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by Ikpoyi Ikechukwu Dan

Created on: November 13, 2009 Last Updated: April 23, 2011

My son.

Respect your elders,
Do your homework,
Be honest in all you do,
Remember where you are coming from,
and be kind in as much as you can.

You will only be called My son, if you do all these.
This were the dying words of a father to his son.

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