All rights reserved.©

Mine: I was very happy to be in tertiary school. I ironed my clothes and groomed myself very well.

Of course, we carried big bags of books to school. How naive! That was how we recognized freshers after that.

I remember waiting for the lecturer in the auditorium for GNS 101 and when he came sb tapped and said “pa pa pa pa pa, class greet” and the whole misguided flock responded ‘good morning sir' in unison.


Baba laugh us die.

Pls share yours.

Favorite Lecture hall moment

There are few teachers who have touched us in numerous ways.

Dr O.N Oguoma while teaching us a course on factors affecting location of an industry asked one of us to list three factors he would consider before he would get married to a woman. He listed

(1) beauty( 2) Intelligence (3) character.

Then he asked him to allocate points to each factor in descending order of importance. His response was

(1)Character: 3 points (2) Intelligence: 2(3) beauty : 1

Then Prof asked two ladies of opposite features . He asked the guy to score each girls according to his perceived performance in each factor . His response was similar to this

Girl A : Intelligence :8 . Character: 7 . Beauty :5

Girl B Intelligence:5 character : 9. Beauty :3.

Next, each score was multiplied by the rating and the sum for each girl was taken. The girl with the highest score wins.

It has been over seven years since I attended this class but I still recall it like it was yesterday. Youth are so obsessed with relationship issues . He used our interest to teach us. One can apply the same method in making life decision. For instance, while applying for masters degree program, choosing between two jobs, choosing between various investment plans, residential areas etc .

As a teacher, I often use soccer to explain certain phenomenon to my students. It has been over seven years ago since I received this teaching. Prof must have retired by now. we may never cross paths in life but his teaching method remains forever in my heart.

https://tobechispeaks./2020/10/05/world-teachers-day-share-your-favorite-teacher-experience/

Lol, mine was just there.

The lecturer being our first lecture for the first semester was trying to threaten us and was acting tough.

The man was just ranting this is not secondary school yenyenyen you can be rusticated

Last last before the end of the first semester everyone already knew that the man wasn't okay at all

My first lecture was GNS 111

I won 1000#


The lecturer ( Mr Otekwu) challenged us to spell 'Patois' (pronounced Patwa) he was going to give the speller 500#
but the whole class went dumb.

I think most of us (freshers) were shy

But I did spell it and another word....

Mine was quite hilarious , I had always despise calculations so much since my secondary school days which made me to opt for the course I studied (not knowing the course also deals with calculations in a quite elaborious manner ).


Got to my department for the first time, went to our secretary office and introduced myself as a new student, he welcomed me and told me to go and copy the time table at the notice board outside.
Got to the notice board, not knowing how course codes work, I copied everything from first year to almost final year till a student in his penultimate class (he later u became the departmental president) saw me and asked me if I am a new student, I answered in affirmative, he directed me to a class that my mates are already having a lecture, I was tensed and didn't know how to proceed.

Mustered courage and excused myself into the class, lo and behold, my first lecture was Statistics (another calculations). In my mind, I was like I don fail be this ooo! the whole process was just like an exorcism session. I was just there staring at the board looking at how the lecturer was just doing her stuff. Before she ended her lecture, she looked at us, seeing that the whole process looks confusing to us, she made herself open to us, telling us to feel relaxed, admonished us and told us to always approach her when we find any challenges.

Immediately after the lecture, I went to her, instead of telling her my fear, I told her that I am stranded , because I was petrified (stranded maybe in calculation xanadu). She looked at me coded my message, talked to me like a friend and told me that I shouldn't be scared that I will make it well.



After that semester results came out and lo and behold, your boy made an A in that course, thanks to that lecturer and a special thanks to my best friend (Wisdom), who made the whole calculation process look and feel so easy, and made me fall in love with calculation.

On the other hand, the course that I was expecting and enphantic A in, failed me woefully. It was like a mirage how I failed that course but the good thing is that when I went for its resit, I didn't just make an A but also made the best result in the sequential course of that same course.




#back in the den of lions and lionesses.

On my first day we had GST101 at about 8AM. I woke up around 4AM, prepared and got to school 6AM.

I initially thought I would be the first to get there but I was surprised by the numbers of students that were already seated. After taking my seat a certain man from the street whom everyone of us thought was a lecturer, came to sell his books titled "English and Englishes."

After successfully convincing us that one could be sent out of the university for not passing English, everybody in the hall bought the book with fear.
I bought the book with the last card I had on my wallet thinking it was my textbook for the semester. Little did I know that the man is well known for scamming freshers. He smiled cheerfully, counted and made away with thousands of naira under the watchful eyes of everyone in the hall.

The useless book was less than 15 pages containing trash upon trash. I had to throw it in the nearest trash can.

I was chill, I just worked with the vibe and it wasnt as awkward as I imagined....
#AZ sha...

The hall is large and the crowd was much, I had to sit at the podium with other students coming closer to join. No mic, the temperature can melt ice or incubate eggs. It was very tiring and disappointing.

I came all smelling roses, aiming for the top, as a go getter, I became more popular and liberal to the extent, I was given the course rep during my year one, things were going as anticipated until I saw my year one result, I swear the thing humble me no be small

Well I won't blame myself, coming from a poor home with you to fend for yourself and little or nothing to fall back on truly got into my nerves and wreaked havoc.

Las Las man go dey alright by His grace, now in 3 hundred lv though, still pushing...

Wasn’t difficult for Me.. I already made friends from our Facebook group chat before resuming...I just entered school and made calls and everything fell in place.
I resumed late thou..

My first day in lecture hall....hmmm

All I can remember is feeling like giving the lecturer a knock...or shout "sir shut the Bleep up"
The guy was so annoying....

I BELIEVE YOU WERE TAUGHT THIS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

that talk the pain me die

To worsen it...some idiot will answer "YEs Sir"
My friend the answer is NO....them no teach me na.....haba

I dey form guru

Was another lever of learning for me as I saw lot's of different faces both old and young, beautiful and ugly, shaped and unshaped.

Thus, everyone was serious as if they all knew and understand what the lecturer was teaching, meanwhile there were lots of block heads amongst us lol!!

last last I dey alright.

Lolzzzz, can't remember that o. I'm sure there was nothing special about it.

Mine, I was so irritated by the crowd of freshers making noise up and down, some were sounding like they know everything, some don't care about anything, some were just pressing their phones, while some were speaking English up and down. As a warri boy wey i be i just compot and soji myself make person nor go mis yan with me, make i nor go wear person slap, 2 seconds i just see one fine smally just enter my sit Sidon near me, the warri in me vanish, Romeo and Shakespear enter my body immediately, we chatted for a little while before the weak lecturer enter the hall, I collected her control later, the rest is history.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright....
Nothing special....the only one i can recall was how one lecturer start putting fear on our minds by telling us the meaning of those statue at the entrance of Uniben gate towards auditorium
Saying those statue represent us.... telling us that we have pride now....but by the time Uniben don deal with us before year 3 we go become humble..
Me nor even fear the threaten because from the beginning have been a real niggarrr with balls...
Let me grab my weed and read comments

Hmmm
It is FSC104 Mathematics Class

The lecturers started with "We are the Alpha and Omega here, A is for God, B is Me, C is for nobody, D for the most brilliant, the rest follow suit.
A lot of people have not graduated because of this course. If you do anyhow, we will hold you down. By the way...hand out will be dished out after each class at N400 per each.. *everyone one shouts*

To cut story short..how i got C in FSC 104 still baffles me till date

Omo nothing serious i smoked nd got really high before heading for class, on arriving the hall, lectures was already going on that was how the lecturer called me to ask why i was late, as i reach him front baba just perceive cigar smell up nd down.

Sparogatively, my first day in the university I was just pissed!

"Is this what they call a University?"
"Blocks of glorified nonsense!"

Many of this Nigerian 'prestigious' Universities are living on past glories. Almost everything is substandard! Unconducive lecture halls meant for 300 students is forcefully made to accommodate 1300 students without adequate sound system to support.

Anyways, I didn't come to look at buildings and learning facilities, so I faced what I came for (to learn) and made my really good grades!

Hallelujah! I'm a super Lion!

Haaaaaa he don tey o
Can't even remember, it's been almost 15yrs

Iyooooooo cartel

Right from day zero for esut we no dey attend class but we still come out with 2.1
Only bank affair ga eme mu njide pen
School no be scam shaa but amalom way school
School adia enyem ego Muwa ji e look good
Muwa n'enye school ego ndi teacher Ana look good
18 years in school momma told me read your book
I told her i want to hustle I want to take you to the moon
Osim anyhow e be Nwa i dey pray for you

After we don go sewa for back gate then we enter school park sit down there chop then disembark to our lodge.
Elem igbo na esut
Good old days now two hilux dey follow mahn all over golf estate

If i was stupid to be attending lectures I won't have time to bomb

Men na atu olu 6 to 6 Till we cash out in billi till we cash out in zero 6
Till mnwe like 500kpa n'ime my amiri jean
I can never ever quit until i r i p
Iyoocartel Nwa C I C
Notorious ka B I G
Mgbe mno secondary ana alu egbe n'ime gtc

During My School Days, I use to stay at the back of the class, I just dey there, dey press my phone, dey do my blogging business, at the end of the lecture for the day, I will earn 100$

Reading

It was Phy 111(Mechanics). That was the first time i sat on floor to receive lesson � A hall tha was meant to accommodate max 350 students was struggling to sit about 800. Las las, i realised that going to those crowdy lectures was mostly counter productive. I used to sleep jejely in the hostel, then catch up with the notes later.

Bb