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.

Kai! Boarding school was nuts mehn... Jeez! My military mama got sick and tired of detentions,exclusions, teachers speed dialling her work number...Na so d woman tell me I dey go do holiday wiv grandma, con carry me go throw me in one fuckedddd up school like dat called Tunyo. Mehn... I went in feeling like hitler, dem beat me tire! Especially one foolish prefect we dey call akpan, bloody hell....dat guy na devil.

The beating started on my first day, Akpan d demon asked y I left base to come school dere,I replied rudely....am like "I dunno.. U might wanna ask dat witch y she brought me here" akpan slapped my earrings outta my ears dat day o! d rest na history sha! I lasted 6months,begged my mother and promised her I'll behave, with constant pleading and threatening to kill myself, I was bck in base o! No more fetching water! Halleluya!!!!!!

I went to lumen Chisti international high sch, uromi, edo state, Nigeria. And it was tough at d beginning becuz I waz just 9yrs old. Apart from d dirty environment and heartless seniors, it waz a good place, I learnt a lot of good things. D only problem is I became emotionally detached from my parents, and now I can't even gist with my mum or dad for more than 1min, becuz there's nufin to say. The main thing I leanrt is that ALL Man For Himself and God for us all.

I went to lumen Chisti international high sch, uromi, edo state, Nigeria. And it was tough at d beginning becuz I waz just 9yrs old. Apart from d dirty environment and heartless seniors, it waz a good place, I learnt a lot of good things. D only problem is I became emotionally detached from my parents, and now I can't even gist with my mum or dad for more than 1min, becuz there's nufin to say. The main thing I leanrt is that ALL Man For Himself and God for us all. And I will not ship my child to boarding sch. He or she must go to a day sch.

Kids become more corrupt in boarding school than in non boarding school. They turns to gays and lesbians from boarding schools and if you interview lots of these lesbians girls you will find out that most of them attended boarding schools from where it all started.

am talkin: .......Boarding Schools not for a child you truly love

e be like say u don suffer ehn? anyway, I don't agree. send that child to the world, stop the pampering.

FGC ILORIN in the house. Alhaji Ladan pampered us, Alhaji Monite beat the crap out of us. We love them both

Most nigerian parents don't know how to handle a teenager. And no family planning. Boarding sch makes life easier for dem.

lagcity:
e be like say u don suffer ehn? anyway, I don't agree. send that child to the world, stop the pampering.

I swear dat shyte worked o! Mehn...I change drastically wen I got bck.i begin kneel- greet everybody including my teachers in Obodo oyinbo.

dshiznitplata: na so d tin go...04set..d last of Mr Fagbayi....sori Mrs Fagbayi...lol pls tell d misinformed fellow...I remba den dere was a senior in ss3 who made d full ss2 to sleep in class n anywere nyt falls...frm class nobody goes to d hostel unless an informant says d senior isn't in skool...trust me...its like ur worst nytmare came alive..IJ for lyf....Fagbayi for lyf...Sobogun for lyf....rotflmao... na so d tin go...hw do I get to U?.. seems u knw too much

Lol. See my classmate o! U r really taking me way back with Sobogun! That guy's cane contributed a lot to my B3 in WAEC Chemistry (very proud of it!) Lol.
Funny enuf, I think I know you...if the last two syllables of ur username is ur middle name.........

I remember those days man, the yeye seniors then wey dey make boys enter hostel for midnite, 'Gado's will chase you, after you land safely on ur bed, dorm prefect will call assembly around 1am, give us 'mario world' coz people didnt do their portions or because someone ''blocked'' inside laundry e.t.c.

We suffer o!!!!! Lol. BUT IJ rocks abegggg.....

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.

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

Laziness i think.

Yes when i was in the hostel then, we use to have seniors who do terrible things to us, its so annoying, but one question is some of you now parents condeming boarding schools now, werent you the ones maltreating junior students during your time. You think even if you prevent your children from attending boarding school, there wont be pay back?

Is it advisable for babies under six month to take water.

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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

lol. Their own na nicon luxury hotel, our (f.g.c) own come be jungle warfare, every term we dey do guerilla campaign inside thick forest. Have u gone a week witout baffing? lived and survived on a tree for a month, or slept on iron bunk because ure matress has been stolen or commandeered by a bast.ard senior or beaten wit koboko,belts,hockey sticks, golf clubs e.t.c made true friends from different religion, tribe and status? Have u ever drank garri, milk and sugar or garri,beverage, sugar or cabin milk sugar or golden morn milk sugar all inside used plastic buckets? Have u ever had a cold water bath out in the open in the middle of a howling harmattan wind. Mehn those were best days of our lives #fgcodogbolurocks!#

guy u try oh,be lyk say u done try am b4

Nothing much to say, just visit FGGC, Abuloma and hear stories. Thank for my cousin sha

Idowuogbo: Kai! Boarding school was nuts mehn... Jeez! My military mama got sick and tired of detentions,exclusions, teachers speed dialling her work number...Na so d woman tell me I dey go do holiday wiv grandma, con carry me go throw me in one fuckedddd up school like dat called Tunyo. Mehn... I went in feeling like hitler, dem beat me tire! Especially one foolish prefect we dey call akpan, bloody hell....dat guy na devil.

The beating started on my first day, Akpan d demon asked y I left base to come school dere,I replied rudely....am like "I dunno.. U might wanna ask dat witch y she brought me here" akpan slapped my earrings outta my ears dat day o! d rest na history sha! I lasted 6months,begged my mother and promised her I'll behave, with constant pleading and threatening to kill myself, I was bck in base o! No more fetching water! Halleluya!!!!!!

Your longest post so far on NL.
Among the ones I have been seeing though!

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HESCUS ME Senor, some people broke their teeth there o.lol. Loyola is the real school for ajebutters. Brilliant ajebutters.lol

I mean Loyola College Ibadan, not Loyola Jesuit Abuja...khaki nor be leather...find out pls. And i am talking in the range of the '90s o...

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.

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.

jidegirl12: Loyola college Ibadan, st. Patric's , ISI , ohhh goner those days early '90s listing to Keith sweat ummmm reminiscing

Correct! ISI, QUEEN's College, Ibadan Grammar, Loyola College, Holy Trinity, mehn, those were baddo schools then...My nostahic song then was 'candy rain' in 1993...and remember then always playing for the school team and we dey always fight after matches...nor be small things o...
Some pple been think say na Loyola Jesuit I dey talk...Loyola College Ibadan nor be d same as Loyola Jesuit Abuja o....cos IF E NOR BE PANADOL, E NOR FIT BE LIKE PANADOL

dshiznitplata: na so d tin go...04set..d last of Mr Fagbayi....sori Mrs Fagbayi...lol pls tell d misinformed fellow...I remba den dere was a senior in ss3 who made d full ss2 to sleep in class n anywere nyt falls...frm class nobody goes to d hostel unless an informant says d senior isn't in skool...trust me...its like ur worst nytmare came alive..IJ for lyf....Fagbayi for lyf...Sobogun for lyf....rotflmao... na so d tin go...hw do I get to U?.. seems u knw too much

Misinformed? Maga! I aint talking about Loyola Jesuit Abuja...thats for the ajebos like FGC Ijanikin...we know whassup abeg...I am talking about LOYOLA COLLEGE Ibadan, Agodi...of the 90s....even the name of the area self fit make u repent! It was a life-threaening, life-changing, life-denting, life-bending experience I nor fit try again...

pak:


. . .then you're younger than I thought.

In my Jss 1, the vogue then was arrested development (loved everyday people to bits), boys 2 men, MC hammer and Bobby Brown. Keith sweat didn't have his break through yet.

On the local scene, there was this - 'sotey you carry O - e belle' song, one very razz song but gained a lot traction.

The good ol days of FGCID

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 .....

delors:
Misinformed? Maga! I aint talking about Loyola Jesuit Abuja...thats for the ajebos like FGC Ijanikin...we know whassup abeg...I am talking about LOYOLA COLLEGE Ibadan, Agodi...of the 90s....even the name of the area self fit make u repent! It was a life-threaening, life-changing, life-denting, life-bending experience I nor fit try again...

Agodi gate ibi ti won ti nko omo alaigboran....!!!!

delors:
Correct! ISI, QUEEN's College, Ibadan Grammar, Loyola College, Holy Trinity, mehn, those were baddo schools then...My nostahic song then was 'candy rain' in 1993...and remember then always playing for the school team and we dey always fight after matches...nor be small things o...
Some pple been think say na Loyola Jesuit I dey talk...Loyola College Ibadan nor be d same as Loyola Jesuit Abuja o....cos IF E NOR BE PANADOL, E NOR FIT BE LIKE PANADOL

Ohhhh I listen to that song everyday.... dad used to get me that lyrics magazine then.... I used to mime at school shows then.... Omo!! ( dancing )

delors:
Misinformed? Maga! I aint talking about Loyola Jesuit Abuja...thats for the ajebos like FGC Ijanikin...we know whassup abeg...I am talking about LOYOLA COLLEGE Ibadan, Agodi...of the 90s....even the name of the area self fit make u repent! It was a life-threaening, life-changing, life-denting, life-bending experience I nor fit try again...

If they can just package this description with this description:

Osareime:
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.

All in one school, I would fire my children straight there.

coal_coal: I went to a boarding school so did all of my siblings. My wife also went to a boarding school.
I know that times have changed and there is a high degree of moral decadence.
But then, I still believe that there are a few good schools out there. My first daughter will be 10 in a few months and my wife and I intend sending her to a boarding school later this year.
The truth is .....this is the time a child learns to be independent. Fine, they will make mistakes but then, one must give them a chance to grow amd think independently as long as their foundation is solid.
I'll come back and say more

I am surprised the way most people are talking about boarding schools negatively. Everybody wants to buy a car despite they know it can have accident. My first child is also a female but she needs to go out there and learn how life should be because she is rebelious, fearless, sometimes disobedient but brilliant, curious and enthusiastic. I am planning to find a good private boarding school for her soon as she must go and learn how to be independent, confident and tolerable too. believe me, there are lot of vices in day school as I knew what I did back then in my day public schools with my fellow gangsters but thank God I foud my way back. I believe in how a little sufferness can bring the best of someone in life and my children should know it is a failure to be dependent.

promire2004:

Thank you so much. I'm flattered.

You're welcome

In an ideal situation, a boarding house holds ffg advantages amongst others;
- promote independence which could bring out child's potentials
- give a real world scenario/ community setting to a child early-on
- help parents monitor progress in an objective manner.

Nonetheless, all above will be defeated if there no proper monitoring by the institution you handed your child to

wasolad01:

I am surprised the way most people are talking about boarding schools negatively. Everybody wants to buy a car despite they know it can have accident. My first child is also a female but she needs to go out there and learn how life should be because she is rebelious, fearless, sometimes disobedient but brilliant, curious and enthusiastic. I am planning to find a good private boarding school for her soon as she must go and learn how to be independent, confident and tolerable too. believe me, there are lot of vices in day school as I knew what I did back then in my day public schools with my fellow gangsters but thank God I foud my way back. I believe in how a little sufferness can bring the best of someone in life and my children should know it is a failure to be dependent.

Very true

J12: I was sent to a boarding school because I was a rebel. My parents believed that being very away from home was the best treatment I could get since I could no longer keep contact with my fellow rebellious peers.
It changed me anyway.

But I'll never send my child to a boarding school. I don't want them to be gays

ur experienc is the same wit mine,i went to a mission boarding school and it realy made me who i am 2day but most boarding schools today are nothing to write home about cos homosexuality is now a norm and children only go there to enjoy the latest and costliest milk and other beverages in town.