Kamil☄️

I’m a star how could I not shine

[Æ @aevynvale]

An entire generation wanted to imitate him. His boots, his hair, his swagger, his mentality. He wasn’t just a player. He was the blueprint.

[metaphysical lamb @meta_lamb]

if “chances are slim” and “fat chance” both mean the odds are stacked against you, what is the ideal BMI of fate

[Futbol SA @futbalsa]

🇪🇸🚨 | 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: Pep Guardiola is now the manager linked to two of football’s biggest controversies.

🔵 Barcelona’s Negreira case — involving payments to a former refereeing chief.

🔵 Manchester City’s 115-case saga — with City reportedly found guilty of 114 charges.

[Nuclear Caudillo🇺🇸🇩🇴 @CaudilloNuclear]

When you treat a woman too well, she doesn't think you're amazing. She thinks she is.

[Zito @_Zeets]

Football will hardly give you direct joy from your team doing well. You must find it in rooting for the downfall of your enemies.

[4KAS @Iam_4kas]

When I want to put my earbuds back in, but the person won’t stop talking. 😭

[T G J @thatguysjokes]

Man City’s lawyer winning 1 out of the 115 charges

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Muxqp4beK9

[Harry @koramo_ah]

😂😂

[HTX Studio @HTX_Studio]

We Built the Product Apple Gave Up On...

[QuavoYRN @QuavoStuntin]

The Original #HotelLobby

[. @M4RZ0V3LLI]

Kills me when people say they post for themselves, as if they can’t just go on their camera roll and see the pic “for themselves”. We’re inherently social creatures, we go mad in prolonged isolation, we crave attention and validation. It’s okay to just own that, it’s human even

[wambui @wambuijoan2024]

More than 16 years of education, yet no one taught us how to console a grieving friend or what to say when someone we love is at their lowest.

[Brighton & Hove Albion @BHAFC]

We're the first team to beat Arsenal 3-0 in any competition since... us, in May 2023. 😅👏

[Janty @CFC_Janty]

Arsenal losing to Brighton is the perfect time to use this video 😭😭😭

[Investing Addict @InvestingAddict]

Being older than professional athletes is the first sign that you’re getting old.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇵🇹 BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo will continue with Portugal national team! 💣

He’s been called up for the upcoming games by new head coach Jorge Jesus.

[🇺🇸 FC Bayern US 🇨🇦 @FCBayernUS]

You 8-2 see it. 😅

[Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo @Fentuo_]

The reason I always hesitate to comment on issues of students’ BECE grades is to avoid committing a fundamental attribution error.

The tendency is to always blame children for poor performance without considering the situational circumstances that may have contributed to those results.

I am living proof of this.

I got aggregate 27 after BECE and it was so good that my father had mother make me guinea fowl light soup . And if you know northern fathers and their guinea fowls, you know this is was a big deal.

But I had only one teacher for the whole three years of JSS. He taught Mathematics and Science. We didn’t have teachers for the remaining eight subjects. We had no textbooks, no desks and no electricity.

The year group ahead of us had only one person who passed and proceeded to secondary school. The rest failed.

The only handwritten notes we had for some of the other subjects were handovers from previous batches of students, dating back five years. Those students had one or two teachers for the other subjects, who gave them notes before quitting along the way. That was what we depended on.

Mind you, those notes didn’t even help them pass. They failed too. But at least, they offered a reference point for what JSS Agric, RME, Social Studies or English looked like.

Imagine merely laughing at me for getting aggregate 27 without considering the full context and the extenuating circumstances.

At the time, the cutoff point for all senior high schools was aggregate 30. Only three of us, from a class of 20, got within the mark and went to secondary school (aggregates 25, 27, 30). The rest either went back to JSS or ended their education altogether.

I got admitted to my beloved Kanton Secondary School, and in my SSS class, I had the worst aggregate. No yawa lol.

But after three years of secondary school, I got aggregate 13 and went straight to Legon.

At Legon, I got a scholarship and went to America to complete my Bachelor's degree.

I know the grades sound bad on paper, but sometimes, those terrible grades are a product of circumstances far beyond the child. And sometimes, an opportunity at a good secondary school can be the game changer.

So, don’t laugh at a kid with aggregate 35 who wants to go to Presec.

Investigate the circumstances that produced that 35. That child may have been performing at the absolute limit of the opportunities available to them.

The context is important. Perhaps you give them a different environment, better teachers, better resources and a proper opportunity to learn, and you may see a completely different student.

Sometimes, the grade tells you what happened. It doesn’t tell you why.