₦airaland Forum

Love800:
What will i do with this PP?

writeprof:
I mean there are many parents who need qualified mathematics teachers for after school lessons for their children. Just network, send out messages to some selected parents that you are available for home lessons especially parents of children in junior secondary classes. Sir, your eyes may not open to see many of these opportunities unless you less that school where they don't put value on you.

Most importantly, pit God in the equations by praying also. I hope you are a child of God. Bless you.

EllieJune:
You teachers are trying honestly. I could never deal with so much don'ts and still keep my sanity. May God continue to strengthen you ijn.

Love800:
What about English teacher?

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.

illicit:
Well it's wrong to flog a student tho

The parents can do that at home...


No violence in British or American curriculum schools

In moderate private schools , flogging is allowed in a case of stealing or hooliganism. I will support that.

However teaching job is not worth it in Nigeria.

Very few exceptions

Caseless:
Are we Americans? Every little thing, you guys begin to compare.

Just check what those kids who don't get a hit turn out to be to their parents later in life.

Caseless:
So sad to read this. Education is dead in Nigeria. Customer is indeed always right. I have they have a university where they'd continue to pamper them in?

writeprof:
English teachers are also sought for, especially if they're qualified. As an English teacher 14 years ago, I was able to identify that my students needed a text which we could not find and I felt pressed to do it. I spent a year gathering materials, and eventually wrote the book which opened my eyes to book publishing as well as marketing.

I still did some PP also.

Love800:
Thanks alot.
My last question. Do your write and publish books?

Allotrope69:
Education is dead honestly

Allotrope69:
Education is dead honestly

writeprof:
You're welcome.
Not now. I wrote and published 4 books for junior secondary students btw 2010 & 2022.

Love800:
What kind of books. Novels?

You don't write again?

writeprof:
Not novels but study guides/analysis and literary discussion of selected literature texts to enable students understand the analyses of literature texts.

I still write but more on spiritual growth which I am yet to publish.

Caseless:
We have to do something about this situation. I'd talk to you over something we can do. I hope I remember this name.

Allotrope69:
U may drop your line sir

Caseless:
send me a mail. I definitely would need you for something we're working on. Send me a private mail.

Love800:
Okay.

Pls my last question. How do you publish your book?

writeprof:
I did self publishing after attending a 3 day training. I registered my publishing outfit. I bought the materials - papers myself and just got a good printer to typeset and print the book.

Love800:
Wow.
I appreciate.
Thank you so much for all the response.

NobleStag007:
Organization without name nor location.

TH you are doing man

Tohsynetita1:
Dey there dey lament, no leave the place.

Kobojunkie:
I would honestly suggest that you please keep looking for a new job and get out as soon as you can. No business person has a right to take advantage of his employees in any way. It is against Labor laws and your employer could be fined and forced to compensate you as well if you were to report it. I would never advise anyone to submit to such treatment under any circumstances, even though I understand how hard it may be to find new employment in Nigeria at this point in time.

Please, log every call and how long it lasts in a book of your own. So that should you, maybe after you have left the school, decide to lodge complaints against the employee and get your money back, you have a detailed record to back up your demand.

donmik:
➜Hi dear. Hope you do fine. I finally quited after much persecution and resistance. I later discovered they don't only deal with one physically but also spiritually. I am free to think we'll on what to do and where to go now. Lagos school is a field of witchunt among staff, children and mgt. Thanks for your advice

Kobojunkie:
Seek professional mental health counseling if you feel overwhelmed by the mental stress incurred while working in the last environment or others before it.

Allotrope69:
Amen. Thanks