₦airaland Forum

Sirmuel1:
"if you're not Greedy, you might never be scammed".

NL1960:
Time to change school then.

zaynie:
Then its time to go radical.

Abi una no dey pay school fees?

NL1960:
This is common in many of these private schools. My son suffered from this also. He was very good in Maths but was never selected for any maths competition. Being the very quiet one, it was almost affecting him psychologically as he believed he was better than those that were being selected. When he told me that the boy that was always being selected whom he believed he was better than was going to take a particular catholic secondary school entrance exam, i also took the form for him even though that was not the catholic secondary school i wanted him to go to. I told him that iam taking the form for him to prove to me that he was better by beating him in the common entrance. He beat the boy in the common entrance. My son has continuously been representing his secondary school in every maths competition his school enters into. Him and one other boy are always beating each other in maths. If he beats the boy in one term, the boy comes back charging in the second term and beats him and the cycle continues. This has been ongoing since JSS1. So none of them feels cheated or favoured.

So, madam, just try to counsel your kid and try to look for a secondary school where this is not rampant when the child is about to enter secondary.

zaynie:
Personally for me, I don't do that.
In fact I am very careful to not do it mainly so that the giving parent won't think she has bought me.

That said, bring it to the Head teacher's attention, not the teacher but the head.
Ask why your child has never been allowed to go on stage. Make it an emotional blackmail something cos trust me the line of parents that want their kids on stage is pretty long.
Also make a promise to always help with any material needed to do the matter, we don't allow some kids cos their parents disappoint on a constant level. Either the child doesn't get the costume or misses school on the day of presentation or they keep losing the material for the presentation. You need to be active with it and make sure if your child is given the opportunity he/she doesn't disappoint.

And yes, you can put it to the head teacher that must I bribe you people before you involve my child?
Sometimes subtlety does nothing and you must be blunt to get your point across.
Good luck.

teresafaith:
Caroline dey outshine this girl o

internationalman:
Adorable...
And for those dat cultivate d habit of hiding their baby's face; did any happen to these babies whose faces are revealed now?