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In this episode of Studentship, we speak with a Crop Science student who shares her real experience studying agriculture in Nigeria. From practical fieldwork to classroom and career prospects, this interview gives you a clear picture of what it’s like to study Crop Science at the university level.
If you’re considering a course in Agriculture or want to know what Crop Science is all about, this video will help you understand the opportunities, challenges, and importance of this field in Nigeria’s food and environmental future.
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Hello, good afternoon. What is your name
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and your department?
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Uh
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my name is Miracle from crop science
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department. Wow. Crop science department
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in agricultural faculty. Yeah. Okay.
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Please can you tell us a little bit
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about crop science?
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Um,
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crop size is a department actually under
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um, agriculture that deals with the
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everything about crops like how to um,
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grow your crops, how to select your the
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gene of your crops, the genetics,
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everything about crops that has to do
0:37
with the the the growth, how you plant
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it, how you transform this gene to the
0:42
other gene. Like it's not all about
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Okay. You know, people mostly think when
0:48
they hear crop science, they think it's
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all about just planting and harvesting,
0:52
planting, harvesting and the rest. But
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you're saying that there is more. Um,
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actually there is actually a lot in crop
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science that people do not know cuz I
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myself didn't know it was something like
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that. Cuz when I heard crop science, I
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was like crop science not just about
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crops that we know and a whole lot of
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that. But when I got into the
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department, they let me know that it's
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not all about crops and planting. Like I
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said earlier, the genes and genetics
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about like anything about the crops, the
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gene, the genetics of whatever you're
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planting, you can actually transform
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this particular h crop and mix it up
1:30
with another gene to get another
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different.
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Yes.
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Wow. So I think that's just just
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one aspect of it. Actually one aspect
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there are a lot of things.
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Wow. So how many years um does this
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course run for? M it was 4 years before
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but now it's now 5 years because of this
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um when it was 4 years actually is the
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the certificate you get then is B um B
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science that's showing that you studied
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only crop science but they made this 5
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years now because of the certificate
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they changed it from B science to B
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agreek which means when you are done
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with it for the complete 5 years the
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certificate you are getting will show
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that you studied um not only crop
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science but soil science, extension,
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economies,
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a whole lot of departments inside the
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agricult. So what you are getting is be
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agric in general not only um crop
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science. So that's why they made it 5
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years now is now 5 years course no more
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4 years.
2:35
Wow. Wow. That's really nice. So during
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this period do you guys go for IT IT
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program? Yeah, we do it but our IT is
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actually
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400 level. Our 400 level uh we do the IT
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but is mainly in the farm cuz you you go
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there. We also do some practicals in the
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lab but it's mainly farm practical where
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you see all these things how they are
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done.
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You can actually
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breed a gene in the lab and then take it
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to farm. They will teach you how to do
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things and then you grow your crops and
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see the difference between how our
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forefathers do these things and how it's
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been done now genetically modified and a
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whole lot of things is involved. Wow. So
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the it is done here in UNN. Yes. Wow.
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I'm not our uniform. We have this. Yes.
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We have this green overall we normally
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put on that shows that we are actually
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going for it and we are from agric.
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Okay. Okay. Let me ask something a
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little personal. Why did you choose this
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course miracle?
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Well
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anyways I would say that is it is
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actually agriculture. I I love farming
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cuz my father is actually a farmer the
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same thing my mother. So I got the
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experience from them and the whole I
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just love farming. So I love farming but
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I wanted to do it in a way that I get
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more knowledge
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and know more about it because I know
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the local ways we do these things but
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then I just want to get an additional
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knowledge
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to make me have that certificate to do
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it in a bigger way not just the family
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or little um sales we get from there.
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Wow. Wow. So what opportunities would
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you say are available for um persons
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that you know graduated from crop
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science department?
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Well, if you graduate from crop science
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like I said the um certificate you are
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getting actually is not only crop
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science you are getting the certificate
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of a five different department both
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economics extension
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um um
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FSC a whole lot of like department in
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agric faculty so you are getting their
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this so and many of them has their
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different places where they specialize
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like when you need um advice for your
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farm and a whole lot of you go you meet
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an extension agent when you need how to
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market your crops and a whole lot of
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things you meet an economist so you will
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work everywhere like anywhere we can
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work in industries you can own your own
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farm you can work in factories you can
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work a whole lot of places wow so wow so
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let me ask you what does a the
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day-to-day life of an agric student. I'm
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going to call you an agric student,
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right? What does the day-to-day life of
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an agric student look like? I must tell
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you the simple truth. It's not easy cuz
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actually when I got the admission, I was
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actually thinking it's just crop
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science. I'll just come here crop
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science is just all about farmer. But
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it's is there are more to it that we
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don't know till we get to the
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department. We do a lot of things. We
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don't just study agric. We do a whole
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lot of things. Yes, we do general
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courses that has to do with other
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faculties and a whole lot of so you it's
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a broad um should I say it's a broad
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course and a whole lot of and you still
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get that certificate with some other
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people so it's not really easy
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it's not easy I can I can I can only
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imagine really I can only imagine I
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cannot
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I cannot relate though so what would you
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say is your most memorable experience
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here in school because I know you've
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been having so many experiences and so
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many memorable ones. But what is your
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most memorable experience so far? Yeah,
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I have a lot. But then I will say that
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is the part of going to farm and then
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the part of because we also rare um
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animals cuz it combined with um animal
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science. I don't know if you've heard of
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it's still a department under agreek
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which we also offer their courses and we
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also collect that certificate together
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in the B agreek. So I think it was fun
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when we they gave us this this
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particular cause that has to do with
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raring cheeks, pigs and a whole lot of
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animals. So it's fun cuz we actually
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slaughtered it and we ate it.
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You enjoyed yourself.
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And the crop aspect of um the particular
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course that has to do with planting
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crops like cucumbers and corn and we
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also enjoyed it. We sold it, we made our
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money and a whole lot of things. It was
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it was fun but stressful though
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stressful. So one final question right?
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So say I'm a student and I just finished
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writing jam and I have passion for
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agriculture right like you and I want to
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study something within the agric faculty
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right what advice would you give me as
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somebody that has you know gone before
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me
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okay I will say this and um it's not
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really many people don't really value
7:59
agric or people don't really apply agric
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because we see it as common things that
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We know already cuz our forefathers were
8:06
into farming and a whole lot of that.
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But looking at it when you enter school,
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you know that is way way there are much
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more things you have to know about this
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agriculture that our forefathers do not
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know and I just want to advise people
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whether you apply for it or not because
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there are sometimes you will not apply
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for it but UNM will give it to you or
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any school give it to you. So just take
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it with your full heart. Chest it.
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What's whatever is worth doing is worth
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doing wrong. You get? So whatever they
8:37
give you or anything, just take it with
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full heart. Face it and do it with
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happiness. Cuz I love doing everything
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with happiness. Wherever I see myself, I
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just like carrying it with happiness and
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moving on. Cuz agric is one cause that
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is stressful though. I will tell you the
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truth. It's stressful because most of us
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we are not used to all this farm
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whatever going to farm and doing this
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and doing that. That be stressful but
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then the the process is fun. You
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actually enjoy it if you take it serious
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and focus. So you're promising us that
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we enjoy it.
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Yeah.
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Okay. Thank you so much Miracle. Thank
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you so so so much and we wish you all
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the best in your pursuit. Bang key.
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