Old school days in Nigeria will always be special. No internet, no TikTok, no iPad, but we were more happy than children of today.
If you grew up in the 2000s in Port Harcourt, you will remember these things:
1. MORNING ASSEMBLY PUNISHMENT
Every morning, teacher will check your nails, socks, and hair. If your uniform is dirty, you will kneel down under sun or do frog jump round the field.
2. PANADOL RUBBER
That big white eraser that smells nice. If you have it, you are a big boy. If you lose it, you have lost gold. Some people even steal it.
3. ZOBO AND GROUNDNUT FOR BREAK
During break, N10 groundnut plus zobo inside nylon is our lunch. No need for Indomie or Meat Pie. We still get energy to play.
4. INK PEN IN PRIMARY 4
When you start using pen, you feel like you don graduate. But if ink pours on your white uniform, you know beating awaits you at home.
5. "I WILL NOT TALK IN CLASS" PUNISHMENT
Teacher will say write "I will not talk in class" 100 times. Your whole note will finish because you whispered one word.
6. TEN TEN, SUWE, POLICE AND THIEF
We did not need phone. We played for sand till 6pm. No one calls us. Our mummy knows we are safe in the compound.
7. HOLIDAY LESSON
Long vacation lesson from 8am to 2pm. They call it holiday but it is not holiday. You still wake up early to go to school.
8. NEPA LIGHT
When NEPA takes light, we are happy because we will not do assignment. We go outside to play moonlight game.
9. BOTTLE CROWN AND TOSS
We use bottle crown cork to play football game we invented ourselves. That game sweet pass FIFA today.
10. FLAT MANGO AND AGIDI
After school, we climb mango tree or buy Agidi and okpa. That was our enjoyment.
Old school taught us respect, how to manage small things, and how to be creative without phone.
Which one do you remember most? Drop it in comment and let's laugh together.
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