The Friends in North Hills, Tidbits: Short Paragraphs in Social Study and Humor

The Friends in North Hills, Tidbits: Short Paragraphs in Social Study and Humor

by Williams A.O.
The Friends in North Hills, Tidbits: Short Paragraphs in Social Study and Humor

The Friends in North Hills, Tidbits: Short Paragraphs in Social Study and Humor

by Williams A.O.

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Overview

This book was conceived as a satirical piece intended for teenagers as a means of teaching morals, ethics, dignity in labor, and social etiquette. It began as short essays written by the author as light humor for publication in a church house journal from the year 2007 to 2010 and was subsequently arranged with additional written pieces to make a collection of tidbits as seen presently.
Each paragraph seeks to teach a lesson on social conduct or decency in demeanor. The animal subjects are depicted as social characters each having a peculiar behavior or social character of its own. The lessons espoused in the paragraphs are various. A critique, a commendation, or an observation that seeks to highlight a pattern of behavior not uncommon to human society.
Sub-themes such as unfriendliness, deviance, diligence, chivalry, kindness, quietness, and peacefulness are exaggerated deliberately for emphasis to reinforce the lessons and messages desired in the book.
A short quiz at the end of the book seeks to encourage reflective thinking on the few pages of this book to refresh the reader of the funny animal characters most of whom have funny four-letter names, the exception being Ernee the Ostrich, as you may guess rightly, ostriches are uncommon birds and do have a long name O-s-t-r-i-c-h; I could not think of a short name for Ernee. Hope you enjoy reading the paragraphs as much as I have enjoyed putting them together as a first-time public author.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940161735510
Publisher: Covenant Books
Publication date: 08/30/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Fondly called Wole by family members and nicknamed Willie O by classmates, he was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in November 1965. He attended Yaba Model Primary School, Yaba Lagos (grade school) from 1971–1977. He was at Government College Ojo, Ojo Lagos State (High School) 1977–1982, and was admitted to the King's College Lagos for A-Levels in 1982 from whence he proceeded to the prestigious Faculty of Pharmacy University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now known as Obafemi Awolowo University) 1982–1987 earning the Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree in 1987. Wole did his BPharm dissertation/project work in pharmaceutics studying the drug-release rate of salicylic acid from different topical preparations titled "Investigations into the Use of Shea Butter as a Formulation Excipient" in 1987. He worked briefly upon graduation from pharmacy school as a trainee with Chemech Laboratories Ogba Industrial Estate Ikeja Lagos September–November 1987. Wole did internship at the Lagos State Hospitals Management Board LSHMB December 1987–November 1988, and he served in the NYSC with the Gongola State (now Adamawa State) Health Services Management Board stationed at General Hospital Ganye December 1988–November 1989. He worked in different pharmaceutical establishments in Lagos State between 1990 to 2001, including a two-year stint with General Hospital Epe as Grade 1 pharmacist, and together with his spouse (a classmate in pharmacy school), he was the founder and proprietor of a retail pharmacy in Egbeda Lagos State before he and his family emigrated to the United States of America in the year 2003.
Upon arrival in Philadelphia, USA, Wole worked as graduate pharmacy intern at the CVS/pharmacy while studying for the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination FPGEE between 2003 to 2004, he successfully completed both the NAPLEX (North American Pharmacists Licensure Exam) and the National Boards of Pharmacy NABP Internship Licensure requirements for the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania Multi-State Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination-MPJE in 2005. Presently, he works in community pharmacy in the USA and his professional experience in pharmacy spans: retail, long-term care, and hospital outpatient practice
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