Preamble
I have a wound in my heart that no man can tend nor heal. I wound I will carry even in death if a miracle doesnt happen. A wound I think of every second of my life and cannot but notice it. It is easier to teach than to practice what you taught. It is easier to be a coach at the sideline of the field casting blames and faults than be in the field of play yourself. I used to think that when you talk about women that I was a vetiran teaching people how to best maintain their relationship and control their woman, not until I met the woman I will forever love.
Story
The Academic Staff Union of Universities were at I again, they were protesting for increment in thier salary and better welfare conditions in the Nigerian Universities. They have being at it for two months now and obviously still counting. Ibalofa a student of Obafemi Awolowo University popularly called great ife stayed back at school. He did this basically for two reason, he wanted to keep writing news as a correspondce to The Nation newspaper and to keep teaching at an Educational Institue in Ife. His parents lived in far away Lagos about 400 miles away.
However, life was a little boring in Ife. He was putting in his brother's house, Mr Jacobs. Mr Jacobs also a student of Ife was married to Ada and they were staying together in a flat in Modakeke. Ada's younger sister Adaku came to stay with her sister and her bed was in the sitting room with Ibalofa. No sooner than not Mr. Jacobs travelled to Lagos not only to see his parents but to make more money because business in Ife was far from good.
Early Monday morning, Iba as he was fondly called, woke up before six, did his hygiene retuals and dashed up to take a Motor bike of to the Educational institue, the had seven O' Clock class, a three hours class. He was taking Literature in English for students seeking admission to into the university. He was in class just 3 minutes before seven and the students in the hostel we already arriving one after the other. Dele one of the students requested that they waited for other but fair Eluku prefered they got started. Iba knew that to sustain a 3 hours class wasnt easy as he had to teach with high level of humour. Iba started the class at seven requesting the students to ask questions in diffcult areas already taught or from their past questions and the questions flew out from the lips of the students as the teacher skillfully paried them.
To be continue in the book 14 days in hell by Oni afolabi, 08036126690
Friday, August 20, 2010
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