Good day famz...
Life is a race and it started from the moment our father impregnated our mum, we had to compete with lots of sperm in the body to become the lucky one to be born and when she give birth to us, the race of life continues...
First we need to adapt to the life on earth, learning how to sit, crawl and then walking on our two legs, we go to school, compete with other children to take the best position in class and it never stop there, we finish school and then responsibilities show us its ugly face and we have no choice but to accept it because we won't feel any better if we don't...
Adult hood is hard, life get more complex the more we grow, we have ourselves and family to take care of, not everyone is lucky to secure a good job and most had to do all sort of menial jobs before they finally get a good one...
My case is not any different, my first was working as a labourer and i have shared the story with hive learners members but i won't count that as a job, my first real time job was immediately i finished secondary school and that was working in a carton factory...
It was 8 a.m to 7 p.m job, i leave home before 8 so i can get to work early and i work from that time till seven in the night, the only break i had was from 11 a.m till 12.noon and it was not even enough as i had to rush to buy the food and also hastily eat the food so i can start working again....
What i do in the factory was to help in re making the cartons into new cartons and my boss sell it, i spent 6 months doing this job and to be honest, i did not feel bad doing it, but the work made me forget every other thing, there was no time for me to do any other thing, there is not even time to think talkless of doing because by the time i get home in the night, i would be so tired and all i would do is just eat and sleep...
I was being paid 6000 naira and just now i felt i have been used seriously in the past because that 6000 naira doesn't even last a week, a whole one month hard work that can't buy 3 jean trousers, just imagine but back then i was always happy when it is time to get paid and the first thing i always buy is maltina and milk to replenish my blood so i think lol...
I won't have left the work so fast but a fight happened between me and my boss, it was on the 31st of december 2011 which is new year eve, you would have think there should be holiday for workers but no my boss said we must all come to work which we did and one thing about that time is i still love to put on new cloth for new year and my plan was to use my salary for the end of the year to purchase one, i went to meet the man around 2 o clock p.m that i want to stop working for the day as i need to go to the market to get my wears but he said no that he can't allow me to do that and if i insist on going, he won't pay my salary...
His statement provoked me, i was so angry that i didn't continue working and demanded my salary from him, the matter became worse as it later turn to a physical fight between me and my boss and still refuse to pay and i threatened him that if he does not give me my money that day, by the time he get to the factory the next day, i would have burnt all his damn cartons, i think my threat weakens him and he grumbled and pay me my money as we threw more abusive word at each other and that was the end of me working in the factory...
I Spent the new year eve in pain as he gave me an headbutt during the fight which resulted to a broken nose and all i could do was just hold his cloth as i didn't want to hit a man old enough to be my father, i got home that day and bought my malt and tin milk as usual, i didn't let him ruin my new year though as i still went to buy my cloth but it was late in the night when i woke up...
I decided to learn computer the following year but looks like the person i registered with only know the basic of computer and i was not even feeling the vibes but i did not stop going until one day i saw a notice board of them needing a teacher in a private school along the road, i decided to try my luck and i applied for it the next day...
When i got there, i dropped my CV and the proprietress interviewed me, seems she was impressed and lastly she said i need to do a test so they can know what class i am fit to teach, she brought out the ugo c ugo and ask me to do the work there, i did and she was more impressed with my performance and she said i would be taking the highest class there which is primary 5 and the teacher taking the primary 5 before my arrival was to start teaching the basic 3 pupils...
The salary was smaller compared to the factory work as she started with 5500 but said she will increase it after a month of working with her, i took the offer and that was the beginning of my journey as a teacher...
I love the teaching job and i would say that is my second job ever done and the best, it is not because of the salary but because of the beautiful kids i taught, children are angels of happiness, you can never be sad when you are with them and i am happy i was able to reshape their life academically too...
If teachers were being paid well, i won't mind being a teacher for the rest of my life, there is honor in the work even though i always miss my old pupils whenever they graduated and had to leave for secondary school but then i get used to the new pupils too and within few weeks, i have grown fond of them as well...
Three years before i stopped teaching, i had the opportunity to take the jss 1-3 class, that would be year 2015 and i would say i learnt more from teaching the grown ups too, it was challenging at the beginning but at the end, everything was great and i miss them all as well....
I taught for 7 years and till now i still see some of the pupils i taught around, many are now in the universities and that feeling of them calling me master bolaji is so pleasing to my heart knowing they used to be my pupils/students.....
I am proud to be a teacher but the economy of the country made me change path and i had to choose between the job i love and the financial aspect of my life, i chose a better life!
Just call me Burl.
I am a professional gamer, motivational speaker and a crypto enthusiast
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