Samson Jonas

Medic 🩺| Lover of books and art 🎨| Partaker of His devine nature🪔 l

[Sue♡ @bookslattes]

The hardest part of reading isn’t starting a book. It’s starting a new one after finishing a great one.

[co-creator with God. 🥼🩺 @MaryRoseMalomo]

"if you knew you were 100 rejections away from your dreams, I think you'd be excited every time someone told you no."

[miyae 𐙚 @ria_cheal]

Shaming people for liking anime is a very stupid behavior btw

[folowosele adeboye @boye4christ2006]

How do I explain these?

Travel by Flight

Lagos to Abuja : ₦170,000
Lagos to Port Harcourt : ₦150,000
Lagos to Delta : ₦250,000

London (UK 🇬🇧 ) to Edinburgh (Scotland): £25(₦47,500)
London to Paris (France ) : £35(₦66500)
London to Barcelona (Spain): £20 (₦38,000)

Within Nigeria is more expensive than me travelling from UK 🇬🇧 to another European country.

Note: All these are roughly figures and not exact , time of bookings could change.

Nigeria air flight companies just like exploiting Nigerians.

[Emilee Honey 📚 @emhoneyreads]

Sure, I’m a reader, but that doesn’t mean I actually read all the time. Sometimes I go months without touching a book, and other times I will finish a book in one sitting.

[Samson Jonas @Za_prodigy]

@SamuelC90165 @gideonodoma *John

[Maliq @MasterMaliq]

As a Muslim, there's something that genuinely bothers me.

Millions of Muslims live in Christian majority countries, build mosques, preach Islam publicly, distribute Qur'ans, open halal businesses, and demand religious freedom,and rightly so.

Some even call for aspects of Shariah to be accommodated in the societies they've moved to.

Yet in some Muslim majority countries, Christians cannot openly preach the Gospel, build churches freely, or practice their faith without restrictions.

Why?

If we demand religious freedom for ourselves, we should be willing to grant it to others.

Truth does not need censorship.

If Islam is the truth, it has nothing to fear from a church, a Bible, or a Christian preacher.

You can't demand tolerance and freedom for Muslims abroad while denying the same freedoms to others at home.

The double standard needs to be called out.

[OM 🌴 @fruitfuln3ss]

That thread about women posting their academic achievements >>>>> ❤️

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

“It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

[C H I E F, the NuriaStore Bookseller @bennetowuonda]

Did anyone else read dictionaries and encyclopedias for fun as a kid or am I just weird?

[Dr. Mary @Oluwamidunsin]

In 2017, only 30 something percent of us passed.
Not because the people that failed were not intelligent, but because the exam had no structure, no scope.
It was also a fail one section, fail all the exam then.

As someone who had written licensing exams in 4 different countries where their doctors are respected globally, I can say Nigeria is the Worst.

For the objective, I believed I pulled through because I made friends with final year medical student of University of ilorin- we wrote the exam in Ilorin. I reviewed their syllabus. A lot of their past questions was repeated because it was their lecturers teaching us that set the questions.
Based on what we were taught, that exam was abstract.

Also I need to add that I probably passed because I understood how the system works, because I had a degree in Nigeria earlier.
The reviewing of past questions is Illegal in other countries. They don’t give them their exam questions to go home with.
So someone that never had a university experience in Nigeria won’t even think of that.

The oral was one question, if you fail it, you’ve failed the whole exam

The OSSCE was also 1 question in parts; you don’t know the diagnosis, you’ve failed it all.

In other countries I’ve been to, when a large percentage of people fail an exam, it’s a call for review of the exam and the processes to see what’s wrong.
In Nigeria, people failing makes the examiners think they’ve done an amazing job.
There’s a lot of things wrong with that country and I’m glad I could take a fresh breath.

PS: A number of people that failed Nigeria Medical IMG exam passed USMLE 3 steps within 6 months.
They weren’t the problem, the system they were trying to excel in was.

[𝓓𝓾𝓴𝓮 🧃 @fwsodiq]

“Surviving is winning, Franklin. Everything else is bullshit. Fairy tales spun by people afraid to look life in the eye. Whatever it takes, kid. Survive.”

[DR AFO @Dr_Afo]

Surgery is a dying profession in Nigeria and there's just nothing else to say about it.
Less than 80 candidates went for part 1 nationals exam last cycle.
And less than 20 SRs went for part 2.
And what are the elders doing?
Busy playing politics and fighting for their own pockets and who would be the next CMD.
Pity.

[Prince Uk @PrinceUk7pps]

@EfEzInO0 If you need a break from each other, ask yourself why. That’s where the real answer is.

[Crackerjack 🧞‍♂️😎 @henrybusayo]

On today’s episode of medical myth. Waiting 24 hours to check PCV post transfusion is a myth and based on vibes 😄. Evidence shows that 4 hours is enough to get an accurate result

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:

“Do not disturb yourself by imagining your whole life at once.”

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Don’t worry about Elon becoming rich with his own money.

Worry about politicians becoming rich with your money.

[primordial intelligence @primal_brainer]

The older you get, the more you realize luck is mostly exposure.

If you sit in the same place, have the same routine, talking to the same people, nothing new really happens.

You have to tackle the world to win.

Travel more. Talk to people. Try a breakfast spot. Post on social media. Start a side hustle or a hobby.

The world rewards motion. You don't find opportunity sitting still.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

my brain has too many tabs open.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@iam_smx *trillioniare