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24 November 2013

“AYO ORITSEJAFOR IS A POLITICIAN AND NOT A PASTOR.”…SAYS WHITE GARMENT CHURCH GENERAL OVERSEER



Pentecostal pastors go to white garment churches for spiritual powers – Primate Ayodele





Primate Babatunde Ayodele, General Overseer of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, bares his mind on the proposed National Conference, Nigeria’s fate in the hands of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2015, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, airplane crashes and the crisis rocking the polity. Excerpts:

Is there any spiritual undertone to airplane crashes  in Nigeria?

There is. When there is a cleansing for the whole nation, then the aviation sector will be calm. For now, there are still going to be troubles in the sector and some ministers will be removed from the cabinet. I could see some averted plane crashes, but still, I advise that the air force and police watch their aircraft very well. The presidential fleet should also be guarded against technical faults.

*Primate Babatunde Ayodele

*Primate Babatunde Ayodele

Nigerians do not respect God, that is why the Dana plane crash occurred the other time despite warnings from God. That also is exactly what is affecting this government. There’s going to be a lot of political turmoil in the polity. Governor Rotimi Amaechi particularly has to be very careful because they want to ground him politically; they want to rubbish him.

He also should manage his court cases well. Kwara State’s Bukola too should manage his court cases so they are not used against him. Akpabio and Presidency will face challenges. The seven governors in the New Peoples Democratic Party-nPDP- will come back to
PDP; they’re just wasting their time. The All Progressive Congress, APC, will be a strong opposition but it will not be able to overthrow the PDP in 2015.

In the end, where are these leading us; will they work in our favour as a nation?

Nigeria needs a lot of prayers to avert dangers ahead. I’ve said it several times that Nigeria is  going to break. Even this National Conference will take us nowhere! Kidnapping for instance has come to stay! Government will only do its best but it is coming to the South-west as well.   Before Nigeria splits however, we need prayers to sustain the country and end disasters. The problem is that we have a president who has turned deaf hears to the word of God. AndCAN is unfortunately nothing to write about.

You just said the national confab will lead us nowhere while most people seem optimistic about it…

There will be elections in 2015. However, the National Conference is a mere waste of resources and time because nothing will come out of it. Even when decisions are taken at the end of the conference, they will not be executed. When the time comes for a genuine National Conference, you will see the signs and be convinced. But this particular conference has a lot of political undertones which I will not disclose because I am speaking as a prophet, not a political analyst. I therefore want to rename it a ‘corrupt national conference’.

But is Jonathan the best candidate for 2015?

Jonathan’s second term will cause some problem in this country. I see republics coming out. Mind you, may have more pipeline explosions and bombing is not over. Jonathan is not fighting Boko Haram the way he is supposed to fight it! The truth is, Boko Haram is more spiritual than physical and until the sect is weakened spiritually, it will not go.

Are you indirectly advising Jonathan to step down since you’ve said his second term will not be fantastic?

If I say he should step down, he will not listen. So, I will let him go and see the consequences. The only way forward is to consult God. By a very slim chance, he will get his second term, but that second term will not be fantastic.

Where exactly has CAN gone wrong?

They go to Mr.President every now and then, why can they not advise him on what to do and what not to do? Truth is bitter but you have to say it! CAN is political! Ayo Oritsejafor is not operating as CAN but as a Christian politician. CAN is blindfolded and there is no leadership in it.  That’s why we’re getting so many things wrong in Christendom.

CAN doesn’t know how many churches we have in the country, it has not created any youth empowerment or pastors’ empowerment. CAN should be scrapped. Christianity is not how rich you are but how well you’ve been able to touch the lives of others. CAN should employ not less than 20,000 youths and should do something about women, widows. The truth is: Ayo Oritsejafor is a politician and  not a pastor. If any white garment church should invite Ayo, he won’t go! We need somebody who is more vibrant as CAN leader.

What if he is turning down their invitations because he doesn’t see them to be genuine?

Is he God to say a church is not genuine? Any man who does that is not a pastor! It’s not your right to say you are holy!

But the Bible says God has blessed us with the spirit of discernment…

Can Ayo see? Is he a prophet? How can he tell me his spirit discerns? White garment churches are among the best worldwide! That’s why you see influential men and women going to them for prayers! Why don’t they remain in their Pentecostal churches? Even pastors from Pentecostal churches go to white garment churches to consult privately and get spiritual powers. I am a godfather to many Pentecostal churches but I have no godfather! God is my only father in the Lord!



30 April 2013

JAMB 2013 RESULTS…SOME CANDIDATES CHEATED LAST SATURDAY AND TURNED UP IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY FOR "MINISTRATION" AND "TESTIMONY”



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OH! WHAT TANGLED WEBS WE WEAVE WITH FORKED TONGUES AND LYING HEARTS!..DO THEY THINK GOD IS DECEIVED?
Sometimes you wonder how God really feels about us and our many ways of deceit. If you remember armed robbers asking pastors to pray for their success then you cannot but marvel at the very great patience of our EXTREMELY TOLERANT FATHER!
Some people have estimated that last Saturday over 1million candidates out of 1.7million were probably involved in examination practice!.The intension of this post is not to examine why so many were involved. We will do that through another post coming up later.
 What this post aims at is the exposition of the dishonesty and disrespect by candidates who cheat or disobey ground rules without blinking one eyelid and who then call on “God of Abraham” to solve troubles brought upon themselves. Why they do not call on satan who inspired them into trouble makes some of them sound like clowns in their statements hereby reproduced below from various websites.




EXAMPLES OF “PRAYERFUL” STATEMENTS  MADE AFTER RELEASE OF JAMB  RESULTS(2011 /2012) (LEFT IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORMS WITHOUT AMENDMENT)

1.    “Please sir help me release my result please i beg you in the name of the Lord Almighty. It is very painful spending all this money and stress without having any result to show please sir”-TOCHUKWU
2.    “I dont know why some result came out and other no.pls i need an answer from jamb because iam a victim”-FELIX
3.    “I see no reason why my result should be subjected to further screening .Besides, this is not my first time of writing jamb .I have learnt my mistake then.and  have burnt my candle in order to succeed or is jamb happy in candidates massive failure /seeing tears in the face of jamb candidates? JAMB PLS RECTIFY MY RESULT & MAKE IT PRESENTABLE TO UNIVERSITIES FOR ADMISSION. GOD BLESS JAMB. GOD BLESS NIG..GOD BLESS ME."-TOPE
4.    “Gudmorning jamb board members,pls i cant view my government, commerce and c.r.s,….my eyes have been filled with tears since…had it been i didnt forgo my sleep to make this paper it would have bn a different case everything i wrote came from my brain,its only my english which is 77 appeared ,and was aggregiated 77,pls i beg you in the name of God Almightz release my result”.-MAUREEN
5.    “Pls sir av been checking right 4rm d 3rd week jamb result was released&wat am seeing is only english result..i no and am sure of wat i av done pls sir release my result,my choice of institution's post ume is a week 4rm nw,pls God wl send helpers 2ur children too and ur source of joy wl nt become dat of sorrow.thank u sir&God bless”-SEYI
6.    “Pls,release my result in the name of God because post- ume is approaching “-Amina
7.    “God please do something let us rejoice with others please...... Jamb pls have mercy”-Victor
8.    “I do not know why my results were not released in full, I was only given English and Biology. My Physics and Chemistry were not released. Please if there is any way you people can help me out before UNIBEN will start selling their form, please, do. I cannot afford writing Jamb over and over. Please I am on my  kneel.to you and God”:-GODWIN
9.    “jamb board pls i wrote 4 subject but saw only 2 my scores are english- 56 economics-63 govt ..... Geography.....pls with this scores i know that i will do very well so pls ma/sir help me pls i beg with God”-IKEMEFUNA
10.    “Pls sir/ma i reg for 4 subject in th just conclud jamb exams. I wrote 4 papers, but when the result was out only 2 subject was released which is mathr and english. D other papers were physics and geography which is d only hope 4 me.pls sir i have been crying since d the result was out i need your assistance,i suffered so much only 4 me to pass by reading mybooks frequently.pls sir/ma,have mercy on me in the name of d lord”.-DOLAPO
11.    “Pls sir i wrote the jamb and completed every sheding but my result is still missing i.e economics and mathematics pls help your daughter because this is my third time of writing am spendind too much money on this and now the same problem”THOMAS
12.    “Dear sir/ma, please i'm pleading for the release of my biology which was not included in my result. My aggregate is 159. Please i will be very grateful if my request is löoked into and granted. Tanks in anticipation of your favourably responds. May God bless U as u do so”.-PRINCESS
13.    “I wrote 4 subject. Only 3 ware release. Jamb pls am beging u to release my maths 4 me. As u do that God will bless u.i luv u all.”-PETER
14.    “Sir.i come in d name of our lord jesus.i humbly ask 4 d realease of my physics result.i cry all day 4 dis result.may heaven touch u 2 do smth abt it.i love u all.God bless”-GERALDINE
15.    “Dear  jamb my result is incomplete.i've not seen my Gov, C r s, and Econs. Pls help me am tied of staying at home i beg u in the name of God”.-NABOTH
16.    “In the name of Almighty God i plead to you jamb boss to kindly release my chemistry and physics for memay God continue to elevate you as you do that in jesus name(Amen)”-TOSH
17.    “My name is J.M junior,am from Rivers State,i recently checked my jamb result,and to my suprise; my chemistry was missen.I was astounded,and i don't know why other results were released and my chemistry not.I beseech Jamb and its officials to please release my result in the name of God,or should please tell me how to go about retrieving my chemistry”.JUNIOR
18.    “Jamb i'm really hurt n messed up after wrtin jamb 4 d 3rd tym nver knw anytin incomplete result pls 4 God sake go back n check d result again so dat u mak we hppy”.-BALA
19.    “Pls sir/ma help ur daughter i know i shed every thing needed pls sir/ma help the poor girl i dont have a helper if not u .THANKS GOD WILL BLESS U AMEN-“ CHINYERE
20.    “Sir I complied to all instructions given by jamb.why must I have incomplete result? .pls sir I beg you in the name of God to make a complete result for me werther pass or fail”-CHOKO


CONCLUSION
1. Most likely not all these people cheated. But using the estimated number of those involved in malpractice last Saturday one can safely say more than half of those using God’s name above were doing so in vain.
2. To what happened last Saturday here is what some readers said
a.“Mak una no dey call God inside this expo things oh! Even mechanics and carpenters had all the subjects since last night.I saw a candidate that did math, not even one question was solved but she shaded all.She was just marking not all was correct though. Nigeria is in trouble!-Allen”
b.“Some candidates who are choristers in my church  cheated last Saturday and turned up on Sunday for "ministration" and "testimony”. Do they think they are deceiving God? -CHRIS

3.If JAMB does not release results as early as it did last year those who cheated should be ready for some nose-bleed.On the other hand JAMB might do so and get many results cancelled eventually.The announcement by the Minister about admission capacity might not be unrelated to what might come from JAMB.
4. This write-up  is also our way of saying that no one who cheated last Saturday should bother registering with us for post-JAMB services. And that if you have paid money into our account as specified in a recent post you should please ask for refund..You know yourselves. Or don’t you?
Thank you.

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2013 JAMB RESULTS...OVER 1MILLION CANDIDATES ESTIMATED TO HAVE CHEATED LAST SATURDAY!...75% OF THEM MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UNAWARES BY JAMB'S SECRET "WEAPON"!

JAMB 2013 RESULT:OVER 1MILLION CANDIDATES CHEATED LAST SATURDAY!QUOTES BY SOME CHEATERS WHO TOOK THE EXAM


1.   " The exam was fine o! Expo was just flying in the air to the extent that if one opened his mouth, the expo would enter. My subject combo was Math, english, literature and economics but i had to shade the expo answer i got for english, biology, physics and chemistry -Tolexande.

2.    Warri exam too sweet,,c as everybody dy dance azonto nd kukere dy go hux,,vigilator nor fit do anyhw na,,he want make nak akpako 4 im head- Evestar200

3.    Here in Ekiti state University,its cool,calm and peaceful until an Hausa man shouted Allahu Akbar,wey make everybody tear race finkin its Boko are Rams,It takes d intervention of My Oga @ d toppmost top(Nscdc) to put dose classes back in place.Bt meanwhile d expo jst dey flow to say,e dey on Fb,Twitter,2go,eskimi,Badoo even watsapp no carry last...na as i see am u talk am oo,No insult pls-sojiboy
4.    I'm writting mine in maiduguri with my two eyes outside d gate..who knows what Boko haram are planning-ZENNA

5.. It was really nice. In fact the guy wee deey solve my maths for me na genius. He answered all questions in 20 minutes. 100% in maths. Medicine here I come! I am so happy. Bashir thanks!

REPLIES BY SOME NIGERIANS HEROES TO THE QUOTES ABOVE

1.Hmmm...When do Jamb subject combo for medicine now contain maths?Btw, which school is that? If it is a school.

2.Most of d guys around my seat were copyin frm their expo,but as i saw govt answers no 1-10 nd discovered dat only 4 were correct..i den settled down nd used my head..d english,govt,nd lit in english were cheap..it was only d econs dat gave me headache..but xpectin more dan 250 though#INSHA ALLAHU#- Madawaki01
3. I can't just believe these students are very happy and cofident that they cheated in their exams.. What is the use of wasting 6years in secondary school if you cannot write jamb yourself? Judging from the comments so far,i can confidently say that our educational system is finished?(does the sign of cross).Let me tell you the truth,if all dose yeye expo stops leaking and Nigeria tightens those loop holes that enable students to cheat,only 10% i repeat only 10% of jambites will score above 200....If you cheated in this jamb,your 6years and all the money spent in training you in school is an absolute waste...It is better to fail jamb honourably than to cheat.. There is just this "force" or "energy" in nature that always elevate honest people..
LASTLY,IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU WROTE THIS JAMB YOURSELF EVEN IF YOU TICKED RUBBISH,JUST BE OPTIMISTIC AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.. IF YOU EVENTUALLY PASS,HIT YOUR HAND ON YOUR CHEST AND BE PROUD OF YOURSELF...IF YOU FAIL TO MEET THE CUT-OFF,STILL BE PROUD OF YOURSELF COS IT`S EASIER TO SCORE 400 IN JAMB THAN TO FIND MEN WHO STILL HAVE HONOUR IN THEM.. Continue being honest and you will dine with kings and princes..Kslib
4.I called a friend yesterday and my friend say him dey go write Jamb. Someone older than 25years old, a graduate for that matter. I shame. Why cant we allow those that are sitting for Jamb to write by themselves? Why are we encouraging mediocrity in the Nigerian educational system? I now visited some centres this morning where i saw some grey haired candidates also struggling to gain entrance into halls to write thesame JAMB. Nah that time i give up..okpara

5. Here in FUTO exam is yet to start, a lot of students running from post to poll for expo. A certain guy met me and was complaining that he was robbed of his phone and beaten because he was lured by some guys to come and take the leaked questions.

6.Its funny how some people honestly think they can cheat their way into school.
You see some1 who wants to study medicine carrying expo to jamb and post ume...so what are you going to do when you get in...carry expo and sort till you get out.Well like our dreaded thermo lecturer (DR Lucky) grin used to say-University is like an open continuous flow system. Where some people are begging "let me in, let me in!!", and those inside are crying "let me out!! Let me out!!"
I blame d family system actually. We all talk about corruption in high places, but we forget to mention how corrupt some families are. when a parent can actually give out money to his child to runz jamb. Well that paints the picture of the nigerian society.

7.Pls, is it d xtent tins hv gon worst? Somone even mistakenly sent d so cald expo 2 ma phone!. Sincerely speakin, i pity any body dat choose UNN as institutn of choice & hv engagd in dis malpractic, 'cos, idon be 4 dat person finish. Dis one is nt let me enter & chang, even dea pume u cant even pass. Generaly 2 everyone dat did such, cant u hav a rethink? Y nt repent?. Trouble wt Nig = Leaders. Wo ar leaders? It starts wt U

8."Some people have estimated that last Saturday over 1million candidates out of 1.7million were probably involved in examination malpractice!."EDDIE

The last statement is the basis of our next post....thank you

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NEWSFLASH!

JAMB Just Released The Tactics they will Use In Finding Out Those Involved In Exams Malpractice in the Just concluded UTME Exam!!!



According to  JAMB, they stored the paper types of each candidate who participated in the just concluded UTME  in their Database...
Unlike other years where students can just change their paper type and go away with it,this year, JAMB will mark your papers according to the paper type they stored in their database for you...
This implies that if your original type was "Paper Type U" and you changed it to "Paper Type I" they wont mark your paper with the type you provided rather they will mark your paper according to paper type U...

 by antonio omeihe

 
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20 April 2013

LAST MINUTE REMINDERS ON JAMB EXAM AND JAMB MATHEMATICS!




FOR JAMB EXAMS

1. Avoid “expo” arrangements like plague. Most time they will fail you. You could also land in jail.

2. Visit your examination center at least once so that the examination environment on the exam day will not be completely new. Look at the classrooms. Feel the furniture. Imagine the crowd around on the exam day and see yourself there cool and calm.

3. The day before the exams ensure that all expected documents (original + photocopies) are with you pen/pencil, eraser, sharpener, log table are kept at a place where your kid brother or sister cannot get them. 

4. On the day of the exam leave home very early.

5. Getting to the exam location, keep your composure. Other students are also as nervous as you are. The difference is your being able to keep calm despite the anxiety within.

6. Disregard those reading “textbooks” at the exam center. Check for the room where your number is located and determine all the time that you will not be affected by the exam atmosphere.

7. In the exam hall pray to God to lead you successfully. Read instructions carefully. Do not be disturbed by the ruffling sheets of students in a hurry or who might have started before you.

 8. Push Maths aside until you have done other subjects thereby saving yourself time for Maths later. Use appropriate pencil.

9. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Avoid “no result situations”. Turn to kalo kalo in any emergency situation if need be.

10. Do not rush to be the first out of exam hall. Law students are usually guilt of this. But once finished, go home. Do not discuss the exam with anyone. Not even your closest friend!

FOR JAMB MATHEMATICS

11. Do you realize you have an average of only 54 seconds for each question?

12. Do you also realize that reading each question itself might take you up to10 and 24 seconds? So do you really have more than 30 seconds on the average for working each problem?

13. Actually there are four types of  Jamb  Maths questions:

(a). Those you can answer by mental elimination of options (options that are not likely to be the answer).

(b). Those you can answer by mental calculation.

(c). Those you can answer by written simplification

(d). Those you can answer only by "full working". These are otherwise called TIME WASTERS.

 14. AVOID those under 13(d) like plague till you have answered all those under 3(a) – (c). Use kalo-kalo method for 3(d) usually close to the end of the examination. Don't pretend you can be a Professor of Mathematics because you don't have the time. This method might also be useful for all calculation-based subjects such as Physics, Chemistry or to some extent, Economics.

 15. Where possible use methods and formulas instead of tables e.g. 882 – 122, = (88 + 12)(88 - 12) . 100 × 76

 
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9 April 2013

SHINNING SOME LIGHT ON AUTISM IN NIGERIA..STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BY THOSE WHO ARE/WERE INVOLVED.

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AT MASON COLLEGE, FESTAC


There was the case of a girl who could not recognize  her name in JS2.The letters B,A,L,L were presented to her to read out as a word and she could not! Her case was a puzzle because she was not our student in JS1 and we were not special educationists.We never advertised ourselves as such either.But God directed us to some articles in AWAKE MAGAZINE which became the saving grace or the master keys from God to us from a zero-knowledge situation .


We then set up a small committee of Language teachers to pickup the gauntlet from there.The net as at then had not become a major role player in education that it has become today.But the AWAKE magazine made us understand that we were dealing with a case called DYSLEXIA by specialists.Following suggestions from the article the proprietor of Mason College and one of the Language teachers visited ABIOLA BOOKSHOP which was on Herbert Macaulay (it used to be the best-stocked bookshop then) .Next we went to UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS BOOKSHOP which was also very well-stocked.At both places we made relevant book purchases for reference by members of the committee.


Next we hired a language therapist from outside the school to interact with the student involved during break periods,after school hours and on Saturdays.The salary we paid the therapist for three months was more than the school fees paid for the term by the girl's parents.But the parents had so much faith in the school and were very cooperative with the school.The father and mother took turns each Saturday to bring her to school without fail.They abandoned all Saturday social activities to stay in the hot sun in their cars probably praying to God for a miracle. And in the end they got one!


One thing that Mason College did not do was  interfere with her regular academic lectures.She continued attending classes with her classmates and was never isolated or made to feel there was something wrong with her.It was important she had a normal relationship with them.She had to discuss regularly with them,share jokes, laugh or get involved in various escapades  together with them.In the end God shined His light of mercy on all our efforts such that by the time she took the JS3 certificate exam all signs and perhaps the stigma of DYSLEXIA had disappeared!


Today she is a graduate of one of our universities.To crown it all the mother brought her back to the school one day to give thanks after her graduation from the university. It was a very emotional day with tears mixed with smiles and praises to God all around.


But we kept the article from AWAKE magazine and hereby publish it below for reference if need be .We will tell the second story in our next post.



OVERCOMING THE FRUSTRATION OF DYSLEXIA


“WHAT is your telephone number?” asks Julie. The caller replies. But the figures Julie jots down bear little relation to the number given.
My teacher tore up the picture I painted,’ laments Vanessa, adding, I could never remember what she was saying.’
David, In his 70’s, struggle to read simple words that he mastered more than six decades earlier.
Julie, Vanessa, and David have a learning difficulty ---- a frustrating one. It is dyslexia. What causes this condition? How can dyslexics overcome the frustration it provokes?


What is Dyslexia?


One dictionary defines dyslexia as “a disturbance of the ability to read.” Though often viewed as a reading disorder, dyslexia can involve much more.
The English word’s root comes from the Greek dys, meaning “difficulty with,” and lexis, “word”. Dyslexia includes difficulties with words or language. It even involves problems with placing things in their right order, like the days of the week and the letters in a word. Dyslexia, according to Dr. H. T. Chasty of Britain’s Dyslexia institute “is an organizing disability which impairs short term memory, perception and hand skills” Little wonder that those who have dyslexia find it frustrating!


Take the case of David. How did this formerly avid and fluent reader come to need his wife’s help to learn to read all over again? A stroke damaged an area of David’s brain linked to the use of language, and this made his progress in reading agonizingly slow. Yet, longer words gave him less of a problem than shorter ones.




Despite his acquired dyslexia, David’s conversational ability and his sharp intellect never suffered.  So complex is the human brain that researchers have yet to comprehend all that is involved in processing the sounds and visual signals it receives.



Julie and Vanessa, on the other hand, had developmental dyslexia, which became apparent as they grew. Researchers generally accept that children who by the age of seven or eight exhibit normal intelligence but display uncharacteristic  difficulty in learning to read, write, and spell may be dyslexic. Often. Dyslexic youngsters write a mirror image of the letter they are trying to copy. Imagine the frustration Julie and Vanessa felt when school teachers mistakenly labeled them stupid, slow, and lazy!



In Britain, 1 person in 10 suffers from dyslexia. Failure on the part of others to recognize the problems they face simply adds to their frustration.



What causes Dyslexia?


Poor eyesight frequently causes learning difficulties. Correct the vision defect, and the dyslexia disappears. A small proportion of those who have difficulty learning to read find that they place a thin sheet of colored plastic over the text. Others find this to be of no help.



Some, noting that the condition runs in families, offer a genetic explanation. Indeed, New Scientist magazine recently reported research “exploiting the known association between the genes involved in autoimmune diseases such as migraine and asthma, and those responsible for dyslexia.” Because dyslexics and their relatives are more likely to suffer from autoimmune diseases. Scientists believe the genes for dyslexia occur in the region of the genome that houses these disease genes. But, as behavioral scientist Robert Plomin notes, researchers “have only identified a chromosomal region, not a gene for reading disability.”


The part of the brain that controls posture, balance, and coordination is called the cerebellum. Some scientists claim that it also plays an important role in our thinking and language processing. Interestingly, researchers at Sheffield University in England have developed a dyslexia test that involves balance and coordination. They reason that faults in the cerebellum prompt healthy areas of the brain to compensate. Children generally find little difficulty in maintaining their balance when asked to stand still, one foot in front of the other with arms outstretched, But blindfold them, and the dyslexic children wobble far more, since they rely heavily on sight to help them balance.


Still other researchers point out that the brains of dyslexic children show anatomic differences. Normally, the rear portion of the left side of the brain is slightly larger than the corresponding portion of the right side, whereas in the brain of dyslexic, the left and right halves appear equally developed. Then others claim to have found a distortion of the arrangement of nerve cells in parts of the brain that deal with language.


 


But regardless of the physical cause of their dyslexia, how can those who have the problem best be helped?  


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 To be continued in our next post



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