The book of the present time doesnt have all those metric tables, its only pictures of celebrities like dbanj and psquarr u will find there. Where have we gone wrong. I spent 20kobo on lunch in my own time but kids of the present time wont even be satisfied with a hundred naira note.

clemmonce: did people actually use slate to write in those days ?

Yes people used slate provided by Government in then midwest state. When governement slates mainly made of card boards were getting damaged without replacement, (e don Tay wen govt de deal with man pipkin) we were forced to patronize the carpenters. Pupils change to this kind of excessive book from primary two. In primary two, you can only use pencil. Usage of pen holder which was dipped into a bottle of ink starts from primary 3. Your fingers, teeth, toe nails and neatness of uniforms were inspected on weekly basis. Your note books are also inspected by the teacher to ensure you have copied all the notes and done all your home works. Good old days!

Ede*ede, remi ko n iya, segun elere ball, odabo odabo kayode

Ejiné: Edeh Times Edeh.
Rice. Customer.
I Saw Edeh.
Beans.
Oloko-Oloko Kids

You also have at the back cover
Thirty days has September
April, June and November...

Nolstagia...
That was when we would recite
'The groundnut' boy poem.
Do you know the groundnut boy
The grounboy 2x
Do you know the groundnut boy who lived in our compound

The period when the fear of 'gbomogbomo' was the beginning of wisdom

The period when we would run away from school to avoid being vaccinated

The period when chocomilo, robo robo, dankwa, condense and the likes were still in vogue.
The period when some macho guys would come to our primary school to display their strenght.(We actually pay to watch them)
They would carry a student up with their teeth(Really weird)
Tie a rope to a car and pull the rope
Lie on the ground with Planks placed on them and somebody will then drive a car on them

The period when we would go hunting for abutata and bees.
*#SoMuchToTell#*

Do you guys know what we used to say in Yoruba with the 'Exercise book.' Ede X Ede, Remi ko ni Iya, Segun Elere Bolu,Odabo Odabo Kayode'. Once shared it on facebook and people were like 'Oh! memory of the good old days!

Its called iwe babaginda

davida222: good old days, i wonder where that guy in d pics is now, has he finaly win d olympic Gold?

I heard the guy was used to represent late Ifeajuna, first nigerian commonwealth gold medalist.
Nice topic though, it brought me back to my primary school days in the 80s

Ejiné: The side I loved the most was the length/distance metric table.

10 millimetres make one centimetre
10 centimetres make one decimetre
10 decimetres make one metre

But dem get this particular boy in my class called Ekene. When reciting, he mixed up the metres with the gramms.
In his own version, 1000 kilometres make one tonne

That was like an anthem in my class, if you can not recite it, Mr. Lawrence, will use ruler to hit the back of your fingers.

I used the book for mental sums. sighting it alone can make some1 collapse expecially on sunday evenings.

Just couldnt stop laughing.
It's bin a very long time for real.

Mcfemad: Gone are the days...How many of you remembered or used this?

If you used this, you probably also ate Okin Biscuits and drank three top drink #goodolddays

Really got me smiling. Back in d dayz. Kai! e don tey!

strangest:
The picture is Emmanuel Ifeajuna when he earned for himself the honour of being the first black African to win a gold medal when he won the high jump in Canada at the Commonwealth Games in 1954.

Iffeajuna the jumper? he serve in d same unit wif my dad in the army b4 1966 coup.

sorrry am from London. we dont use those kinda boooks... we use Computers!\

enitan2002: The book of the present time doesnt have all those metric tables, its only pictures of celebrities like dbanj and psquarr u will find there. Where have we gone wrong. I spent 20kobo on lunch in my own time but kids of the present time wont even be satisfied with a hundred naira note.

U actually remind me of how much i spend at break time. Myself, my sist. nd my broda used 50k to eat @ break times. Na wa oo!

Ejiné: I remember when I used to recieve hot punishments for tearing out the leaves of my exercise books and using them to draw "action feems".

De actor and de 'bose'



Mrs. Njemanze was such a mean biyotch.

Ejine, which primary school did you go to?

Yeah yeah yeah I have a copy I stumbled upon few months ago nd I kept ittt!

Yeah i remember,
Ede times Ede
Remi koni Iya
Segun elere ball
Odabo dabo Kayode

Let me help U all...
Ede times ede
Remi koni iya
Segun ilere boolu
Odabo odako kayode....gbam!...

Edeh times edeh
Remi ko ni iya
Segun elere boolu
Odabo odao kayode...

Good old days

Edeh times edeh
Remi ko ni iya
Segun elere boolu
Odabo odabo kayode...

Good old days

Here is d YORUBA fashion of it.
If u understand yoruba & schooled down interior western yoruba part of d country.
E = ere
X = times
E = ere
R = Remi
C = Koni
I = iya
S = Segun
E = elere

B = bolu
O = o da bo
O = o da bo
K = Kayode

CLASSMAN: ede times ede
remy koni iya
odabo odabo kayode
lol

Lol! U missed out 'segun elere bollu'.

Nwa_Nimo: with the light brown paper - yeah went throguh many.

wow, reminds me that there used to be brown n white exercise books. The brown ones always tear easily especially when u have to erase somthing

Wait o! My own version na

Ede times Ede
Rice Customer
I shall Eat
Beans Oloko Oloko Case !

I remember how you had to write with a pencil until you got to Grade 3 and graduated to penmanship.

Yes my school was posh like that; we no dey talk plimaly 1, plimaly 2 ...

clemmonce: did people actually use slate to write in those days ?

Oh yes! I used slate in my village nursery school(nta akara) in the 80s. I was too playful and was one of the least brilliant chap in my class. Many atimes, I will score 0/10. My teacher will administer some dose of bulala on my buttock. Thereafter, she will force me to go home without wiping off the embarrassing score from my slate. I usually feel deeply ashamed when I treks back home to the extent that I take bush path most of those times. On meeting my dad at home, he will continue from where my teacher stopped. His own punishment will be so brutal that my mum usually pleads with him to tamper justice with mercy. But those punitive measures couldn't change me. The process usually repeats itself the next day.

lincontee: Here is d YORUBA fashion of it.
If u understand yoruba & schooled down interior western yoruba part of d country.
E = ere
X = times
E = ere
R = Remi
C = Koni
I = iya
S = Segun
E = elere

B = bolu
O = o da bo
O = o da bo
K = Kayode

Is it 'Ere'? Or 'Ede'? We used ede.

I still have one which I kept as collector's item

D.pinaku:
You also have at the back cover
Thirty days has September
April, June and November...

Nolstagia...
That was when we would recite
'The groundnut' boy poem.
Do you know the groundnut boy
The grounboy 2x
Do you know the groundnut boy who lived in our compound

The period when the fear of 'gbomogbomo' was the beginning of wisdom

The period when we would run away from school to avoid being vaccinated

The period when chocomilo, robo robo, dankwa, condense and the likes were still in vogue.
The period when some macho guys would come to our primary school to display their strenght.(We actually pay to watch them)
They would carry a student up with their teeth(Really weird)
Tie a rope to a car and pull the rope
Lie on the ground with Planks placed on them and somebody will then drive a car on them

The period when we would go hunting for abutata and bees.
*#SoMuchToTell#*

When you dare not drink garri after eating mango.
When you the number of ladybird, comics, how well you can draw voltron determines your popularity.
When your only entertainments were: police and thief, chatcher, suwe, moni ni(at night), ten te.

I feel you bro.

For those of us that schooled in the east, this book reminds me of those days of singing the modified version of the "don't play my rocking roll tonight. It went like this:

Don't play with Akpu m'neno
Don't play with Akpu m'neno
Don't play with Akpu m'neno tonight!

Primary school days!