{"product_id":"9781483606514","title":"THE PANDA POEMS","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the original collection of my feelings about everything that I have\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elived to experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy name is Osman Panda, a Sierra leonean by birth. I was born\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eon September 24th 1952, in Wilberforce Freetown and married\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewith 5 children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttending the Wilberforce Primary school saw me going to the Prince\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof Wales secondary school in 1965. Dropping out of school in the 3rd\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eform which is the equivalent of the 10th grade in 1968,I had another\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eopportunity to go back to school working for a judge. In 1969, not able\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto satisfy his wife’s draconian rules, I had to step down again until 1976\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhen a philanthropist came to my aid Mr. Sahr Martin Ngombu Gbolie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof blessed memory founder and proprietor of Kono Model Academy, may\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehis soul rest in peace. He offered me board and lodging and free tuition for\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etwo years, thereby helping me to graduate from high school in 1978.After\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003egraduating he offered me a teaching job. As a sports teacher and assistant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eteacher in government and religious knowledge, I served the school for\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etwo years and eventually went to the Milton Margai’s Teachers college in\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1980. I majored in Physical Education graduating as the student of the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eyear with a Higher Teachers Certifi cate in 1983. I taught for two more\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eyears in my former school, K M A. Through the grace of the almighty God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI received a letter from the principal of the Bo Teachers College inviting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eme to join the Physical Education Department in 1985.That journey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elasted until 1991 when I received another letter from the principal of the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eonly boarding school in The Gambia at that time ,the Armitage High\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchool. The most exciting and fruitful moments of my work experience\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewas realized in that country. Through the efforts of my dear wife Comfort\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI eventually had the privilege to come to the US, where the idea of the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePANDA POEMS WAS BORN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130136314096,"sku":"9781483606514","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483606514_p0.jpg?v=1763630894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483606514","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}