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NYSC is not a wasted experience and it does not hold people back from getting jobs.  If there is no NYSC, Nigerian graduates would still roam the streets for jobs that are not there anyway so we shldnt blame inavailability of jobs on the scheme.  
As many others have said, NYSC is what u make of it.
I served in a village in Ebonyi State. I fell ill every month because of mosquitoes so i spent most of my allawee treating myself.  The village had no potable water and i spent many months in a house that had no light.
But there were so many other things that made my stay worthwhile, I made a lot of friends.  I was forced out of my comfort zone to learn how other people live, they culture and beliefs.  
I still thnk the programme shld not be scrapped - just improved.  There are people in the hinterland who need help, and it takes those of us from the cities to show the way.
NYSC isnt crap, it only shows us that life is not a bed of roses, and that life coudl be improved if we care to improve it.

@ Seun, I dont know why this topic has rubbed you the wrong way.
I have repeatedly told you to confirm the list from WAEC. When you do that, then you can tell whether it is genuine or not.
As per Media laws, they are there to show journalists what they can or cannot do within the law, not to protect them from prosecution. The right to withold info about a source is to protect that source - not necessarily the journalist.
You call this your private website yet you threw it open to internet users to be a part of it and use it to express their opinions.
Mr Nairaland website owner, if you delete this thread, it will not affect my life in the minutest way. You are very free to do so.
It would just go a long way to make some other things obvious

@jjuumaaii, I noticed that too. In fact stats i got from WAEC showed that since 1985, its only about five schools that have been dominating the best WASSCE result. QC has won it 7 times. Federal Govt Academy, Suleija, has also won it several times. I thnk KC has won twice, then International School, Lagos (ISL) has won twice also. The only full private expensive school which is also a missionary school that has won it twice and this year came third is Loyola Jesuit, Abuja.
Also from WAEC stats, the best three candidates for each year (since 1985) are mostly from Federal Govt Colleges and a few other missionary or government schools. Those who make 1st to 3rd position (of best candidates) are not up to one percent.
So u see, some parents are just throwing their money away paying expensive school fees.

@ Seun, media law allows me to quote a source without disclosing the person or institution. If you don't know, pls find out after all you are supposed to be well read.

And as i told you before, go to the West African Examination Council National Office at Yaba and apply for the statistics. If you can adequately satisfy them on the purpose you want to use the stats for, you will get it.

If you cannot, then wait till November when WAEC will officially announce it and award prizes to the best schools and candidates.

And, If the Education Minister, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili could confirm it, then you do not have to believe it.

@ Onyeozi, FGC Nise aint on the list of first 55 for 2006 WASSCE. Maybe they were the best for 2005 which WAEC is just announcing this week. So pls cross check your facts.

@ Ayomajek, thanks for being up to date about QC u're telling the truth

@ Omo Eko, QC aint a wack school. Like it or leave it, it is still one of the top schools in Nigeria at almost 80 years of age and considering the rot in the education system. The girls u spoke about that might have been doin those things dont make up the population of the whole of QC which is at present over 2000. And whatever u knw of bad behaviour was in the past. the teachers are very strict now.
Pls lets give it to the school, it has and is still producing many scholars and professionals worthy of note.

@ 4play, the list is not false. The Education Minister, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili confirmed it today while giving a talk at TREM.

@ Rof Imao, again, the list aint false and I did not attend QC. I finished from Fed Govt Girls College, Benin City (and i love my school). As a journalist on the education beat, it is my business to follow news and issues in the education sector.

and finally, QC has won the best overall prize in the WASSCE six times between 1985 and 2003. I dnt have the records for 2004 and 2005. last year (2006) was the seventh time.

@debosky, I wondered about the aggregate thing myself. I guess its the people at WAEC who can tell.

LIST OF BEST SCHOOLS SHOWING THE TOTAL AGGREGATES OF THE BEST 50 CANDIDATES

S/NO CENTRE NUMBER CENTRE NAME AGGREGATE
41 4010161 SOUTHLAND SEC SCH, ABA 0722
42 4130231 ST THOMAS BASIC SEC SCH, BENIN CITY 0724
43 4141508 ANSAR-UR DEEN ISLAMIC SEC SCH, OTUN-EKITI 0725
44 4130410 LUMEN CHRISTI INTL HIGH SCH, UROMI 0734
45 4330911 OJIM'S COLLEGE, RUMUJI 0735
46 4020621 NIGERIAN TURKISH INTL COLLEGE, WUSE 2 0736
47 4251017 OXFORD COLLEGE, NEW OKO-OBA, AGEGE 0736
48 4331615 IMMACULATE COMPREHENSIVE SEC SCH, OMOKU 0736
49 4250341 TUNYO COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE, EGAN 0737
50 4251035 ST ANTHONY'S INTL SEC SCH, IFAKO IJAIYE 0738
51 4251133 VIVIAN FOWLER MEMORIAL COL FOR GIRLS, IKJ 0738
52 4251226 STARS INTL COLLEGE, IKORODU 0743
53 4020626 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE, LIEF CAMP, GARKI, ABJ 0745
54 4043131 ST BRAIAN'S MODEL COLLEGE, UYO 0747

, and I missed the last number on the first page of the list of best schools,

55 4302819 OLASHORE INTL SCHOOL, ILOKO-IJESA 0749

@ Seun, I'm protected by law not to disclose my source.  But one of the schools on the list applied to WAEC for the result and it was given to them. You too can apply to WAEC for it.

I'm not sure what aggregate score means. I thnk it is the total, but the list continues


LIST OF BEST SCHOOLS SHOWING THE TOTAL AGGREGATES OF THE BEST 50 CANDIDATES

S/NO  CENTRE NUMBER   CENTRE NAME                                                             AGGREGATE
21       4040107               ST MARY'S SCIENCE COLLEGE, EDIENE ABAK                 0664
22       4112310               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, WARRI                      0668
23       4132014               AB EDUCATION CENTRE, BENIN CITY                              0673
24       4310824               THE INTL SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN                    0677
25       4320505               BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL, JOS                                           0680
26       4251112               AIR FORCE SECONDARY SCHOOL, IKEJA                         0682
27       4131284               GREAT OXFORD INTL GROUP OF SCHS, B/CITY               0686
28       4303013               OUR LADY AND ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC COL, OSOGBO   0687
29       4332114               NEW HEAVEN INTL SEC SCH, OYIGBO                             0689
30       4281116               CHRIST THE KING CATOLIC COL, ODOLEWU-IJEBU-ODE   0703
31       4250430               DOSEG INTL COLLEGE, AMUWO-ODOFIN                         0705
32       4252037               RAINBOW COLLEGE, SURULERE                                       0706
33       4190916               ZAMANI COLLEGE, KADUNA                                              0707
34       4280720               BARACHEL MODEL COLLEGE, IJU-ISHAGA                         0707
35       4312016               AIR-FORCE COMPREHENSIVE SCH, IYANA OFFA                0707
36       4260811               LOUISVILLE GIRLS' HIGH SCHO, IJEBU IFE                        0712
37       4241314               ADESOYE COLLEGE, OFFA                                                0716
38       4020623               FEDERAL GOVT BOYS' COLLEGE, GARKI, ABUJA                0717
39       4141122               FEDERAL GOVT COLLEGE, IKOLE-EKITI                            0720
40       4131278               UNICENT HIGH SCH, BENIN CITY                                     0721

Here are the top 54 schools out of 9718 that wrote the last SSCE conducted by WAEC. It is authentic.  Don't bother checking the WAEC site.  It is not there. WAEC will announce this result in November.  
Brace up and check for ur secondary school or ur brother, sister, cousin, nephew/niece or son's school.  If it is not on the list, well,


THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL

LIST OF BEST SCHOOLS SHOWING THE TOTAL AGGREGATES OF THE BEST 50 CANDIDATES

S/NO  CENTRE NUMBER   CENTRE NAME                                                                 AGGREGATE
1         4251502               QUEEN'S COLLEGE, YABA                                                         0444
2         4251301               KING'S COLLEGE, LAGOS                                                         0467
3         4020617               LOYOLA JESUIT COLLEGE, WUSE                                             0469
4         4251713               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, IJANIKIN                             0514
5         4310830               ORITAMEFA BAPTIST MODEL SCHOOL, IBADAN                         0537
6         4272202               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY, SULEJA                               0543
7         4251527               INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS                    0546
8         4150404               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, ENUGU                                0566
9         4250338               DEE UNIQUE COLLEGE, IPAJA                                                   0576
10       4131258               NEGBENEBOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BENIN CITY               0583
11       4131114               PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY             0602
12       4172121               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS' COLLEGE, OWERRI                   0606
13       4150505               HOLY ROSARY COLLEGE, UWANI-ENUGU                                   0609
14       4010115               DORITHY INTL SEC. SCH, UMUODU AVENUE ABAYI, ABA            0622
15       4111805               DELTA STEEL CO. TECH HIGH SCH, OVWIAN-ALADJA                0627
16       4250331               ST. SAVIOUR'S HIGH SCH, ALAGBADA, IKOTUN                          0635
17       4330105               GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, EMELEGO                        0636
18       4051717               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS' COLLEGE, ONITSHA                  0651
19       4282016               FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS' COLLEGE, SAGAMU                   0651
20       4131708               UGBINE SEC SCHOOL, UGBINE                                                 0660

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nice stories so far. Pls keep responding. Nothing u post would be wasted because any of your experiences could come handy for a journalist. Kudos.

For those posted to Ebonyi State where i served, enter Ifesinachi (from Jibowu) straight to Abakaliki. As long as you're going on the day or the day before camp is opening, there would be a straight bus (night or day) and you would meet fellow graduates going to camp which would be good for u.
If u can't stand the long journey, take a flight to Enugu but be mindful that u would still have to move from the airport to Enugu town to get another vehicle to Abakiliki.
From Abakaliki, u just have to find ur way to Sharon Camp which is the temporary NYSC camp.
, And u're lucky camp is opening in March. The dust in Ebonyi b4 the rains is hell. Ur white would turn to brown so take extra white T-shirts. But camp is fun anyway

whao. So far so good i've gotten interesting replies.
@Joycexz, u made a bold move. I hope many others learn from what your did.
@walelead, ur story is important I know it would come handy.
At least I now know i av to address what some students go through during their internship. I would write on that very soon.
@ Seun, thanks for being the first to respond
I'm still looking forward to more replies.

Ayo Morrocco, u must have finished from Fediben b4 1991. I met the anthem u wrote when i was in JS1. I think it was changed within the 1st two years of my stay in that school.
I bless God for the priviledge of attending Federal Benin

hi raiderchic, thanks for posting Fediben (FGGC Benin) anthem. I was almost heartbroken that it wasn't there.
I finished in '96. When did u finish?

I am a columnist with The Nation newspaper. The name of my column is Edutalk. It is published on Thursdays. My organisation has a website (www.thenationonlineng.com) but the person in charge is too lazy to post education articles online.

In addition to the response I would get from my email and SMS, I would like the contributions of Nairaland users on the column below. It was published on Thursday, March 1st 2007 (yesterday) and I hope to publish a sequel next Thursday. If i get a beauty story from here, I will publish it next week.

I'm looking forward to getting the usual nairaland response.
Enjoy your reading:

A teacher’s reward was in London
Mr Oni teaches at Surulere Senior Secondary School (SSS), in Lagos. We have not met personally but I heard about him from Mrs Olabimpe Carrena, the Principal of his school. I met Mrs Carrena at a programme organised by the British Council last week.

His story makes for an interesting reading and I believe there is a lesson in it for all teachers so that those of them who do their jobs with passion can believe that they do not have to get to heaven to reap their reward. Who knows! It may be waiting for them in Greece.

For those doing other things when something tells them they ought to be in the classroom, I hope this would act as a push for them to follow their calling. (And for those teaching by force, I hope this story would motivate them to find their square root).

Once upon a time, Mr Oni was just an ordinary civil servant facing the challenges that public school teachers face (or once faced). We cannot claim to have forgotten that during the military era landlords and ladies refused renting their houses to people of the chalk profession because their salaries, though meagre, were not paid on time. This had an attendant effect on their ability to pay their children’s school fees and also feed their families.

For over fifteen years, he taught at SSS. But it was just a little over three years ago that Mrs Carrena was transferred to the school as principal. Among the many teachers she had to work with, Mr Oni stood out as one she could depend on. He was always there to discipline or counsel erring pupils and see to the smooth running of the school. He did more than his share of work and did not have that attitude of 30-days-make-a-pay-package that some of his colleagues brought to bear on their responsibilities. Mrs Carrena said she could be rest assured that all was well with the school in her absence as long as Mr Oni was in charge. (Note: Mr Oni was not the Vice Principal).

One day, at last, providence called. It came to pass that the British Council selected Surulere Secondary School, Lagos as one of its centres for its Dreams + Teams project. The project seeks to develop leadership skills in youths through sports and linkages with foreign schools.

When the coordinators sought a teacher for the training, Mrs Carrena did not hesitate in selecting Mr Oni. He became a tutor for the programme and transferred sports and leadership skills to participating pupils.

A transfer exercise by the education ministry would have denied him of the full benefits of the programme but his principal again intervened, begging that he should be left in the school to continue with the Dreams + Teams project.
The time soon came for an exchange visit to a football college in the United Kingdom. So Mr Oni, who had never travelled abroad found himself in London. He had arranged to make good use of his six months visa after the four-day programme and would spend about three extra weeks in a place many consider as closer to heaven than Nigeria.
He was struggling with his luggage on the streets of London while relocating from the venue of the programme to another place of abode when he heard his name called.

The voice was unmistakenly Nigerian and he could not help wondering that someone knew him in that place. It belonged to a young man who when he caught up with him (Mr Oni) prostrated in the Nigerian fashion of paying obeisance to elders.

The older man was confused at the seemingly inappropriate behaviour in a foreign land and sought to know the familiar stranger.

The mystery was soon resolved. The young man was an alumnus of SSS and had benefited from Mr Oni’s tutelage and care. He carried the suitcase on his head (so I was told) and escorted his former teacher to his destination.
He did not stop there. He started making calls to other alumni in London telling them that “Mr Oni is in London!”
From that time, there was no dull moment for Mr Oni in London. His old students visited frequently. Some of them bought him call cards to make phone calls to his family and friends in Nigeria so that he did not have to spend his money once. Others bought gifts for his wife and children. Mr Oni returned to Nigeria a fulfilled man. He is still teaching at SSS.
Anyone who is literate today has gone through teachers and memories of how they treated us (either good or bad) have not left us.

I know of teachers whom their former students remember for bad. I know of teachers who collect money from students to pass them or to allow cheating during examinations. I know of teachers who force their female students to have sex with them before they can pass.

If you, dear reader, have a story to tell that is the opposite of Mr Oni’s experience because such teacher did not behave like Mr Oni but chose to victimise his students, please tell your story in an email and send to me. I hope to publish an interesting story as a sequel to this.

I admire Queen's College, Yaba, for one thing - commitment of all stakeholders to one goal - maintaining excellence in educating the girl child.

The WAEC results for 2006 recently released showed that QC returned the best results nationwide.

I've noticed that the PTA of the school would do anything to make their girls comfortable.

The Old Girls association don't joke with their alma mater. They monitor the school closely and do all they can to ensure that good principals and adequate number of teaching staff are sent there. They donate prizes, implement projects and attend events organised by the school. They've succeeded in passing on the torch for 80 years.

The school management and staff, knowing the kind of pedigree the college boasts of, cannot but put in their best.

This kind of working relationship is needed in all the public schools.

The truth is that many private schools are overpriced. I am not against private schools. No, I even attended a rather expensive one in those days. But i won't spend my money as an alumnus on that school because as far as i'm concerned they don't need it. They charge enough as school fees.
I believe that parents can spend less and still get good quality. More importantly I think it pays to educate a child in a balanced environment where its not as if only one socio-economic class exists in the school. In my days at FGGC B/City, we had girls from very rich, rich, medium/middle class and poor backgrounds, and we all stayed together. We all slept on bunk beds, cut grass, did morning duty/labour and ate the same food in the dinning hall. That way a growing child knows that life is not a bed of roses.
I think it all bores down to the selfish mentality that seems to bug nearly, if not all, Nigerians. We only think of ourselves. Most of our parents went to public schools or missionary schools that were not so expensive back then,
And they are aware that most of those schools are no more. If we as Nigerians are more community centred, then public schools would be restored.

I did not provide a link because that column was not posted online. I got it from the newspaper. The paper has a website though (www.thenationonlineng.com).
But what do you think about the topic anyway?

Hello Nairalanders. This column was published in The Nation Newspaper today (22-02-07). What do you think about the topic?

Can you send your child to a public school?

www.nairaland.com is one website I love to visit when I am not too busy. If I visit when I am neck deep in work, I would delay production because I usually get so engrossed that I find it difficult to log off. While browsing the site, I often giggle to myself such that colleagues around tap me to inquire that all is well.

Nairaland is an online forum where Nigerians at home and in diaspora discuss topics that cover nearly, if not all, aspects of human endeavour. Click on any of these areas and you will find sub-topics often started by a member already being discussed. When a member starts a topic, it is called a thread. The threads on nairaland.com are as varied as anything could be varied…and contributors usually give very amusing and intelligent opinions.

As a stakeholder in the education sector, on account of my job, I am a regular visitor to the education forum of nairaland.

On one of such visits, I stumbled on a thread on Covenant University. Some contributors to the thread praised the private university initiative in general for opening up opportunities for more youths, and the institution in particular for providing quality education. Others condemned the owners of the school (Winners Chapel) for charging as much as N250,000 as/for tuition fees and accused the church of doing business and placing the school beyond the reach of the masses. The argument became heated and both sides kept giving good reasons to support their stand.

Finally, one person presented a view that I have often thought about but which, it seems, nobody is losing sleep over, and which has become worth highlighting now that the Federal Ministry of Education is canvassing for the organised private sector to adopt public primary and secondary schools.

“I think Covenant could be pretty expensive or cheap depending on what you are comparing it to,” said the noble Nairaland user. “If I compare it to a school in the United States, it is dirt cheap. If I compare it to private secondary schools in Nigeria like Vivian Fowler, Loyola Jesuit etc, it is also dirt cheap. It is only when it is compared to other public or state universities that it is considered expensive. My question now is that why is everybody complaining about Covenant and not complaining about the outrageous prices of secondary schools all over Nigeria? I am astounded as to how much my younger brother’s school fees cost…”

Last week, I had an interesting chat with a school owner/head teacher. She is a doctoral student of Educational Administration at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and she is doing a study on private secondary schools as part of her thesis. In the course of her research she went to private secondary schools with a checklist of equipments meant to be available in their laboratories. She came up with three grades of private schools – the highbrow, the middlebrow and the lowbrow. She described the highbrow as those that charge very high fees and have all the facilities needed to cater for their pupils. The second grade, the middlebrow, she explained, are those that charge high and average fees but surprisingly do not have enough facilities to adequately cater for the pupils. Then the lowbrows, in her estimation, are doing a disservice though they don’t charge much because they do not have the facilities to offer qualitative education.
I am sure some parents would be thanking God that their children, by virtue of the amount they pay, are in the highbrow schools. But this educationist also said that most of these schools are overpriced. Using her words: “It (the fees) gets to that point that it just tapers off and the extra (money) is for the school.”

Yes. Many private primary and secondary schools are indeed very expensive. I still cannot understand why a toddler in nursery three would pay up to N90,000 per term. In one school in Ikeja that was the amount a parent was asked to pay to enroll her one year-old in the playgroup. Some secondary schools pay more than N1million in a session.

Now you see, we have a funny scenario. The highbrow schools charge too much. The middlebrow schools are not fully equipped and the lowbrow schools are just a little better than the neglected public schools.

The Education Minister, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili was in Lagos last week urging corporate bodies, faith based organisations, NGOs and the like to adopt public schools in an effort to arrest the decay in the schools.

I know many companies flashed their social responsibility report card at the minister. We applaud their efforts. But you see, public schools will not recover until those who run these organisations can enroll their children in them. If they are willing to do this, then what happens in these schools would become their concern. It would necessarily be their business that the roofs are leaking and there are no classroom furniture, toilets, computers, libraries, fans, school buses and the like. Then 90 per cent of what they once used to pay as fees could be devoted to providing some of these facilities. I believe if this can happen then community involvement would return.

Can you enroll your child in a public school? If you can, then public schools can be revived.

Olomi is a lovely song. It sure did take the shine off Oruka
But I'm responding to boladonas's comments on Olori Oko which is supposed to be a Christian song.
The proverbs don't make rubbish of the song because they reflect the theme (the second coming of Christ). It simply means you do not have an indepth understanding of yoruba proverbs.
the first line the chorus says
Ai si nle ologbo lo mu eku shako - which means when the cat is not at home the mouse can (literarily) pose. In other words, the world is like this today because God/Jesus (Olori Oko) is not on earth.
the second line says
Yiyo ti ekun yo ki ma n se tojo - meaning the stealthy walk of a tiger does not translate to cowardice. I think putting it context of the theme, it means that because there seems to be presently a permissiveness of sin does not mean God would not deliver judgement,
I would be giving the remaining parts later

You know that Nigerian students are disadvantaged becos of inadequate/obsolete equipment, and lecturers who are not so supportive and up-to-date. But when it comes to I.Q, Nigerian stdudents are a match for their counterparts in the U.S or UK. Many Nigerians who have travelled abroad have distinguished themselves - and i mean very well - in their studies (given a level playing ground). I have a friend in England currently doing his PhD. He is in his twenties. He had his first degree in Unilag (Elect/Elect Engr - 2.1) and travelled abroad for his masters. he resumed over one month late (his faculty told him they doubted his ability to make it), but he surprised them and made the best result. Needless to say, he finished with a 1st Class. Now he is doing his PhD in another uni and also lectures undergrads. He is not an isolated case you know.

I met a graduate of unilag once who told me (and i quote) "Unilag taught me to be fake. Everybody sprees. Everyone comes from a rich home." Pls nairalanders do you believe this assertion? If yes, give your experience with any akokite who has demonstrated 'fakeness'. If no, give your reasons.

Hi Bookwoman, my name is Kofoworola Belo-Osagie. I finished from FGGC B/C in 1996 (after urself and Ayo must av long forgotten about secondary school). I had a swell time during my stay.
I like the idea of the Short stories you are compiling. I actually tried to open a website for our dear school (i even got to the point of getting it designed) but many of the old girls i met then were not so enthusiastic so i lost interest - particularly when i thot of the sheer volume of data i had to gather. I'm sure i would have fared better if i had people who were enthusiasit to work with.

Almost all that Ayo said is correct except that Tinubu house is now known as Macaulay house. It was called New Dorm One when i entered Fediben in 1991. Then it housed JS3 girls. By the time i moved to the dorm in my JS3, it had been renamed Macaulay House. All the other houses still exist and even more. One dorm has been added to old site. It is called Omigie house, and guess what? Old site has been fenced round. Also the houses do not exist in the 'format' we once knew. now its the junior girls who are in old site instead of seniors. I knw this becos i still used to visit the school long after i had finished. But now, i dnt thnk i'm so current. maybe many more things have changed.

Now concerning ur book project. I would love to contribute fond memories to it. I'm including one for ur consideration. But if you need more, ive got lots of them and i would be glad to write about the fun and pains of federal benin. Pls check out one of my fond memories below:

One evening, myself and Fifen Ayonmike were going to Macaulay house (former Idia/Tinubu House and New Dorm 1 when we were in SS3) where we were prefects. As we crossed to the footpath that led to our dormitory, two shining eyes approached us in the dark.
We recognised them to belong to the stray dog federal benin girls nicknamed 'Bingo Alutu' because we had erroneously thought it belonged to Mrs Alutu (a teacher) before he was renamed 'Uncle Ray(bies)'.
Out of fear we made a detour towards Eweka house without losing sight of the dog which kept coming. With my eyes firmly on the dog, i held Fifen's hand and adviced her in low tones "Fifen don't run." She replied, "Kofo leave my hand." I refused because i thot she would bail if i did, but i kept repeating myself and she kept giving me the same response.
When it was obvious i couldn't keep her against her will, i dropped her hand but immediately bolted without looking back until i got to Eweka House - followed closely by a panting Fifen who managed to say: "Well done. You said i should not run but u were the first to run." I was only trying to save my skin. But it seemed the dog did not even notice us, i guess it was thinking of its dinner.

Painful memories? i could tell of when a senior (names withheld) punished myself and a friend in Jaja house till past 12 midnight becos our senior friend punished her own junior friend.

Funny memories? i could tell of the famous massacre that happened in my JS2. I can also remember the time that kitchen women had to cook for my set alone becos we went to complain to princi that our food was small, and the time Princi drove us out of school in SS3. There's so much to tell. Just ask me to tell it.

Who says u cant do ur NYSC in Nigeria becos u studied abroad. When i served we had some corps members who studied abroad in camp with u. Infact there were many like that in Lagos.