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    My 500 Words: Adult Education
    My 500 Words: Adult Education
    My 500 Words: Adult Education
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    My 500 Words: Adult Education

    By Yewande Adigun-Ariyo

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    This book is a collection of my five hundred words for my weekly practice from my creative writing classes. I have expanded those five hundred words to form this book. Studying creative writing has been a dream come true for me. I am one of those letter writers. As a little girl who attended boarding schools (both primary and secondary education). Writing was my escape from the experiences I had in boarding school. Back in the days when there were no computers to make writing easy as we have today, I wrote everything, and I never got tired of writing. I just enjoyed the act of writing until computers came along and took over pens, and then I started typing my epistles. I must say that I still have a lot of notebooks littering the house. I have been hugging my work for too long! Now you have it!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateFeb 11, 2019
    ISBN9781728384467
    My 500 Words: Adult Education
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    Yewande Adigun-Ariyo

    Yewande is a 2nd year student of English Language & Communication with Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire. Yewande likes to read and has a huge collection of books. She is an active student who has joined a few societies at the University. Yewande lives with her children in Hertfordshire. She likes to travel and explore new ventures. Amongst other activities, Yewande is a voluntary mentor. She is part of ‘Connect UH Common Reading Experience’ within the university of Hertfordshire. Yewande is also a student entrepreneur who is being supported by the university.

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      My 500 Words - Yewande Adigun-Ariyo

      © 2019 YEWANDE ADIGUN-ARIYO. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 02/08/2019

      ISBN: 978-1-7283-8435-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-7283-8446-7 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Dedication

      Do ‘Law’

      Chapter 1     Date Gone Awry

      Chapter 2     The Restless Ghost

      Chapter 3     Trust

      Chapter 4     Love And Cigarette

      Chapter 5     A Virgin @ 30

      Chapter 6     First Love

      Chapter 7     Waking Up

      Chapter 8     My Dear

      Chapter 9     Just Like That

      Chapter 10   I Have Been Hearing Things About You

      Chapter 11   Trapped

      Chapter 12   Paulina

      Knowing Paul

      Area Boyz

      Two Children, Under Two

      Italy 1997

      My Hair

      Appreciation

      INTRODUCTION

      When I decided to study at university @ 50, so many questions came up. I got a lot of; why now? I became defensive and responded with the question: why not now?

      It is a typical African thing for one to answer a question with a question, so naturally, I did the same and it felt good!

      What is wrong with studying @ 50?

      I am in a world that allows it, I am in a place that encourages it, I am in a position to study, what then is my reason for not grabbing the opportunity?

      In fact, I found out from a colleague a few years ago that his mother went to study Law at the university at 60. Surely, that was encouraging. He said that his mother got up one day and announced to the family that she was going to the university and everyone of them gaped at her, no one said a word and his mother went ahead and got her degree.

      Now, I ask the question again, why not study now?

      I think the problem people have is the lack of faith in themselves, self-doubt is always going to be an issue in life, no one can push you but you.

      Firstly, I told myself that I can do it, then I started the journey and I plan to continue and finish the journey.

      You are holding my book in your hands today because I was determined to get my words on paper and I have succeeded, hence why you are in possession of the book.

      If you do come across any errors in this book, do correct them, it is now your book and you can do whatever you wish with it. Don’t be afraid to scribble in it, it is yours.

      Thank you very much for reading my book.

      Yours faithfully

      Yewande Adigun

      This book is the further development of my initial 500 words of weekly practice in my first year and a half of university. I have expanded some of the stories from two creative writing modules. I have also included two of my plays. There is a bonus! Personal stories.

      I hope you enjoy reading my book as much as I enjoyed writing it.

      DEDICATION

      I am dedicating this book to two important men in my life. They both wanted me to study ‘Law’.

      My father: Late Michael Akanbi Adigun

      My husband: Vincent Adewale Ariyo

      DO ‘LAW’

      This is the true story of how both men tried to get me to study Law.

      When I was 18 years old, my late father (God bless his soul), called me into his room to have a heart to heart talk.

      Now, I must tell you a little bit about my father. He was a gentleman to the core and we got on so well that there was nothing we didn’t talk about.

      I remember how I was bold enough to look my father straight in the eyes (something undone within the African culture) when I was a child and I would speak to him directly without flinching, sometimes; he said; ‘don’t look at me like that, you are a witch’ and I just laughed out loud. We had mutual respect for each other and I loved him to bits.

      When I was in boarding school in Federal Government Girls’ College, Kazaure in the Northern part of Nigeria, I used to travel to School by train for almost two days and then I travelled for an extra 90 mins by bus to my school, my father would see me off to the train station at Iddo Terminus in Lagos (where we lived) and we would both ‘high five’ each other whilst my train moved slowly out of the station, on the other hand, my mother who was always at the station (as she worked there) always wept, whilst my father and I winked at each other and that was it for the next 3 months when I broke up from school and came back to Lagos, again my father would be at the station to pick me up.

      The heart to heart talk was serious because when I got to my father’s room, he locked us both in to avoid any interruption. I remember, we sat down and he told me sincerely how he loved me and how it would be a thing of joy, if I was the first member of the ‘Adigun family’ to read ‘Law’. He wanted to see the title ‘Lawyer’ added to my name and to be proud that I am his daughter.

      It is an African thing; Nigerian parents especially, want their children to be Doctors, Lawyers or Engineers. That is why today there are so many professional Nigerians.

      Many doctors, lawyers and engineers of Nigerian origin are all over the world, if you ask them, they will tell you how it is either a generation thing or they did it for their parents.

      Honestly, the ratio of people who studied what they wanted to study is really low compared to those who were made to study what they studied.

      I was patient enough to let my father land, then it was my turn to speak, again this was something we did in my home whilst I was growing up, we never interrupted each other, I let my father

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