{"id":3166,"date":"2014-03-12T09:41:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T08:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2014-03-12T09:43:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T08:43:48","slug":"fun-outing-with-secondary-school-students-at-watfon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=3166","title":{"rendered":"Fun Outing with Secondary School Students at WATFON 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stephanie-Linus-at-WATFON003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3171\" alt=\"Stephanie Linus at WATFON003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stephanie-Linus-at-WATFON003.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stephanie-Linus-at-WATFON003.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stephanie-Linus-at-WATFON003-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I had a very interesting and engaging session with teenagers from several Secondary Schools in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>I was invited as a role model to speak to the students on the topic \u201c<strong>What I Wish I Knew When I Was 16<\/strong>\u201d and I must say, it was really cool recounting my teenage experiences and inspiring the students with the lessons I&#8217;ve learnt.<\/p>\n<p>The event called <strong>WATFON<\/strong> \u2018We Are The Future Of Our Nation\u2019 was organised by <strong>Edumark Consult<\/strong>, an education services organization with the core objectives of inspiring patriotism, celebrating role models and promoting unity among young Nigerians. Speaking to those bright teenagers was a touching experience and I&#8217;m so glad I was a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some photos from the event!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3168\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3168\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3168\" alt=\"I felt so humbled getting mobbed by these awesome students and granting their requests for autographs. Thank you!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard02.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard02.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard02-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I felt so humbled getting mobbed by these awesome students and granting their requests for autographs. Thank you!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3169\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3169\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3169\" alt=\"The students displayed such great talent in singing, dancing and acting. I was totally blown away!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard03.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard03.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard03-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The students displayed such great talent in singing, dancing and acting. I was totally blown away!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3167\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3167\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3167\" alt=\"It was an honour conducting the cutting of the cake.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard01.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard01.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard01-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was an honour conducting the cutting of the cake.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3170\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3170\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3170\" alt=\"Thanks to Mrs Yinka Ogunde of Edumark, Dr Leke Pitan, Toyosi Akerele, Tonye Cole, Mrs Olufunso Amosun and all the wonderful role models and students who made it such a pleasant event!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard04.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard04.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard04-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clipboard04-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks to Mrs Yinka Ogunde of Edumark, Dr Leke Pitan, Toyosi Akerele, Tonye Cole, Mrs Olufunso Amosun and all the wonderful role models and students who made it such a pleasant event!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I had a very interesting and engaging session with teenagers from several Secondary Schools in Nigeria. I was invited as a role model to speak to the students on the topic \u201cWhat I Wish I Knew When I Was 16\u201d and I must say, it was really cool recounting my teenage experiences and inspiring the students with the lessons I&#8217;ve learnt. The event called WATFON \u2018We Are The Future Of Our Nation\u2019 was organised by Edumark Consult, an education services organization with the core objectives of inspiring patriotism, celebrating role models and promoting unity among young Nigerians. Speaking to those bright teenagers was a touching experience and I&#8217;m so glad I was a part of it. Check out some photos from the event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[141,140],"class_list":["post-3166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-edumark-consult","tag-watfon-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3174,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions\/3174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}