Mr lecturer
**********MR LECTURER**********
Episode1
Hi guys, my name is Caleb
Ezubuike. A young Nigerian and a
university lecturer.
I have a story to tell and i really
would want you guys to learn
something from it. Life is all about
lessons and i wish to use my life
story to send some messages
across.
This is my story >>
Most African university graduates
do dream of becoming a lecturer.
We all know about the bright
future of lecturers, the respect
they controlled and the wealth
that followed them.
Yea being a lecturer gives one the
opportunity to get to the very top
if he’s serious about it.
As a lecturer you have a clear path
towards becoming a professor and
it’s now left for you to work
towards making it happen.
I was opportune to travel to
Canada for my masters degree,
immediately after my Nysc in
2006. I returned to Nigeria two
years later and quickly married a
family friend’s daughter whose
father was equally the Dean of
Education faculty in the university
that employed me two months
after my wedding. I had my life
well planned out. I already knew
what to do and what not to do in
achieving my goals.
My parents were equally
supportive and moderately
wealthy. They supported me in
everything.
Being the last child in the family
of two girls, i was overly
pampered by my parents and
siblings, even after my marriage to
Jessica who equally was a nurse in
the state General hospital.
I soon started work as a lecturer
with a strong spirit towards
correcting all the wrongs in the
university system. I swore to stand
straight in my dealings with
students. I swore never to
compromise my dignity and be a
good man respected by everyone
but unfortunately it was easier
said than done. Being a lecturer
opened my eyes to the realities on
ground. Politics and corruption
was already well embedded in the
university system that you either
join in the show or look the other
way. I was young and ambitious.
The options before me was simply
unimaginable.
Hmmmm, well at first i was forced
to look the other way and face my
classroom work, which i did with
great zeal . I handled Bio 101,
102, 201, 202, 301, 354 & 402. It
really wasn’t easy for me at all
and to worsen my situation some
of the senior lecturers i shared the
courses with, left everything for
me to handle alone and the
number of students offering the
courses were quite enormous.
But that wasn’t even the major
problem. As soon as the first exam
i was to participate as a lecturer
arrived, more temptations poured
in..
The first temptation was from final
year student known as comfort.
She was the first to tempt me.
How did it all happen??
To be continued
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