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Hi guys, I'm Favor and I'm live in the
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University of Nigeria Unsuka campus.
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Today we'll be asking different students
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about their different course of study.
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Please what is your name and your
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department of international relations.
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history and international relation.
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Okay. History and international
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relations department. Please can you
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tell us a little about your course of
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International relation is about the
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history of the world, Europe, Asia and
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the things that are ongoing. For
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example, you learn about the war between
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Ukraine and Russia, what's happening in
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Gaza, Palest Palestine and also the
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Middle East and also different religion
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like Islamic and why they always having
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war and everything that just concerns
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this even about Bafra and why the war
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held and the reason for the war and all
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Wow, that's like a very wild wide range
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of of coverage. You guys study literally
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everything that is happening around Dur.
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That's really nice. How many years is
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this course like your course of study?
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How many years does it run for?
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Okay. 4 years. Okay. That's really nice.
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So, um tell us how has it been for you
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so far in the department?
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Well, you have been very very very hard.
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I go very hard. I can only actually say
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like the level that is my best level
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because each level comes with different
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challenges. Like your 100 level first of
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all you be confused. you to put your
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file, you still getting used to the
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department. Then 200 level, you be
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settling down a little. Then 200 level
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like you also step on your toes like how
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do I say it? You always be you always
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have to be active because you're trying
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to build up your GP because as you're
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entering 100 level they'll be telling
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you build up your GP build up your GP.
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Most times you be say some 100 level
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between 93 100 level 200 level you start
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settling down events will you start
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coming up you start meeting with your
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school this thing and also the most
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challenging thing year for me is this
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final year cuz this final year like they
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just gave us notice this morning that
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starting exam on Monday so we have to
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writing exam within a week so we have to
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prepare very well with for the exam
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with a week with less than a week notice
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yeah with less than a week notice
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wow that's a lot of you look like you
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things to add please.
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No help basically just be ready for
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everything. Anything can happen.
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Presentation, assignments, just be
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ready. That's the price to pay. Read
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your book so they won't catch you one
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Okay, let me let me let me go to a
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brighter question. What is like your
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memorable or most memorable experience
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in school? Maybe in your department, but
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let me you know widen the horizon in
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school so far. Um all those bonfire them
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I mean something that does not involve
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academics. Yes. The parties the the vibe
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all those energy I mean they make school
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memorable now anything of consign
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Uh it was the day I won my election
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I'm the current secretary general of
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my most in the department. Then I won my
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Wow. Wow. That's really nice. Okay. So
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if you have to give advice to maybe
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somebody aspiring to you know study what
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you are studying maybe somebody that
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just written jam and is you know waiting
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for admission and everything. What would
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you say to such a person? Always be
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ready financially, especially if you're
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financially most especially
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because meetings you pay for like
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extremely much extremely much and always
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be there also academically like anything
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you can get your hands on just be able
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to read it even though like just pass
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through it or anything cuz question can
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come from anywhere and you can just they
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can just put you can just have test or
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anything do any time without you being
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prepared or anything just always be
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Wow. That means you should keep reading
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current affairs and watching news. Yes.
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Yeah. My head is scared. I It will sort
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Okay. They should just come. It will
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Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you
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so much. Thank you so much. So I tell me
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why did you decide to study history and
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international relations?
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Um I mean it's something I have passion
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for. You get and my sister did the same
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course too. So it's kind of a family
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Well, first of all, I to study fashion
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and designing at University of Abua, but
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it was not possible. So I started
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looking through courses in yearn. So
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international relations was my best fit
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because I heard you can use it to get at
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they always say you guys can get job
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That's what they always say. So I just
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applied for it. Like my main aim is to
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work in an like international
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organization like the United Nations
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especially. Yeah. Sometime I'm already
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like applying for it like sending emails
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and stuff but I have not they've never
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They will get back to you. They most
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certainly get back to you. So Donard
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please can you tell me about the
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opportunities available for um students
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that studied your course? Yes. There are
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many opportunities like you can be a
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most people don't be a lecturer but you
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can be a lecturer but there's also
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advantage to it because once you're a
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lecturer and that's international
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relations you can be going for
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researches outside country that lecture
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I said I usually go outside like my
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lecturer my very good lecturer Mrs.
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Obian she goes to France, South Africa.
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She make researches. She comes back like
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she makes of what is going on, why is
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this thing happening? You can also work
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in some international organizations like
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United Nations, UNICEF, like any area of
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your choice. You can also work in an
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embassy because for working because the
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course you study is about history and
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the ongoing of any other country. So the
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embassy you're working in, you already
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know what is happening and how to the
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problem that if they have any problem
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available. That's really nice.
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Just add add something.
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You can work in international
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organizations, right? Um
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I don't know basically what
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you can work anywhere.
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I can walk anywhere and what what will
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be with us? What will be with us? That's
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Nigeria. You can see somebody that stud
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you get but God will find God will see
