Ugochukwu Oputa

Yesterday we held our penultimate session at the ongoing October edition of the SkillUpPortHarcourt Free Digital Skills Training Programme sponsored by

In this session, we had as our guest instructor Barr. we spoke to our trainees on the importance of Intellectual Property and Brand Protection for designers. He also went on to share valuable insights on remote work and platforms where trainees can scout remote work opportunities.

We also had Okuro Isokariari our guest instructor on Mobile Photography and Video Editing who took the students on a practical session in editing with the CapCut app. He also co-created a video with the trainees and the editing process was done on the spot.

Also present was my co-instructor, Jack Hanniel.

The highlight for us yesterday was a surprise visit by the sponsor of the programme Mr. Greatcool Ejekwu. Mr Great interacted with the trainees as he asked about their experiences so far and went on to encourage them to put the skills theyve acquired to good use and explore higher. In a cheering gesture, he gifted every trainee present stipend to cover for their transportation for the duration’s of the training.

With one more class to go, we certainly already know how impactful the program has been and the bond we’ve created.

THE BOX WE ALL WALK AROUND IN

Often times, our aim hardly exceeds the highest point known to us but as proven by reality overtime, the highest point known to us is not often the highest point there is.

Let’s take the 100 metres race for example. That athletic event is one that had exemplifies how humans have pushed the barriers of possibility.

In 1912 over a hundred years ago, an American by the name Donald Lippincott held the record of the fastest man with a run time of 10.6 seconds. For about 50 years, while other people broke the “fastest man” record, there was something known as the 10secs Barrier. All other record breakers couldn’t go beyond the 10-second barrier until 1968 when another American Jim Himes broke past the 10s barrier, running at a record-breaking time of 9.95 seconds.

In 2008, 40 years after the 10 secs barrier was broken, the current world record holder broke into the scene setting a new record of 9.74secs to become to fastest man in the world. He went on to break his own record two more times setting the current world record in 2009 at 9.58.

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