So I was posted to one secondary school in a remote village for my NYSC. My first day in class I told the children there would be a test on elementary science the next week. They all read the book from cover to cover at home. On the day of the test, guess what I gave those stubborn children!
I brought five birds to the class that day, placed them in front, covered each of them with cloth so that only their legs will show, and gave this questions to the children. Question 1: Looking at the leg of a bird, write down its' common name, species, family, zoological name, habitat etc. The whole class was frustrated and I sat on my desk laughing.
After about thirty minutes of frustration a boy came to my desk, slammed his empty test paper in front of me and said; Sir, this test is nonsense! I am going home!
What a disrepectful boy! Come back here. I shouted. What is your name? The boy raised up his trouser, pointed to his legs and said; Oya, you too, look at my leg, tell me my name, my surname, where I live, and the tribe I come from!
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