BY:
DOMINIC E.B. ANYALAGBUNA, (adebse@gmail.com).
1.0.
In
the Beginning…:
Undeniably,
cross is both a truth and a fact at the same time! The veracity of
this facticity of cross, indeed, finds sufficient significance inter alia in its centrality in the life
of a student. Hence, cross as a truth-fact
or fact-truth, has almost lost its unique
meaning in the lives of many students of our contemporary era. From the ancient
times, cross has been designated with difficulty. But, with the salvation of
mankind wrought through Christ, it came to symbolize Christianity. At this
point, a new dimension of the ancient connotation for cross was reinforced. Due
to this, cross has also been contextualized in relation to the students as hard work, discomfort, delayed
gratification, sleepless nights, determination, inconveniences and its affiliations.
So, studying is a cross that must, ipso
facto, be positively accepted just as Christ did for the greater good of
mankind. Consequently, it is in this sense that this paper tries to find the
place of cross in the life of a student. Thus, the questions become: What is the
students’ attitude to cross? How have they viewed the cross? Has cross any role
to play in the students’ academic pursuit? In other words, what is the place of
cross in the life of a student? With emphasis based on these questions, this
essay will strive to attempt at proffering some answers.
