Today I was at my first lecture in my university at the UK. We were told to do introduction by the lecturer of the course we attended and after that the lecture began, at some point we have to take break for rest.
Then the lecturer offered to buy drink for all the students that were in class at the school canteen. We all followed the lecturer to the school canteen and grabbed a drink, even when a white boy was insisting not to collect the offer, the lecturer was begging him that he had already paid for every body that the boy should just take a drink.
Then my mind returned back to Nigeria to those days when I was still doing my bachelor degrees and remember what those hardened lecturers did to students. I was just like why? Who did Nigeria offend that we are so cruel? even when I met police last week after I lost my way, you can see how their police was polite and showed me road. They did not ask me anything for the boys. We need to start to get things right from our foundation and not blaming the government always.
I strictly remembered those days when we were not allowed to enter lecture hall for lateness. Can't still forget those students that scored grade 39.5 F failure instead of them to round it up to 40 E a grade students commonly refer to as let my people go.
Some make it mandatory to buy their textbook otherwise you automatically failed. Students became so afraid of them to the point of shying away whenever they come in contact with them.
Can't forget my friend that got nine As in his first semester and second semester year one and two but was given a grade C in his first semester year three for his SIWES!
Let the change we hope for start within us.
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