The Court of Love

  Is it True Love? Love is a rush of blissful emotions and feelings. It can bring a lifetime’s worth of healing. The tender affection that love brings has a way of encompassing everything. It takes you away into oblivion and keeps you wanting more. True love is always willing to last forevermore. But every relationship endures highs and lows. That’s just the way that love goes. However, if it causes heartbreak and pain, then it may be fooling you. Love is always worth a try , and here are thirty reasons why. 1. You’re comfortable with each other, no matter what others say or do. 2. Plans are made and kept, or the excuse is true. 3. Time is always planned and reserved just for you. 4. Your needs are a top priority over most people and things. 5. Begging or pleading is not required for affection. 6. Family, friends and work don’t compare to you. 7. Love stands up for you any time there is trouble. 8. Attention and awareness is freely ...

   When Nigeria's education minister faced an audience of 1,000 schoolchildren, she expected to hear complaints of crowded classrooms and lack of equipment. Instead, girl after girl spoke up about being pressured for sex by teachers in exchange for better grades. One girl was just 11 years old. "I was shocked," said the minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, who has several children herself. "I asked � was it that prevalent? And they all chorused 'yes.' " For years, sexual harassment has been rampant in Nigeria's universities, but until recently very little was done about it. From interviews with officials and 12 female college students, a pattern emerges of women being held back and denied passing grades for rebuffing teachers' advances, and of being advised by other teachers to give in quietly.   The problem has spread into schools, says Ezekwesili, and there are signs the government is finally intervening. Now that harassment eve...