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GRADUAND UKAIGWE
CHIDERA CHRISTIAN

FROM THE PAGES TO THE COVER

irstly, I would like to give thanks to God
who has been in control of everything
Ffrom the outset to this very day. No one
deserves a bigger thank you.

The secret of
my success was
that I worked Failure is the
hard and prayed driving force
even harder and behind success.
it finally paid So, throughout my
off. We are all stay in Grundtvig,
ordinary people I had had a series
chasing things of failures. But
w e b e l i e v e what I did was to
could make us accept them and
comfortable then surprise my
anywhere we traducers while
m i g h t fi n d they were still
ourselves. But gloating over my
the decision we failures with
make and the sterling
goals we set for performances.
o u r s e l v e s
d e t e r m i n e
w h e r e w e
eventually end up.

Failure is the driving force behind success. So, throughout my stay in Grundtvig, I had had a series of
failures. But what I did was to accept them and then surprise my traducers while they were still gloating
over my failures with sterling performances. And guess where that got me? Monumental success!

Life is like a marathon. I've just ended one lap. I am most grateful to my lovely parents, Mr and Mrs
Ukaigwe, for their great support to me morally, financially and emotionally. Above all, God is above any
situation. I will equally thank my teachers, especially Mr. P.C. Orkia, Mrs. Ubah, Mrs. Ezeanya and Mr.
Ugo for their encouragement and support during my days in the school.

I am also grateful to God for my wonderful friends Somto Nwokoye and Uzowulu, Somachi, Obimto,
Williams, Treasure, Vincent, Nancy, Oluoma, Chidimma, Mmesoma and most especially, Nzube. They
really gave me hope when there was no hope; they helped me a lot in their own little ways.

I will miss my classmates. We went through many challenges together but still, they made my stay in
G.I.S.S. worthwhile. I will miss G.I.S.S. even though while I was there I had thought that virtually
everybody hated me. I have now realized that they were only showing me the right path to follow and
today, I don't have any regrets.

This is a successful conclusion for a new beginning. My advice to those that will come after me is that
victims of depression can never be candidates of elevation. The journey of a thousand miles starts with
just a step.

Finally, I'm out. Glory be to God Almighty!!!

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