When I saw this week's second edition I knew I had to jump right on it because I've had loads of interesting teachers over the years.
Considering the fact that I'm currently in the University and I am still being educated by lecturers I'll include them too.
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I've had over thirty might I call them educators throughout my life and I'm going to be focusing on the ones that have really impacted my life right from Primary School to my present University Level.
I do hope I remember them all
Primary School
Aunty Helen
Uncle Kenneth
Uncle Marshal
Uncle Udoh
Secondary School
Mr Kolawole
Miss Johhny
Mrs Ify
Oluko
Mr Oscar
University Level
Mrs Mfonido
Dr Dora
Mr Utibe
Prof Itah
That's as far as my brain can carry me. There are definitely more but I remember all these people because they had done one or two significant things worth recalling.
Aunty Helen
She taught me when I was in Primary one and I absolutely loved her. I was a bright student so she liked me too. I'm giving her a 2.5 rating and this is only high because of the love I once had for her.
It was during a test week, I read and prepared as usual. I got to class that day and our test questions were given to us. Everyone started writing. Few minutes passed then she called me to her table and told me I wouldn't continue writing the test if I couldn't use my right hand to write.
I ended up not writing the test because I only knew how to use the hand I was brought into the world to use.
Let's just say it didn't end well for her because my mum visited her in school with all her craziness.
Uncle Kenneth, Uncle Marshal and Uncle Udoh
All three were my teacher in primary school before I skipped two grades and skyrocketed myself into secondary school. They were nice people who taught me well and encouraged me. Uncle Kenneth and Uncle Marshal both get a six rating.
Uncle Udo gets a 4.5, the reason was that he changed my seat in class and took me away from the boy I liked.
I'm still upset about it.
I progressed in life a little to secondary school where I met Mr Kolawole. Everyone loves this man.
He was the playful maths teacher and he taught in a way that everyone understood. He was easy to laugh, went as far as giving all his students free handwriting lessons. His writing was just to die for. He is getting an eight over ten rating.
Also Mr Kola wherever you are right now I still love you.
Miss Johhny
We all had that one teacher that we were scared of. We dreaded the moment when they would walk into class. That was Miss Johnny. She was my Chemistry teacher and as it turned out, she wasn't actually all that bad. You just had to understand and read in her class and she would like you. I discovered this although late and we ended up becoming friends. My mum even baked and gifted her a cake for her birthday. We shared the same month. She's getting a seven.
Mrs Ify, Oluko and Mr Oscar, I'm combining them together and giving them a one. If I could even give them a negative number I would.
Let me start with Oluko, from the name, he was my Yoruba teacher.
I didn't understand Yoruba neither could I speak. Everytime my result came back, I would get my A's marked with blue pen then there would be that single area that has a red pen and you can guess which subject it was.
Technically I know it wasn't his fault but still, show a girl some mercy 😂.
Mrs Ify failed my entire test because I didn't put a full stop after answering the questions in my essay, as if that was not enough being the teacher based head of the PTA, she convinced them to give the overall best student to a boy I beat hands down. I got a scholarship, didn't pay fees for three whole terms, took first position every single time and her excuse was that I'm not outspoken. I'm even reducing it to zero.
Mr Oscar was my principal and also my marketing teacher. His rating was because he flogged me twenty strokes of cane because I didn't write names of noisemaker when my class was noisy.
One for each classmate. I couldn't feel my hands for weeks.
Now my present years
I thought I had met my scariest teacher with Miss Johnny. I couldn't have been more wrong. Dr Dora triples the fear I had. Worse?, she's my project supervisor. I can't rate her before she will see it in her dream and make me suffer.
Mrs Mfonido
She's getting a five, she's an amazing lecturer and the rating would have been higher if I understood a word she said.
She schooled abroad, Congratulations to you Ma but please speak the English that we can understand.
Prof Itah
This semester was the first time he lectured. Man is really good at his job. I'm giving him a six, my reason is that he always comes for class and extends his time. I mean what are to teaching for more than three hours?
Mr Utibe
He is the most friendly lecturer. He engages with everyone in class, makes us laugh and the best part is that he is the only one I've ever come across that lets us ask each other questions in the exam, we only have to do it quietly.
The others will he doing like they are the James Bond of knowledge.
I've had a lot of amazing people teach me but Mr Utibe is the best so far that's why he's getting a nine point five. Where's is perfect?
Mrs Ify could learn a thing or two from him.