₦airaland Forum

valentineuwakwe:
■Spare the rod and spoil the child!

The rod was likely used on the approximately 150 million adults in Nigeria. How come they turned out the specimen of humans that Nigeria is filled with today?

Kokaine:
You're wrong to put a picture of the school

That's not the picture of the school. I didn't put any pictures, the admins did when they were about moving it to the front page

Sharpsharp00123:
Op just ignore atuero n kobojunkie they just want to talk for talking sake

Op I understand your pain n I was a teacher during my service year, a corper said it that the most humiliating job one can ever do is a teacher.

Nobody respect u

The students don't value u
The parents don't respect u
The school management see u as thrash

In fact I hate been a teacher, I pity private school teachers around.

When I see male private school teachers I see them as d lowest of men

It's not easy cos I have once been dere, the school operates on principles of customers are always right n they place d students over u

Don't mind all those ones talking rubbish there, they have never been teachers before so they can't understand what u are talking about, a corp member had to take transfer to local government cos he can't cope with everyone blaming him

Students who don't read n fail will blame u
Parents who fail to monitor their children will blame u
School will blame u too

Koleyewon

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

Please, leave that job brother. I can assure you 100% that you'll be fine. Anywhere you work nd they make life difficult for you is not a place for you. You've tried enough dear brother. Please, exit the job 🙏

WINDSOW:
Flash the parent and they will call. Or place a WhatsApp call.

For the disciplinary aspect, follow the school-owner's directive and try to catch his words by recording it.

Also work smart to own your school or improve yourself to becoming a lecturer. Teaching job in Nigeria is sorry.

Wish you well

Thank you Sir

[quote author=akinsmyk post=132798553][/quote]Thanks

Bahamas95:
The ones blaming you are products of bad parenting, nobody in his/her right senses would blame you.

I got short fuse so I can NEVER be a teacher because I don't wanna commit mûrder......What you're experiencing in that school is modern day slavery, please quit and look for something else to do.

Thanks a lot for your counsel. God bless you 🙏🙏

You have a valid point

Kobojunkie:
Teachers are essential in every society. The Nigerian problem is that many who are into teaching are there for the wrong reasons, and those of them who are there for the right reasons — because they love teaching and have a true passion for training the future generation — do not get the respect they deserve from those in the establishment and the entire education system itself(not the kids). And this is where having teacher's unions in each district — for private and for public schools — would make a whole lot of sense and go a long way in bringing some sanity into all of this.

iLoveYouToo:
For all this stress I hope you earn over 300k monthly

40k

KosiGee:
■ I think you as a teacher should address their problems right there. Call them together, listen to their issues/complaints…make the aggressor or the student using such language understand that’s it’s wrong. Ask him/her to apologise…they should make up before leaving your presence.
■ Teachers are supposed to act as parents to the kids. Now if your sibling calls you stupid, what would you do? call him/her stupid back? report to your parents?
■ Would you call your parents stupid?

1. Interesting! So you would ask the offender to (verbally) apologize to the other student. OK!

2. Teachers are supposed to act as parents to the kids? I don't know about that because students know their parents differently from their teachers.

3. When I was younger, if my siblings called me stupid, I would report said person to my parents. I am not a parent but a sibling and therefore have no right to meet out punishment against any of my siblings or peers. I was raised that way and continue to live that way to this day.

4. As a teenager, I may have. Can't quite remember when, but I probably may have during my rebellion stage or something. Anyways, back to the issue at hand...

KosiGee:
■ I think you as a teacher should address their problems right there. Call them together, listen to their issues/complaints…make the aggressor or the student using such language understand that’s it’s wrong. Ask him/her to apologise…they should make up before leaving your presence.....

... given your response to the first question, if a student called you stupid, would you then take it on yourself to flog/assault the student even after the example you laid out above to the other student on how to handle similar situation?

Melonsmasher:
■ Do JSS3 students actually take their lunch boxes to school? I thought the OP was writing about primary school until I came across that paragraph.

Yes, students can take a lunch or eat school lunch where I live. It all depends on the school, I believe.

When I was in JSS 3, I used to take a lunch box to school. My mom was good about packing us lunches — she didn't believe in having us buy food outside of the house.

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

Since you are passionate about teaching job,judging from your activities and ruggedness, it may be a way of God preparing you for a life's time assignment. People like you who are so keen in doing other people job as if its their own, end up to become a popular school proprietor in the same environment where they were groomed.When you become a proprietor of a school, you will understand betterwhy they act the way they do.Moreover talking about having sacred cows in any establishment,it's normal as not all staff cannot be the same, there oga favourite and eyes service ones and there are others who don't give a damnn or care.l pray that God will settle you and give you more than you expect in life.

Morbeta11:
Honestly we appreciate teachers less......its very heartbreaking.

It's sad😭😭

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

Japaaaaa oOoOO with your experience

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

The below article was written in 2009. What you wrote is nothing new.

Dividends Of Unemployment

As attractive as this title might be, it is not fiction. Some may say that I am trying to be satiric but what I am about to say is fact…..As it is.

The unemployment rate in Nigeria is no longer news. Everybody is blaming the government for being non-chalant but that is no news either. The news is that some people benefit from the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria. Some thought it is the banks but I usually ask, is it not prestigious?. There is this business that flourish in Nigeria today that gives the proprietor absolute power to toy with graduates.

Years back, private schools of low category cannot boast of qualified teachers. Few of their teachers back then were TCII holders while the majority of their teaching staff were W.A.E.C holders. Today, it requires something close to an aptitude test before a graduate can secure a teaching opportunity in a private school. This aptitude test like procedures does not pose much problem to graduates; the problem is what they experience in those private schools.

In a certain private secondary school, the staff were subjected to a letter writing examination by the proprietor in order to measure their intelligence. The funny part of the whole thing is that the proprietor is not learned. It does not stop there; any member of the staff can be ordered to any degrading errand without notice and the slightest objection can get you sacked. There are some private schools that are owned and managed by learned citizens, but in such schools, the war is not between the staff and the management of the school but among the staff themselves. Most of them felt that they are demi-gods simply because they started teaching in the school before you. I once saw a lesson note of a teacher marked by a fellow teacher of such school, with funny comments such as ‘This page is untidy’; as if the lesson note belongs to her student. ‘Use adequate time to develop your lesson note’. This particular comment got me thinking; are you to write ten pages for a forty minutes lesson?. Does it stop there?, another teacher will be busy rating your exam questions and if you dare to complain, you will be politely warned to ‘bring yourself down’.

Graduates in other private schools have their own horrible experiences. These are graduates that were nursing high hopes of securing a job in Ministries, Banks, Telecom companies etc. The experiences of graduates and the fact that low class private school benefit from the unemployment situation in Nigeria may be difficult to believe but what you can easily digest is that many are nursing the idea of starting a private school so that they will also enjoy the dividends of unemployment in Nigeria.

Here:- https://kevblog.net/dividends-of-unemployment-part-1/

The guy seems like a laid back kinda type of guy. He’s still supporting and fighting the system that oppresses him and doesn’t treat him well

projectorz:
Hello,

If as a Maths teacher you don't know how to up your game, then you are to blame.

There are certain subjects that school owners, parents and students should literally be begging for their attention, maths is one of them.

My core subjects are Maths and English and I never taught in any school, to keep my sanity and dignity intact.

I simply joined a facility put together by someone who used to be a teacher but probably got tired of these shenanigans. What you do there is teach only in the evenings when kids are back. He has connections in all those big schools. He will get the parents to register with him and charge them heavily. The only problem is that he didn't pay much. But by the time I added all the money from students and pupils together, I got 60k as at 2019. This is even because I was a nursing mom at the time and I have to care for my kids. He will post you to students in your area. I can give you his contact if you wish. He is based in Lagos. He is a grand master in what he does, he even trained us once in a month. How to cope with different types of children and how to handle difficult ones. You can even do this as well if you are smart. But you need to learn from this guy first, cos I've never seen his type of style in education.

I taught kids from big schools like Chrisland and the likes, who use British curriculums. If you are sound and you know your onions, you will make far more than you are making now as a Maths teacher.


Do you know how many people abroad who are looking for online Maths teachers for their kids? Paying teachers in their countries is too expensive, so they will gladly hire you online. Just a laptop and data, with generator cos of light, you can make 500k a month. You are not spending on transport, no hassle and bustle, you will remain fresh and clean.


Nigerians just complain without looking inwards.

Nuff said.

the teaching job in this country is so discouraging.
It favors the students and the management only.
No room for growth for the teacher. I once went to a school in my state to get a job, guess what they offered? 25k for a graduate in this current economic situation and I was going to teach three classes(mathematics). Told them on the spot that it's very poor and I'll not be starting at all. I mean I'm not that desperate to be slaving for someone at that meager fee. It's never worth it.

If you can convert all the negative thoughts to positive you will be happy in that school after all you confirm non delay of monthly salary.

nurseafrica1:
Seeing all the responses here . I am scared for our future. Have we become this bad. I think private education is very bad for the future of our nation.
Like WTF.
We are raising a nation of stupid and extremely entitled fools called children.
Boss plan your way out and leave the job

Yes. I'm planning to leave soon. I mean very soon.

bitbillionaire:
The way some of you reason is so painfully idiotic I am sometimes tempted to wonder if God used different materials to create brains for certain people.

A student who suppose to be respecting his teacher insult the teacher by calling her stupid and you are saying all this rubbish?

Honestly, I am shocked at some comments. But it's well. God will help us

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

Long story.
Guy or girl,go and start your own school.
What's stopping you?

Desusi:
Since you are passionate about teaching job,judging from your activities and ruggedness, it may be a way of God preparing you for a life's time assignment. People like you who are so keen in doing other people job as if its their own, end up to become a popular school proprietor in the same environment where they were groomed.When you become a proprietor of a school, you will understand betterwhy they act the way they do.Moreover talking about having sacred cows in any establishment,it's normal as not all staff cannot be the same, there oga favourite and eyes service ones and there are others who don't give a damnn or care.l pray that God will settle you and give you more than you expect in life.

Plain and simple.
I give it to you, you're passionate about it and you can do well at it.
Nothing stops you!

mhiztaNexy:
You are so stupid and irredeemable 😂.

A big one at that

Kobojunkie:
1. Interesting! So you would ask the offender to (verbally) apologize to the other student. OK!

2. Teachers are supposed to act as parents to the kids? I don't know about that because students know their parents differently from their teachers.

3. When I was younger, if my siblings called me stupid, I would report said person to my parents. I am not a parent but a sibling and therefore have no right to meet out punishment against any of my siblings or peers. I was raised that way and continue to live that way to this day.

4. As a teenager, I may have. Can't quite remember when, but I probably may have during my rebellion stage or something. Anyways, back to the issue at hand...
... given your response to the first question, if a student called you stupid, would you then take it on yourself to flog/assault the student even after the example you laid out above to the other student on how to handle similar situation?

I don’t support capital punishment. I am strictly against it. I wouldn’t flog any kid. I was flogged mercilessly as a child and as a student. I haven’t seen any benefit of flogging.
I have worked with children and vulnerable people.
I have been treated badly, called stuffs I wouldn’t type here. I have my way of dealing with things like that and one of them isn’t using such language on the person.

If a child calls me stupid which wouldn’t happen anyway. I am good with children….they are happy when I’m there and sad when I leave or when they leave. I’ll find it a bit strange that he/she used that language, I’ll ask why….yes depending on the mood, I’ll want to know why he/she said that…if it’s such that I’ll have to escalate it, I would.

…Teachers being parents to kids in school environment…perhaps I should’ve used ‘guardians’ but I’m sure you know what I meant.

yarimo:
It shall never be well with that student for not locking you up in police cell

werey is that you breed terrorists in kogi state? Now I know how you were brought up.

Anu ofia

Melonsmasher:
Do JSS3 students actually take their lunch boxes to school?
I thought the OP was writing about primary school until I came across that paragraph.

Yes they do. Even SS class students

HellVictorinho9:
Koleyewon

Oye' mi

Allotrope69:
A big one at that

You are the one that created this thread. I think you should be open minded and embrace varying opinions.

Supporting that language makes you no better than the child that calls his teacher stupid.

Not everyone would agree with you. You should know this.

yarimo:
It shall never be well with that student for not locking you up in police cell

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

you're unfit to be a teacher.

So you're expecting parents of your kids to call you when you're absent and they pay you to trash?

You also sent a student to go round his teachers to collect his scores on several subjects.

That would take him days and it will take you minutes because the teachers won't even listen to him.

That's where I stopped reading your stupidity

KosiGee:
You are the one that created this thread. I think you should be open minded and embrace varying opinions.

Supporting that language makes you no better than the child that calls his teacher stupid.

Not everyone would agree with you. You should know this.

Dat's why I Stopped supporting him.

He insults others and CanNOT listen to any contrary opinion.

Does not speak like one who has worked in 9 nine schools, as he claimed
But like a 18Year school Cert Teacher waiting for University admission.

If he continues like this, he will still SUFFER even if he changes to another school or profession.

And he is likely a SCAMMER, too!

Its a business/ competitive mentality the private schools have. It consistent with anything privatized. They are in a state where they are eye balling their competitors. So they try to over compensate with the parents and student so they dont loose them to rival while sticking you under the bus. Your place is always under the bus

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

This is not a school, it's a breeding ground for incompetence and corruption. That proprietress is a failure.