Initially, the finalists’ week organizing committee have decided that the members of the class would contribute #20,000 each, making it a total of #1.66 million. This was rebuked by some members of the class, and the kitty was reduced to #15,000 each in defiance of the present economic recession and financial hardship plaguing the country.

#1.25 million kitty insensitive, callous and preposterous

A lot of homes, families and businesses are striving to keep their heads above water as the nation struggles through the peril of economic recession. States and even federal governments are owing civil servants at all levels, and the terrible situation has been aggravated by one of the worst inflation rates in the history of the nation. These twin bullets have so far completely brought the nation to its knees. As a result, most students are still struggling to pay their accommodation levy and school fees at the moment while a lot others who have resolved to borrowing money for cater for those financial demands are having sleepless nights, pondering on their misfortune. For the faculty dues of a trifling #2,000, a lot of arguments were made, petitions were written, and the Congress had to intervene. Yet, the responsiveness of students to paying this sum has been frustrating. You would probably argue that the outrageous sum of #15,000 which has been earmarked for each member of the DVM V class is not compulsory, but it is compulsory in all sense.

Psychological coercion and banishment

Would you like to be tagged “a dog in a manger?” “A despoiler?” “A wrecker?” or “a cancer?” If not, then you must pay your #15,000.

Some days ago when I disclosed to a classmate that I would not be paying the money because it is an extravagant sum for an elective event, she starred at me with a ferociously disdainful glance and walked away. It is that simple! That’s what you get when you show any sign of rebellion to the plan. That’s why the underprivileged guys in the DVM V class have so far played deaf mute on this matter while the top dogs beat the drums. The expression is clear: whether you are going to steal, sell yourself or kill for it, we don’t care! Just pay your #15,000 or risk psychological banishment

DVM V, what’s so special?

Some members of the DVM V seem to have taken this gesture to another realm—a comical one, and have thus derived their fill of satisfaction in it. “It is funny. What do I need their get-together for? A semester ago, you could hardly lose sight of your phone for a minute and still find it again,” one remarked. “A class whose members were happy because one of them was not allowed to write an examination…. Someone actually approached me last semester and told me he wonders how I have been passing my examinations. He said he expected me to have failed out since. Trust me, it happened, and I was shocked to the marrow,” remarked another member. Any get-together is summarily a feast of foes.

THESE EMBARASSING TWEETS MUST STOP NOW.

“I just finished my dinner of amala and egusi soup. Guess what? I enjoyed it.”

“I think these shoes are getting old. I really need to change them.”

“I can’t wait to get back home to finish that movie….”

My friend, I am sorry to bother you with these questions: What’s the world’s business with all these? Why do you need to tweet everything that runs through your mind? Don’t you think you’re becoming a subject of humour to everyone?

A candle has the potential to illuminate a whole room and transform a state of complete darkness to light within a second when lit. Nevertheless, no matter how bright a candle might be, it cannot give light to its own base. This maxim is true of human beings as we tend to spot the shortcomings and weaknesses of others more quickly than we can of ourselves. You, my friend, like several other people seem to be very active when it comes to criticizing others for their wrong doings. My friend, let me ask you this simple question: Have you ever taken a critical look at yourself and see what you are deficient at or doing in excess? Have you ever asked a friend like me for a honest review of yourself? Of course not! What you have chosen to concentrate all your efforts in is telling people how bad they are while you pay no attention to your embarrassing habit. Friend, the popular saying isn’t “live and let’s die,” it’s “live and let’s live.”

DVM I STUDENTS YET TO START DISSECTIONS

It is about the tenth week since resumption already and it is nothing short of the word “strange” to know that the present DVM I students have not done any dissections this semester. It was also gathered that DVM II class only started their comparative anatomy barely two weeks ago. The DVM I students have hitherto been studying bones during their Gross Anatomy practical sessions. I guess it would be befitting if we now call these guys professors of Osteology because that’s what the system is making them.