@Olumide

I for like be ur pikin o

Hedgefund:

These expensive schools have some of the best teachers, great programs, exposure through traveling and a great alumni network. Going to a poor, wretched school will leave you poor. Private and expensive schools are wayyyyy better than public schools except those public schools that have a rich tradition and a huge Alumni base that donate frequently for the school's upkeep.

and this is the reason i will send my wards to the most expensive school in nigeria if i can afford it. it is highly imperative for one's wards to stay in touch with that upper-class strata throughout his development.

jennykadry:

^^^You too talk

@Topic

My kids are not going to work their behinds off to support themselves whilst in school.

If I say our kids are going to work, they will work.

You have no say in that. We are Africans, as your man, I am your boss.

Hedgefund:

Sagamite:

No need to engage you in a war of words. You are a hater and I can see the slime trailing your filthy words. Go to the Sahara desert, take your head, stick it up your axx and find a corner to place yourself

Some returnees are made to serve in the National corps @20,000 naira per month for a year, some are placed in middle mgmt, some are frustrated out by haters such as yourself, most become entrepreneurs and a few land the top jobs. The top jobs in Nigeria are filled with Nigerians who got their first degree in Nigeria - Banks (GTB, First Bank, Access Bank, ETB, Oceanic and Zenith are a few examples)

Sagamite said: Nigeria is not a Merit place (or you mean hiring in Nigeria is not based on merit?) and you think this nepotism favors kids that went to posh schools over kids that did not? How many of your corrupt politicians went to Posh schools? how many of the top bankers or industrialist in Nigeria went to posh schools? answer hater,

Sagamite said: No one is discussion posh schools - Bro,  a Posh school would have done you a lot of good. Why do you think Posh schools overcharge? this is a free society, innit? you take a tour of the school, perform your due-diligence and if you believe the school is not worth the price then don't send your kids there.

Are posh schools better? Hell yeah! if you can afford it
Alumns of schools such as Grange, Adesoye College, Atlantic Hall, Hillcrest and Christland College are from the Upper/Upper-Middle class in society and most of these kids tend to remain in that strata. Simple. These kids are from the same income class as the kids in KC, QC, FGC's (Some), ISI (most) and ISL (most), but admissions in the schools that I just listed are more structured and stringent than the very expensive schools.

Why were the expensive schools necessary?
A lot of smart kids that got admitted to KC, QC, ISL, ISI were bumped in favor of the kids of military officers, top business men, legacy etc, because even though the parents were rich, they lack the influence required to finagle their kids into these four schools. The other type of kids are those not smart enough to get into (KC, QC, ISI, and ISL) and the late bloomers whose parents care about their learning environment and want them to have a great education rather than be exposed to bullies, rascals and kids that lack a proper home-training (Sagamite) that some of the FGCs attract due to the quota system.

These expensive schools have some of the best teachers, great programs, exposure through traveling and a great alumni network. Going to a poor, wretched school will leave you poor. Private and expensive schools are wayyyyy better than public schools except those public schools that have a rich tradition and a huge Alumni base that donate frequently for the school's upkeep.

You are a mooron!

Who is talking that all returnees get favours?

Cretin, I said people that go to posh schools in Nigeria have not proved to have received higher quality education that stood them at higher standing, your slow arse gives an argument that backs that up.

You then went on to admit that most of the kids that attend the posh schools are kids of the affluent, like if majority of the affluent in Nigeria are not the corrupt.

Mooron, you went to a posh school yet your argument is so haphazard and lacks structure to the point I don't even know where to start.

Bloody waste of money as I said. Go back to school and learn how to structure your write-up so it flows.

LOOK. frankly i dont agree with the poster. why do we compare ourselves with the UK and US all the time. we have different cultures and ways of life. Did you know that in India it is considered very OK to live in your parents house even when you are married, your wife just simply moves in with you. will you call those spoiled children not leaving the harnesses of their parents. no! look in Nigeria, the culture of drivers and house-helps in there but it is not in other countries, will you say because rich children in UK dont have maids then Nigerian children are spoiled, no! its just a different culture.
I dont consider myself a very rich teenager but, I did grow up with lots of perks like drivers house-helps and holidays abroad, and now that i'm schooling in the US i realize that those things I had like maids and such is a foreign concept to even the rich here. but that does not mean i was unnecessarily spoiled or when i traveled business class, my parents were doing me an injustice. Look summer jobs are not easy to get in Nigeria. with the countries unemployment level, it is hard for an inexperienced teenager to get a job over the summer. in the US it is different, there are actually some jobs designed for young people.
i think it is balanced, in western countries life is easier in the day to day sense (traffic, electricity) so the perks that Nigeria's rich kids get is too balance out these things,
if a parent wants to give their kids the world, let them, there are far more spoiled disrespectful kids in these countries you are comparing Nigerian to. kids who get far more and who are worse of because of their wealth in their ability to do things themselves so dont compare all of Nigeria's elite kids with a few rich western kids. if you look at all of them as a whole you will see that Nigerians still raise their kids better

mayofab:

I dont consider myself a very rich teenager but, I did grow up with lots of perks like drivers house-helps and holidays abroad, and now that i'm schooling in the US i realize that those things I had like maids and such is a foreign concept to even the rich here. but that does not mean i was unnecessarily spoiled or when i traveled business class, my parents were doing me an injustice.

You are not rich at all!

Won paro mo e ni! (They are lying on you!) You are average.

mayofab:

LOOK. frankly i dont agree with the poster. why do we compare ourselves with the UK and US all the time. we have different cultures and ways of life. Did you know that in India it is considered very OK to live in your parents house even when you are married,

It is OK in the Muslim world too. Arabs do that all the time.

your wife just simply moves in with you. will you call those spoiled children not leaving the harnesses of their parents. no! look in Nigeria, the culture of drivers and house-helps in there but it is not in other countries, will you say because rich children in UK dont have maids then Nigerian children are spoiled, no! its just a different culture.

Unfortunately, your education has failed you. Sorry to be so blunt.

In the UK and US, labour, any kind of work at all, is respected. People are paid by the hour. You can employ slaves in the US, as long as you are willing to pay them by the hour and NO, your househelp cannnot double as your driver. And, you have to provide health insurance for them and you also have to register your business, because you are employing labor, in a way, and you cannot abuse them. The point is that, there are measures in place to prevent abuse and penal servitude. That is why it is more difficult in the US/UK to employ 'slaves' for yourself, let alone your spoilt kids. This same oyinbo people go to third world countries and maltreat people anyhow, just like your parents.

I dont consider myself a very rich teenager but, I did grow up with lots of perks like drivers house-helps and holidays abroad, and now that i'm schooling in the US i realize that those things I had like maids and such is a foreign concept to even the rich here. but that does not mean i was unnecessarily spoiled or when i traveled business class, my parents were doing me an injustice.

Well compared to the average Nigerian, including yours truly, with no parents to drive them to school, no after school tutoring, endless hawking after school, you have it made, WELL MADE actually for emphasis. The AVERAGE Nigerian doesnt even know what a plane is and would not understand if you were to explain business-class/economy class to them. So you are not average at all and you are spoilt.

Look summer jobs are not easy to get in Nigeria. with the countries unemployment level, it is hard for an inexperienced teenager to get a job over the summer. in the US it is different, there are actually some jobs designed for young people.

That is the typical excuse of a spoilt child. First of all, there are no summers in Nigeria. And especially in a country like Nigeria situated very close to the equator, the world wags wearily through an unending display of monotonous greenery. That said, people still find jobs to do when they are on 'long holidays.' ( I really doubt you went to school in Nigeria). Anyway, on long holidays, people, the average Nigerian student, work at printing press, construction sites etc to help our parents out. You didnt have to do it of course, which is fine, but the notion that there are no jobs in Nigeria, unlike your US, is just baloney. Stop feeding us lies.

i think it is balanced, in western countries life is easier in the day to day sense (traffic, electricity) so the perks that Nigeria's rich kids get is too balance out these things,

Very unfortunate that with your education and privileged lifestyle, you have it difficult to express yourself clearly. :::SMH:::

I have always maintained that the bulk of 'our elites' schooling abroad are the worst amongst us intellectually. I have no doubt in my mind that the reason you are schooling outside of Nigeria for your college education is because you could not make it into Nigerian schools, 'out competed' by the not-so-privileged lower class students.

if a parent wants to give their kids the world, let them, there are far more spoiled disrespectful kids in these countries you are comparing Nigerian to. kids who get far more and who are worse of because of their wealth in their ability to do things themselves so dont compare all of Nigeria's elite kids with a few rich western kids. if you look at all of them as a whole you will see that Nigerians still raise their kids better

No, Nigerians raise their kids worse. You watch too many TV. TV/Hollywood is not western culture. If you actually take your time to understand the upper class lifestyles in the west, you'd realize how stupidddddd your conclusion is about them. Upper class westerners are the most cultured people you will ever meet in your life and they put a lot of effort into raising their children, teaching them morals, and instilling discipline and hard-work in them.
For starters, compare compare Chelsea Clinton to her counterparts in Nigeria. Look at the kids of Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Trump and compare them to what we have in Nigeria.

Dude why are you being so nasty?

For starters, compare compare Chelsea Clinton to her counterparts in Nigeria. Look at the kids of Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Trump and compare them to what we have in Nigeria.

Yes ooh. How many rich Nigerian Girls are as Hot as this _{except ToH}:

ThiefOfHearts:

Dude why are you being so nasty?

Way of the stranger . Get used to it

Ivanka while pretty is an im-becile.

ThiefOfHearts:

Ivanka while pretty is an im-becile.

Which makes her even hotter!!!

My mom doesnt let me work while in school. She's always making sure there's money in our joint acct as soon as she can.

"Focus on school, because I dont want an adult living under my roof with no job"

But I still [b]try [/b]to work tho

Like someone said, my children will not be working while in school. But I'll try to encourage them to expand their resumee with one/two summer jobs.

Ileke-IdI:

Like someone said, my children will not be working while in school. But I'll try to encourage them to expand their resumee with one/two summer jobs.

Mine would work. Not for their fees but for their indulgence.

Read about succesful people in the World not Nigeria where ppl get to steal money.

Most succesful ppl appreciated the value of earning $1 from their childhood, Unlike the spoilt Nigerian child/teenager who belives Spending $10,000 on summer shopping is the ideal thing.

dayokanu:

Mine would work. Not for their fees but for their indulgence.

Read about succesful people in the World not Nigeria where ppl get to steal money.

Most succesful ppl appreciated the value of earning $1 from their childhood, Unlike the spoilt Nigerian child/teenager who belives Spending $10,000 on summer shopping is the ideal thing.

Not all kids who did not work in college ends up unsuccessful. A responsible kid would not expect to live on his/her parent's hard earned cash.

And I believe most schools require students to do atleast 1-2 internships before they graduate, this helps with work experience.

^ Iyawo mi Mokanlelogun (its hard keeping count to be honest)

Your mum is a very smart woman.

dayokanu:

Mine would work. Not for their fees but for their indulgence.

Read about succesful people in the World not Nigeria where ppl get to steal money.

Most succesful ppl appreciated the value of earning $1 from their childhood, Unlike the spoilt Nigerian child/teenager who belives Spending $10,000 on summer shopping is the ideal thing.

Ileke-Idi does not have any indulgences. She does not wear short skirt and go out every weekend and get trashed. She is a proper Yoruba girl. She studies from Monday to Friday. Watches Yoruba movies and trashy American TV shows and listens to Drake and Lil'Jon during the weekends. Curses at the drunk college girls during tailgate and when they are going clubbing calling them Oomo oniranu oloshi, and then resumes to go to church at 9 AM sharp on sunday at Redeem Christian Chruch in Florida eyeing the very vibrant men jumping up and down under the influence of the spirit with the hope of finding a husband to marry- hopefully a lawyer, doctor or banker to make her mum happy.

SEFAGO:

^ Iyawo mi Mokanlelogun (its hard keeping count to be honest)

Your mum is a very smart woman.

[b]Ileke-Idi does not have any indulgences. She does not wear short skirt and go out every weekend and get trashed. She is a proper Yoruba girl. She studies from Monday to Friday. Watches Yoruba movies and trashy American TV shows and listens to Drake and Lil'Jon during the weekends. Curses at the drunk college girls during tailgate and when they are going clubbing calling them Oomo oniranu oloshi, and then resumes to go to church at 9 AM sharp on sunday at Redeem Christian Chruch in Florida eyeing the very vibrant men jumping up and down under the influence of the spirit with the hope of finding a husband to marry- hopefully a lawyer, doctor or banker to make her mum happy.[/b]

LWKMDH, SARCASM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
DAMN, SEFAGO U TOO BAD O, I HAIL YOU

SEFAGO:

^ Iyawo mi Mokanlelogun (its hard keeping count to be honest)

Your mum is a very smart woman.

Ileke-Idi does not have any indulgences. She does not wear short skirt and go out every weekend and get trashed. She is a proper Yoruba girl. She studies from Monday to Friday. Watches Yoruba movies and trashy American TV shows and listens to Drake and Lil'Jon during the weekends. Curses at the drunk college girls during tailgate and when they are going clubbing calling them Oomo oniranu oloshi, [s]and then resumes to go to church at 9 AM sharp on sunday at Redeem Christian Chruch in Florida eyeing the very vibrant men jumping up and down under the influence of the spirit with the hope of finding a husband to marry- hopefully a lawyer, doctor or banker to make her mum happy.[/s]

Wow, and who said you didnt know me.

You're not funny BTW, since [b]most [/b]of what you said is true  

Donlittle:

LWKMDH, SARCASM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
DAMN, SEFAGO U TOO BAD O, I HAIL YOU

And why wouldnt alligator breathe like you find that funny.

Ileke-IdI:

And why wouldnt alligator breathe like you find that funny.

because the ileke around ur waist broke into pieces, and ur ratchet ass wouldnt get a new one
using super glue and shiiit to get it fixed,
ur mama teach u well o, but she no teach u finish, u run comot or house??
how u go use three bottles of Epo pupa cook alligator?? now it is smelling around the house

Donlittle:


because the ileke around your waist broke into pieces, and your ratchet Bottom wouldnt get a new one
using super glue and shiiit to get it fixed,
your mama teach u well o, but she no teach u finish, u run comot or house??
how u go use three bottles of Epo pupa cook alligator?? now it is smelling around the house

I'm sorry I fed it to you, I didnt know it'd make your breath smell that much.

very interesting topic. I'm on a visit to my sis who is currently looking for a private school for their 3years old. one school they went to was abt 18k for 3years old!!! i was like oh my GOD!! what so expensive. i was reading abt the sch and i saw top rich pple send their kids there. money good o
i think i'm moving over, after ngba ukwu, having babies are on my mind and already dreaming of this school i love what i saw.

what's ngba ukwu?

ThiefOfHearts:

what's ngba ukwu?

weddinng

armyofone:

very interesting topic. I'm on a visit to my sis who is currently looking for a private school for their 3years old. one school they went to was abt 18k for 3years old!!! i was like oh my GOD!! what so expensive. i was reading abt the sch and i saw top rich pple send their kids there. money good o
i think i'm moving over, after ngba ukwu, having babies are on my mind and already dreaming of this school i love what i saw.

Hope your Army salary can provide this?

dayokanu:

Hope your Army salary can provide this?

She is hoping you are paying for it.

It also helps her case when she divorces you, because "the kids are used to that high level lifestyle". They will then award her 200K per year in child maintenance for 4 kids out of your 350K pre-tax salary.

Omo Oyo ni mi.

Oyo ppl are usually too smart for those kain things.

dayokanu:

Omo Oyo ni mi.

Oyo ppl are usually too smart for those kain things.

U don't say. Oyo ayo'moole

Fi won sile,

Oyo mesi oro, Who go use sense for Oyo boy like me.

A fi ogbon gba ara re ni ojo buburu, A fi aigbon gba ara re ni Igekun

What a great article! The only case is that the privileged few accounts for about only 20% of the entire Nigerian population while poverty lives with the majority.The poor are even praying for that chance of making money to pamper themselves before pampering their children.The wealth of Nigeria is concentrated only in few hands.

@shilling

I have edited my post to clarify about free public high school. As for Kate Middleton, that was a simple oversight while I was typing. My main focus was on Paris Hilton and the Princes, so naturally I associated Kate Middleton (as she recently wed one of them). As I said, a simple mistake and I have edited it.