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.

IYA NGBALI: @ op you are right,I studies yoruba in the university,but today I lecturer english in one of our higher institutes

Ezekwesiri04: Nigerian system have made education not to be attractive,eduction or no eduction , the aim is to leave a good confortable life!, i spent 5 yrs in the university and plus 1 yr NYSC, got a job in a firm that is owned by my sec school who enterd business after we finished secondary school, now am still trying to start up life while he is already married with 3 children and leave in his own house. So tell me who haves a success story to tell

OkparaIgbo:

[b]Bitter ke? Unto what levels na.. There are so many of my African Sisters around to begin to even give a hoot about an efulefu like the OP..(No Pun intended). You should be asking why I am furious and I think I have answered the OP on that. I don't need to live with either of them to know of a functional marriage and unless my black sisters begin to emulate such humble characters in their marriages to Black men, then we will keep having situations like this.

My post didn't prove anything not already known of the OP.. Yes I am aware that she wants to marry a fellow "woman man" called a whiteman one who will go and cook on wednesday because the rota says so and one who will wash her pants too because she is at work or clean the toilet because she just finished mopping the floor and it is his turn to do so..

I laugh @ some African women who have become so conned like ships in this westernised, women liberated culture that the principles of our roots have become a waste. There is no disadvantages in marrying whomever and I have not or will not say any.. OP please feel free to marry whoever you so wish BUT DON'T YOU DARE INSULT ME OR MY BROTHERS AND PUT US BELOW the white man.

olaak1: There is this general believe that Ghanians speak good English more than Nigerians pls Nairalanders in Ghana speak out!

maclatunji:

Speaking good English has little to do with your accent. Kofi Annan and Wole Soyinka don't speak with foreign accents but do speak good English.

Talking about speaking good English as an indicator of quality education or intelligence, I have to say that in countries where English is the language of instruction in schools, this is largely true. For example, I can tell fairly accurately how intelligent one is just by reading their 'English' on Nairaland.

chic2007:


This is really good. I have a daughter who also hates maths but I know that when one finds a really good teacher, her attitude towards it might change. Can you kindly give me the details of the private teacher (if you still have them) so I can arrange for lessons for her. She is currently in SS2. Thanks in advance.

Jarus: I used to be poor in Maths. In fact in primary school, I was nicknamed "I don't know maths" - for giving that as an answer when asked by my teacher to solve one maths problem.

I was very poor in Maths till SS2. I was however fortunate to meet one private teacher in SSS2 who taught me factorization and that was the first 'complex' maths I knew. Almost miraculously, from that point I found myself being able to solve some questions. I decided to go back to those maths textbooks of JSS 1-3, read them myself, now got it. I later moved to SSS 1 textbook and later SS2. I can't explain how I was getting it. Few months later I wrote GCE (in SS2) and scored B2 in Maths. That was my turning point - from being complete olodo in Maths up till SS2 to scoring B2 in WAEC(only 2 people scored A1 in Maths in my set.

That motivation further drove me to go learn Further Maths voluntarily. I started from integration (imagine learning integration without starting from differentiation). Mathematical courses later became my favourites when studying economics in the university.

The point is, if you believe so much in yourself, you can be good at it.

Now, should maths be made compulsory? I think for courses as law, sociology, political science, English and other arts subjects (except philosophy) a pass (E8 - 40%) should be acceptable. For economics, geography, accounting, a credit pass (C6 - 50%) should be the minimum.

Of course, no need talking about sciences and engineering, which bedrock mathematics is.

Paschal007: [img]http://2.bp..com/-TEL4LZjvDcE/UTukcgxcz5I/AAAAAAAAPM0/ZnqiU4Cz8Xw/s640/gene.jpg[/img]

I thought this was what she wore at the AMVCA 2013?
https://www.nairaland.com/1220489/pictures-celebrities-amvca-2013-red

Why are you guys lying against jenny?

Emmasees: But people sha. We just love to pull people that are doing well in their field down. We Nigerians are our own enemies and that's why we may never grow or develop as a country. Nobody is perfect and we have our own shortcomings, does that mean we are a bad person? I didn't listen on the supposed date but one thing I can say about freeze is that he is one of the best broadcaster we have in this country and Coolfm will be glad they have him. That's the style he has chosen and it works for him because we are here discussing him and Coolfm. We love him on the roadshow and we will keep on supporting him no matter what. Up freeze, up Coolfm, up Nigeria.

Duchaello: Freeze is a free-minded person.....CoOLfm ROcK!

edreesabiodun: LOL. Not holding brief for him or anything but the callers don't feed him.