15 Things Only Nigerians Who Had To Teach During NYSC Will Understand

1. When you realized you’d been posted to a school.

Hay God!

2. When you saw the condition of the school you were posted to for the first time.

People really learn here?

3. When you realized some of your students were actually older and bigger than you.

Ah! Won’t I be the one to greet them?

4. When you found out how little teachers actually got paid.

Wow! That is nonsense.

5. When you first saw the curriculum and it looked like it was last updated in the ’90s.

Are these topics even still relevant?

6. When the teachers tried to get you to do more work.

I’m not paid enough, please.

7. When you tried to be the ‘cool teacher’ and not punish anyone

Guys, I don’t want to flog you.

8. …but the students were determined to make your life hell.

and you had to change your ‘no punishing’ rule.

9. When it dawned on you that you’re really not qualified to teach children.

Shouldn’t I have a teaching degree or something?

10. When you finally gave up on trying to learn all your students names.

“Eyss student, come here.”

11. When you heard that every teacher had to attend faculty meetings.

I’m not a real teacher, please.

12. When you realized the worst part of it is having to mark like a million scripts

TIRED!!!

13. …and feeling sad when they failed easy questions you already taught them in class.

Am I a bad teacher?

14. When the whole experience made you appreciate your old teachers a lot more.

This teaching thing is not easy sha.

15. When it was time to leave and you realized you were already attached to your students.

I love you guys.

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If you get the opportunity to teach during your NYSC, do not pass it up. It’s a fulfilling experience.

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Culled from Zikoko.com