SQU Graduates: SQU mission has ended, but learning is life-long. Mr.

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VOL 06 ISSUE 11 / JUNE 8, 2012

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The forgotten food

by HALAH AL-HADHRAMI
4th year medical student
Fruits are an essential source of food that assures optimum health. The international institutes of health recommend having three-ve servings of fruits and vegetables per day. The importance of fruits results from the huge nutritional value it provides. In fact, fruits with vegetables are known to be the major sources of vitamins and minerals that prevent malnutrition. To start with, fruits provide plenty of bre that act as natural laxatives which prevent constipation and it reduces the cholesterol level in the body. Moreover, fruits are the main source of anti-oxidants including: poly-phenolic avonoids, vitamin-C, and anthocyanins. These substances help to protect the body against stress and increase the body immunity level. Indeed, the percentage of water in fruits is about 80% which is higher than that of meat. Additionally, fruits help to delay age-related changes including skin wrinkling and hair fall. Fruits help to prolong life and prevent diseases. olism including: riboavin, thiamin, and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6). In addition, it provides several minerals such as potassium which regulates blood pressure. Banana is considered as a major source of pyridoxine which is vital in the treatment of anemia. Also, it contains many minerals like: magnesium, manganese and copper which all are good for the body. Grape: it provides catechism which has a variety of health protecting functions. A grape protects the body against stroke by providing a substance called resveratrol. Orange it contains pectin which acts as a laxative by minimising the exposure time of colon mucosal surface to the waste and toxic materials. Furthermore, it contains many vitamins including vitamin A which is important for vision.

A glance of an eye!
by ASAD AL HADIDI
College of Education, English Yes, it is. Being at SQU for ve years added a lot of meaningful and valuable experiences. Honestly, SQU is a shelter for any wandered person who is hoping to enhance either his academic or social life. We have come across several difculties such as the pressure of quizzes, tests and assignments. In spite of these barriers, we found our way to success by staying tough. Indeed, life without challenges is tasteless. At SQU, we have learnt how to plan for a better future. We have learnt how to be passionate and enthusiastic to achieve our goals. Although we have concentrated on our study, we have never shut our eyes on developing our skills and talents. And through participating in numerous activities our passion has grown. It is a real-life environment. It taught us to be aware of what goes on around Oman and around the world. Spending ve years at SQU, personally, is a kind of passing dream. Everything is provided for you, all you need is to balance between all the good aspects you have. In this way, you are guaranteed that you will improve your abilities. We just need to strike while the iron is hot in order to reap what we sowed. Since I was a rst year student I kept repeating myself Oooh it is too long a period to accomplish. However, when I reached my last days, I discovered that it was not. Im a graduate student and I wish that I can go a few years back to x the mistakes that I have made. In all sectors of life, change does not come suddenly. In fact, it comes in a step by step pattern. A person cant reach the summit of a mountain unless he climbs its rocks. For those who are graduating from SQU, work hard and never stop to fulll your ambitions in life. The time we have spent at SQU is just a glance of an eye.

Fruits protect you from:

Heart disease, hypertension, stroke Birth defects, cataracts Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases Obesity Cancer

Benets
Apple provides a lot of vitamin B which helps in metab-

specialisation; we start training and practice teaching immediately after our 2nd year, she says. Zakiya Al Busaidi, ECHE student, added that she and her mates are already fed up from the false promises they get from people in charge for searching proper jobs for them and solving their dilemma.

A spot of hope
While ECHE graduates keep repeating we are lost and our future is all a mess, Dr. Hussein Al Kharousi assured that there are plans in progress to help them get employed as soon as possible. First of all, their secondary major, which is children with special needs and disabilities, is being mentioned in their certicates, so that employment opportunities are enlarged for them. Dr. Al Kharousi added there is cooperation between the College of Education and the Center for Career Guidance to market the specialisation, so people get a clearer idea about it and appreciate it. Further, there are discussions going on between SQU and the Ministry of Education to have these students employed in the new educational systems Integral curriculum for students of primary levels as they are capable to teach the grades one and two.

The last message

ECHE graduates should be given the priority to be employed in all Early Childhood Centers as they are the best qualied Omani teachers for children. If kindergarten founders seek quality of teaching rather than nancial prot as a main purpose, then ECHE graduates should be their choice without any hesitation. ECHE graduates have enough abilities and skills to teach children and create their own ways to make the learning process fun, enjoyable and useful. Not to forget that children in this sensitive age are so difficult to deal with.