Biography

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20 July 2012



15:16:13



THE PRE-DEBRIEFING OF THE ACADEMIC AUDITOR



REGARDING THE WISH TO ENROL FOR THE MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING COURSE IN

THE ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY,LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.



I] A BRIEF ON MY PREVIOUS EDUCATION , ADDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO

GIVE AN EXTRA-TRANSCRIPTAL EVALUATION OF MY OWN ACADEMIC RECORD.



: I INSIST I WILL DELIVER THE LAST WORD IN ACADEMIA,IF THERE IS TO BE

ONE.MY NAME IS BIODUN,FULLY EMMANUEL ABIODUN OLUMUYIWA ALABI OKONLAWAN

ADEDOYIN,REPUTEDLY A PRINCE OF SOME STATURE,A NEFARIOUS CAD,QUITE THE

KNAVE,HANDSOME,DASHING,PRODIGIOUS.



I BEGAN MY EDUCATIONAL OCCUPATION AT AROUND THE AGE OF FOUR AT SAINT

SAVIOUR'S NURSEY SCHOOL IN IKOYI,LAGOS.THE WOODEN CONGLOMERAT WAS

CLOSE TO HOME,WE'D GO FROM RUMEN'S ROAD TO UPPER KINGSWAY ROAD,THEN

TURN LEFT FURTHER INTO WHAT WAS THEN QUIET SUBURBIA .THENCE BECAME THE

MOST PRODUCTIVE STRETCH OF UNPAID LABOUR THE WORLD HAS EVER HAD THE

TEMERITY TO LEAVE IGNORED.MY FIRST DAYS AT SCHOOL REALLY SUCKED ; AS I

VAGUELY REMEMBER,THE WORLD WAS AT THE VERGE OF A CHANGE IN LINGUA

FRANCA.ENGLISH SOUNDED MORE AKIN TO LATIN GERMAN.I REALLY WASN'T BIG

ON THE CHANGE AND I THINK I THOUGHT I WAS ALREADY CONVERSANT AND

LITERATE.I STOPPED CRYING ON DAY THREE AND HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MY HEAD

ABOVE WATER EVER SINCE.SCHOOL PROPER COMMENCED AT CORONA SCHOOL

VICTORIA ISLAND.MY MATH HAS NEVER BEEN THAT IMPRESSIVE.ART,AS FINE

ART/GRAPHIC ART WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME WAS MORE MY FORTE.I LIKED

SCIENCES,IN AS MUCH AS THEY LACKED CALCULATIVE MALARKEY AT THE

STAGE.LITERATURE,DICTION,

ENCYCLOPAEDAEUM,COMPOSITION,LEXYS,STRUCTURE,THAT STUFF I COULD JUST

ABOUT FIND STRESS-FREE.



GEOGRAPHICAL INTUITION IS ONE THING THAT CORONA WASN'T AWARE IT WAS

INCULCATING;WHERE WERE WE , ANYWAY?THE STUDENTS WERE OUTWARD

LOOKING,THE STAFF HAD NO IDEA HOW GOOD THEY WERE,THE FACILITIES TAUGHT

THAT COMPETITION REALLY WASN'T A WISE OBJECTIVE AND THAT PERFORMANCE

WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND SELF-DIRECTED :YOU COULD


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SUCCEED,****.YOU REALLY HAD THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET.BEST OF ALL,THE

WORLD WOULD PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE HECK YOU WERE COMING AT

IT FROM.SURELY THAT ISN'T ALWAY A BAD THING.WE ALL WANTED TO LEARN

MUSIC.ALL.NOBODY WOULD GIVE US ANY INDICATION IF WE HAD;WHO THE HELL

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?STILL,I LEARNT HOW TO SING,I COULD PLAY

[THOUGH,BELIEVE ME,I WOULD PROBABLY BE THE FIRST TO DENY IT.PEOPLE

LIKE TO SET YOU UP JUST TO KNOCK YOU DOWN AS WELL,SO YOU HAD TO BE

CAREFUL.],I LEARNED DRAMA, A LOT OF THE TIME FROM THE SIDELINES.WHO

WERE WE, TO EVEN THINK OF HELPING OUT BACKSTAGE!



ANYHOW,MY DISCIPLINARY RECORD SEEMED TO LEAVE A LOT TO BE DESIRED.IT

WAS HARD TO FIND HOMEWORK TIME AND SPACE.IF YOU SKIPPED HOMEWORK,YOU

HAD A MANDATORY ONE-DAY-SUSPENSION-EFFECTIVE-THE-NEXT-DAY.OH,AND AFTER

A WHILE,YOU COULDN'T GO BACK TO CLASSES WITHOUT YOUR PARENT OR

GUARDIAN SHOWING UP TO COLLECTIVELY SEE YOU GET WHAT-FOR.BASICALLY YOU

WORKED YOUR **** OFF AND IF ANYONE CARED,YOU GOT COMMENDATIONS.I WON

THE PRIZE IN ENGISH SOMETIME IN PRIMARY FIVE,THAT WAS THE EQUIVALENT

OF FIFTH GRADE.THEY ALSO GAVE ME A REASONABLE LAUNCH IN SPORTS AND

ATHLETICS.



DUE TO A PARTICULARLY HECTIC COMMON ENTRANCE SEASON , I DIDN'T

GRADUATE INTO ONE OF THE REPUTED NATIONAL COLLEGES INITIALLY.I WAS

ACCEPTED INTO THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,THEN LOCATED ON

BOURDILLON ROAD IN IKOYI,LAGOS,I WOULD HAVE TO START IN SIXTH GRADE

WITH A VIEW TO LEAVING GRADE SCHOOL IN NINTH GRADE FOR SOME PROGRAMME

IN BOSTON.I GUESS THERE IS NO COUNTRY WHERE AMERICANS CAN'T MAKE YOU

FEEL LIKE YOU AREN'T AT HOME.ANYWAY,THAT WAS A HELL OF A MIND-BLOWING

TRIP TILL ONE OF THE SO-CALLED REPUTED NATIONAL COLLEGES,FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE LAGOS,GAVE ME A LATE CALL-UP ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH

THE SECOND TERM IN SIXTH GRADE.



MY PET NAME FOR F.G.C.L. WAS "THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS".BOARDING

SCHOOL LIFE WAS KIND OF TOUGH.ANYWAY I HAVE TO SAY,WHAT I LEARNT IS

THIS : MATHEMATICS AS A PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT IS DECIDEDLY

AFFECTED.IT DOES NOT WORK.PEOPLE CAN BE DECIDEDLY AGRESSIVE.KEEP A

TIGHT HOLD ON WHAT YOU'VE GOT.MARRY EARLY,AND OFTEN.MARIJUANA IS AN

UNRIVALLED REASON TO ARISE FROM YOUR SLUMBER,EVEN IF YOU CAN ONLY

MANAGE TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE LATE EVENING.I SOON FOUND MYSELF

HAVING TO ARISE FROM MY SLEEP TO ATTEND ANOTHER SCHOOL,GOVERNMENT

COLLEGE VICTORIA ISLAND.AFTER A CALAMITUOUS YEAR THEREON I FORCED MY

WAY INTO AN EDUCATIONAL PLACING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.GABBITAS-THRING

PLACED ME IN BROOKLAND HALL SCHOOL,WELSHPOOL,POWYS.



THE WEATHER WAS COLD,THE PEOPLE WERE UNCOUTH,I LACKED FOR CASH,ARE

GIRLS REALLY WHAT THEY'RE MADE OUT TO BE?THE AVERAGE EUROPEAN MAN IS A

LOUD BOORISH OAF WHO BRAGS ENDLESSLY ABOUT HIS SEXUAL CONQUESTS.YOU

GUYS AIN'T ****.HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT WHEN YOUR WOMEN ARE SO DISTANT

IN NATURE,I WONDER?I GOT AN A GRADE LISTING IN ENGLISH AT THE WELSH


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JOINT EXAMINATIONS BOARD IN MY FIRST YEAR.I ENDED UP WITH THREE O

LEVELS AND A LOT OF FOREGROUND KNOWLEDGE.I STAYED AN EXTRA YEAR TRYING

TO MAKE UP SOME GRADES.TURNS OUT I WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GO ON.I CHOSE

KELLY COLLEGE TAVISTOCK DEVON.CORNISH PASTIES,THE MYTHICAL ENGLISH

LOCAL PUB,RUGGER EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF GOOD TIMES IN THE KELLY

COLLEGE MUSIC SCHOOL DID HAPPILY ENSUE THE COVER-UP I MUST PERPETUALLY

PERPETRATE.HEY,WHAT CAN I SAY?IS THIS YOUR FAN?AND IS THIS YOUR

BAND?THIS ISN'T YOUR LIFE,MAN.



OKAY,SO I LEARN A LOT AND **** EVERYBODY OFF SO MUCH THAT MY GRADES

SUCK.I GOT TWO D GRADES IN ECONOMICS AND ENGLISH.I GOT A U IN FINE

ART.ANYBODY COULD GO TO MUSIC SCHOOL AND TRY OUT THE INSTRUMENTS.WHAT

HAPPENED AFTERWARD WAS YOUR OWN BUSINESS.EVERYONE'S A CRITIC.IT WAS

WHAT YOU COULD CALL A GREAT TIME.AFTERWARD,I HAD TO TAKE A CRAMMER

COURSE.D'OVERBROECK'S TUTORIAL IN OXFORD TAUGHT ME TO WASH MY PLATES

IN MY OWN ROOM,TO UNDERSTAND A FLAIR IN ART DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO

BREAK YOUR NECK TRYING TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.I DIDN'T BREAK MY

NECK.THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT I EXPRESSED MYSELF.I

DID.WITH A B GRADE IN COMMERCE AND A C GRADE IN BUSINESS STUDIES AT

THE O LEVEL STAGE,I REALLY NEEDED REHAB.THAT WAS 1987.I GUESS REHAB

TOOK A HECK OF A LONG TIME.I DID TRY COLLEGE PROPER,AT THE

TIME.UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS GAVE ME A POLITICAL SCIENCE PLACING BUT I

COULDN'T WORK IT OUT.AFTER A WHILE I MOVED BACK TO THE UK,YARDED IN

THE SOUTH-EAST OF LONDON AND DID SOME COLLEGE AT KENSINGTON COLLEGE OF

BUSINESS,IN WALHAM GROVE,FULHAM.I KNOW MY **** IN BUSINESS ADMIN.



A LOT OF VITAL SPIRITUAL AND MYSTICAL CERTAINTY BECOMETH THE BOY IN

THIS DAY AND AGE,SO I CAME TO THE REALISATION OF A LONG-TERM AMBITION

TO BECOME A CREATIVE PARSER OF THE SCRIPTURE AND HOLY WRIT,A PARSON.I

DARESAY GOD MIGHT NOT BE A RESPECTER OF PARSONS:A PARSON NEED KNOW

REASON WHY GOD SHOULD ENDURE DISRESPECT . I WORKED OUT REASONABLY IN

THEOLOGY MAJOR IN THE WEST AFRICA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN IPAJA ,

LAGOS .

ON THE WAY HERE I PICKED UP SOME KNOWLEDGE IN COMPUTER

PROGRAMMING.MATH.OH DEAR.I ALSO LEARNED SOME RUDIMENTARY FRENCH

GRAMMAR.OH,AND I GAINED A DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FROM A

SHORT COURSE AT A PRIVATE COLLEGE IN LAGOS.AN ACADEMIC RECORD WITHOUT

HAVING TO ENDURE A PRISON RECORD.THAT,S ME.I'M BIODUN ADEDOYIN.



II] A DESCRIPTION OF MY BACKGROUND AS A WRITER,INCLUDING MY ACADEMIC

TRAINING,EXPERIENTAL LEARNING,WORKSHOPS,CONTINUING EDUCATION

COURSES,ETC.


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: IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL COURSE IN VIEW,I WRITE CREATIVELY AS A

MUSICIAN,COMPOSER,ARRANGER,PRODUCER,THAT KIND OF THING.I WRITE POETRY

IF I HAVE THE TIME OR INCLINATION,BASICALLY I'M MORE OF A LYRIC

WRITER.I LIKE THE CLASSICS IN AS MUCH AS I HAD A BENEFICIAL BRUSH WITH

THEM IN SCHOOL.I DID SOME OTHELLO,SOME HAMLET.FOR THE LOVE OF ME I

CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT I READ FOR LITERATURE AT O LEVEL.I TOOK SOME

COMPREHENSIVE COURSES IN MUSIC AND HISTORY OF MUSIC WITHIN MY

BACCALAUR.MUSIC WAS MY MAJOR MINOR,YOU MIGHT SAY.I AM A SOLO ARTIST OF

ILL-REPUTE AND DISAGREEABLE TEMPERAMENT,KNOWN IN PERFORMANCE AS

ADONIY.I GETS MINE.



III] A DESCRIPTION OF MY GOALS AS A WRITER AND HOW I SEE THIS MFA IN

CREATIVE WRITING HELPING ME TO FULFILL THESE GOALS.



: ONE NEEDS A CLARIFICATION OF PARAMETER.HENCE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA

TO ENCOMPASS THE FINER POINTS OF ONE'S CHOSEN PHILOSOPHICAL

DISCIPLINE.I INTEND TO IMPROVE MY STANDARD OF EFFORT,I WISH TO MAKE

THE KIND OF WORK I & MY FOREBEARS WILL BE PROUD OF.I HAVE A TEAM I

INTEND TO DEVELOP POST-HASTE AND I DO BELIEVE I INTEND TO STRETCH THE

LIMITS OF ARTISTIC LICENSE TO A DESIRED PURPOSE.



IV] A SELF-ATTESTATION OF MY ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY.



: I LOVE TO WRITE.I LOVE LITERATURE.I LOVE COMPOSURE IN WORK AND IN

ITS' FORMATION. GIVEN A FOOTBALL TEAM , I WOULD BUILD THEM AND TRAIN

THEM BY AND IN ACTUAL PLAY. GIVEN A BAND , I WOULD TEACH THEM HOW TO

JAM . I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT I WILL BE ALLOWED TIME TO COMPOSE

AND PERFORM MY OWN WORK.I SHOULD WONDER IF I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE AULA

ANYTHING OVER THE MANDATED HOURS AND REQUIREMENTS,GIVEN THAT I DO HAVE

THE KIND OF VOCATION THAT MAKES CALIFORNIA AN IDEAL LOCATIVE CHOICE.I

HOPE TO BE ABLE TO A CATALYST OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING : THEORETICALLY ,

AT LEAST , I AM A QUALIFIED PASTOR AND THEOLOGIAN.I'M PRETTY MUCH A

SELF-MOTIVATED SELF SUSTAINING UNIT.





I REMAIN THE REVEREND PRINCE EMMANUEL ABIODUN ADEDOYIN



emmanueladedoyin84@gmail.com


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