jidegirl12:

I was just listening to KS while replying the post.....Mid thirties bro .... Ofcourse I got the AD, The Boys, MC Hammer posters in my room then

I broke a leg roller skating was it Hammer or I can't remember again.

Nothing like good old days .....

Sagamite:

I personally would like my kids to face some slight hardship in school, not have everything laid out for them. That is not the world they would be pushed out to eventually, especially in Nigeria.

That is just my preference.

Osareime:

Everything was not so easy. There was discipline. Detention if you fail to do morning duties, if you were late, if you broke school rules. And the detention wasn't fun. You learnt to study, and you learnt to use your time wisely. You learnt valuable life lessons that is my point.

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Yes, the LJC ajeburrer sec school alumni are here.lol.
But really, your secondary school is one of the best in Nigeria presently. I've seen products of that school & I'm over-impressed. I'm sure less than 10 percent of your classmates are schooling in Nigeria & a good number of those outside are in really good schools.

& no offence o, but is we call LJC a boarding house, what do we call the FGCs? jungle house? loool. Miss, ur school was home away from home

Osareime:
Everything was not so easy. There was discipline. Detention if you fail to do morning duties, if you were late, if you broke school rules. And the detention wasn't fun. You learnt to study, and you learnt to use your time wisely. You learnt valuable life lessons that is my point.

Osareime: I advocate for boarding schools because children at that age need to learn to deal with all kinds of characters. When a child is a day student they do not learn TOLERANCE the way those in boarding house will.

The beauty of boarding house is that you learn from teachers but learn also from your peers from so many different backgrounds.

I know for one I learnt to deal with different people differently, I learnt to speak up for myself, I learnt to mix social life, sports and academics to excel in all.

I learnt the importance of looking tidy, organised and being responsible for myself.

For homosexuality one has to guard and pick one that doesn't allow for that.
In my boarding house we didn't use bunks and two people sharing a bed was one of the most serious offences one could commit. It was grounds for suspension or even expulsion.

Even at home a child could learn bad character. I would rather allow my child learn early to be responsible and be able to deal with peer pressure.

A good boarding house is a very good experience I would advice every parent to take advantage of.

delors:
FGC Ijanikin is like a private school fr the ajebutters...we r talking about FGCs in rainforest areas,public secondary schools in Ibadan, Jos, Kaduna, Ede, etc where life is really defined by 'hell'...where u cannot easily run home to mummy...where 'rejects' are sent to torture other students...where visiting is just once in a month for the lucky ones...where u must never tell ur dad dat a senior beat the hell out of u unless u wan die...where as a junior, u 'll never know the real names of all the seniors except nicknames like -
Lagos Boy, Hottest, Omiata,
Fada bunky, Niran United,
Kabuki, Long nose, Spere,
Stand well well, Ijamba (disaster),
denden Buller, Sangobiyi, Jazzinho,
Ogun-ajo, Papinto, etc
(Any Loyola College student of old in da house?)

sekzy99: My school has d best boardin facilities in d whole of alimosho.SOUNDHOPE PRIVATE ACADEMY -BARUWA/IPAJA LAGOS STATE

Duke_Nija: Boarding Schools used to be an opportunity for children to be independent, well trained and disciplined, well, that was back in the 90's.

Parents need to realise that boarding schools here in Nigeria are not what they used to be. Innocent Children are exposed to harsh conditions which they have to adapt to, sometimes costing them their Values.

A Close friend just revealed to me how his first sexual experience was with a Male Senior in his Boarding school. Its was a really sad story.

Another asked me why I don't drink, and I said "I don't know".
He said he started drinking in Jss2 while in boarding school.
He's from a good Family.

A third(Female presently in SS1) was smoking and drinking at this xmas party, and I was disturbed by her age. She then revealed to me that she was in boarding school, where she learnt stuffs.

Let me not even talk of how disorganised, uncordinated and lost my kid brother was back at Ijanikin. Thank God he didn't pick those afformentioned vices and was pulled out on time. He's a Fantastic Engineering student now.
His problems stopped immediated he left.

There is something terribly wrong with boarding schools in Nigeria, especially Public schools. Homosexuality is a near lifestyle in same-sex schools, and its not any better with mixed schools where Students are taught to drink, smoke, steal and do all sorts of lewd acts to get going.

Scaling of Fence is fun, at least you get to spend the night out.
Kids are abused, bullied and what not.
Innocent Children are exposed to riff-raffs who rob them of all their morals.
Leaving your child at the mercy of strangers, both students and teachers is unjustifiable.

Whatever can be learnt at school, can be learnt better at home with the aid, love, care, protection of Parents.

Parents no matter how busy they claim to be, will still have some few moments with the Kids everyday.
Much more on weekends.

Someone pls tell me I'm wrong and overreacting which I'm sure I'm not.

Amelian: When I have my kids, they are going to NO BOARDING SCHL...! ... End of story...
I cant afford not to be part of their everyday lives and growing up..

Amelian: Nah, I can't let them go.... That's just me...I have a younger brother who went to boarding schl and I always shake my head, on his behavior towards people.. And when our parents died, he said one fateful day, that they never loved him that's why they took him away to a boarding school , and thats y he wont ever forgive my mum for that action.. at least she could have made our dad see reason of not taking him to a boarding schl... he taunted our poor mum , till she had a heart failure and died.... ... No matter, how I tried to make him see reason, he won't hear oo...he said , I and my youngest brother who stayed back at home, enjoyed so well... He resents us too .
He is so stubborn, so rude, so arrogant, lord! ...
Abeg, no boarding school for my kids... My husband must see reason... He has to.

Amelian: If my husband insist, I will talk to him and make him realize my fears...he will listen, cause i wont marry a blockhead, whose mindset will suround taking crucial decisions like this on his own, without listening to me... i wont marry a dictator, simple! and if any of my kids insist , fine but I doubt they will ..especially in his or her young tender age.. Like nursery, primary or secondary? Nah, they won't fancy the idea..even though am not married yet with kids, I believe beyond doubt, my kids would always want to be around me...my love is intoxicating .....except heading to higher institution, then yea...they can go anywhere they want...at least my invaluable values will be instill in their brains.
And no one can be able to influence them, especially bad influence.

banttieman:
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And IF your husband, the father to HIS kids say they attend a boarding school, you will stand against his wishes because you want to be part of their lives everyday? I was feeble @ 10 yrs when I got to FGC Ikirun in Osun state, a blooody hell hole. Our dorms had no windows, doors, 4 yrs we were digging our wells to get water. Insipid food, crazy as.s teachers, bully seniors etc. By my 3rd yr, I was mentally and physically strong and alert.

I tell u, there's more good than harm! I am a living witness.[/size]

buccunmie:
Dats my alma-mata. Boarding house is d best.it prepares u for higher institution.

banttieman:

[size=18pt]Did you attend FGC Ikirun for real? What grad set are u?[/size]

Osareime:
I went to a private boarding school in Abuja and it was beautiful. There was no bullying because the management was American and Nigerians trained in America. At a point teachers were not even allowed to tell students to kneel down. The food was good. We ate 5 times a day and good food. (not home quality but good).

Ice cream, salads, drinks, yogurts, chicken and many others were normal. The bathrooms were always clean, hot water flowed in harmattan. It wasn't home but it was comfortable.

The students were from good homes. I made many many good friends there.

The academic life was great. We had the best WAEC result for years.

Nice programs and events that I look back now and really appreciate.

Although I lost a lot of classmates in a plane crash in 2005, (RIP angels), I loved my boarding school experience.

I would love for my children to have an experience like that.