ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENT AUTHORS (ANSA)
2022/23 ANSA WORLD CUP
GROUP STAGE MATCH
E1 vs E2 (Text)
You have 10 minutes to produce at least 100 words in response to the following question.
Imagine that you are asked to give a speech with a list of "rules for life". What rules would you include? Explain why you believe they matter.
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ANSA… for the love of writing
The rules of life
Peering into the ecstatic and elated faces of the graduating students, the vice chancellor gave the speech he'd been preparing all morning; "I wish I had known these things while I was your age but oh well, I'll live these out through you"
1. Never expect anything from anyone, not the government or your parents or relatives; nobody owes you anything.
2. Learn to love and give out of the abundance of your heart. They may think you're being used but remember the golden rule. Love.
3. Whatever you find yourself doing, do so with the whole of your strength, if you don't see results atleast you would have enjoyed a wholesome experience and process.
I wouldn't want it to get any boring but with these I assure you, your life would be one of fullness.
The whole hall burst in applause and I couldn't be anymore honoured.
LIFE AND WHAT TO LIVE BY
Life, generally speaking, should be lived with conducts and ethics that will contribute to one's actualisation of purpose.
These conducts are to be met with processes that inform "rules". Life as an experience demands examination of certain things that an individual must do to live successfully. Hence, the existence of what to live by.
First, one should pursue humanity. This is because, in life, helping others and showing love enables one to probe into existential issues.
Also, there should be moral rectitude. In life, knowing what is wrong and right guides one against costly mistakes—these should be consciously avoided.