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America Has Made Their Choice; it is The Will Of the People

The long-awaited election has finally come and gone, the election that appeared to seemingly bring about the end of the world. The American two-party system doing what they know best; vilifying the other party, while in most cases, making empty promises. The hype preceeding this election got most people asking for anxiety medications from their doctor and, it did not matter what party you were affiliated with, you were always put in a position where your anger would consistently stay palpable.  But here we are, the election is over and America has made a choice. As far as democracy goes, the choice of the people will be respected. One thing that most people who have lived most of their adult-life in the US will tell you is that most elections they have been through have had the same doom and gloom feeling, especially if their candidate lost the election. It would appear that the worst has happened when they hear their candidate give a concession speech; but guess what? the world did no
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The Most Educated Immigrant Group In the United States: But The Questions On Thier President's Education

  After the election in Nigeria last year and all that came with it, I think it will be easy to conclude that no matter how much anyone wants to argue, all elections will leave a bad taste in someone's mouth. There will be those who will be happy about the results, and there will be those who will be livid and bitter until the next election cycle comes around. Having moved to America in the time of Trump and taking a front row seat to palpable anger and the division that came with Trump's regime, I realized that there never will come a time when the outcome of any election will keep everybody satisfied. There will always be winners and losers, new friendships will be made and existing friendships will be broken.  Living in America, it takes a while to realize that you represent the country that you come from. If you speak, and your voice does not have the traditional sounding American voice (if that is a thing) then the chances are high that someone will ask you where you are f
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ChatGPT: Are We Going To Lose All creativity?

 I know it's been a while, but I needed some time for this whole chat GTP thing to blow over and perhaps come to the point where I begin to write from the heart and not by anybody's preconceived notion of what they think should be correct. Since this whole hullabaloo of the emergence of AI, people like myself that loved to write for sports became very concerned. It probably will be the same concern that most people in the creative space would have felt, considering that we thought that creativity and originality would be the things that will not be hijacked by technology. Still, in the area of writing, it appears that a major part of it has already been hijacked.  Since the emergence and popularity of ChatGPT, a huge question emerged as to what will be considered original content, considering that machines could now write content that would pass through the firewall of plagiarism. the first time I heard about this new tech, it kind of blew me away, and being the kind of person
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If We Cannot Fix The hate, Why Can't We Fix The Guns?

If I were to be asked what an 18-year-old boy would occupy himself with, I would easily go for the usual frivolities like Tik Tok, video gaming, partying, or most of the usual things that the average 18 year old would be preoccupied with. Never in my wildest dream would I think that a young man at the cusp of adulthood would be preoccupied with radical ideas like the "Great replacement theory" and obsessed enough to murder innocent lives. The shooting that occurred in Buffalo, New York, days ago is one of many, and from the perspective of someone like myself who migrated to this great country, we will always ask why stuff like this keeps happening. Gun violence and gun control is an age-old American conversation that appears to keep going back and forth with no measurable progress. I was still living in Nigeria when I first heard of the Columbine shooting, which at that time, was very big news. But these days, mass shooting just weaves its way in and out of the news, and in m
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The Culture Of Having Cash Is difficult to shake Off For The Immigrant, But Credit is King In America

  If you have been used to living a lifestyle where whatever you needed, you would have to pay for it from the cash in your pocket; there is a tendency to feel like a lack of money will spell big trouble. When I lived in Nigeria, I had read many financial books, but one of the things that made most of these books challenging to relate with was when they would describe how to leverage credit. Some readers had valuable tips on positioning yourself for wealth, like Robert Kiyosaki's  The Cashflow Quadrant . Still, others would explain a complicated credit system that seems foreign to the average person living in Nigeria who must have the cash available if they must own anything.   The Nigerian banking system is far from what is obtainable in the US, where one could quickly request a credit card, and it will be speedily available to you based on trust. You are only required to maintain what is known as a  credit score , and as long as you can keep a good credit score, you will continue
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Why Do Non-American Soccer Fans Think American Football Is So Complicated

One of the main reasons that  immigrants  in  A merica  find it difficult to watch American football  is  that the rules are not as simple as their regular soccer that most of the ones who have lived in Africa or other Spanish nations may be  familiar with.  Before migrating to America, I was mainly used to watching soccer.    In Nigeria, soccer was quite a popular sport  and  had a considerable following, especially the English Premier League.  Define loyalty that existed in Nigeria was very strong; in some  cases,  you would see many fans showing their commitment to  En glish clubs while others would show their loyalty  2  Spanish or Italian clubs . I vividly remember this particular year, when Arsenal Football Club and Barcelona qualified for the Champions League final. In the city of Lagos , it was known that there was a lot of fighting between fans, and this was not just your regular  fight; people  got seriously injured.     At that time, I lived in the Suru-Lere area of  Lagos,
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