Being a student was one of the most memorable period of my life. I really enjoyed being a student so much. When I was in secondary school, I had just one friend. My girl Jane, was the coolest girl in class. We were so close we would sit on the same sit and go home together. We were very hardworking and our teachers favorite. So going to school gave me a lot of joy back then.
One of the things I enjoyed more in school then was the mid-week quiz and debate competition in school then. We would all prepare for these interclass debate. The competition was really high and healthy. We all wanted to do better and we read heard just to present be the star of the show. We were not competing for any other than academics and sports.
I enjoyed sports so much then. It was every week and towards the end of second term, we usually have our inter house sports competition. Where the four houses will compete in various sporting activities and games for the first position. School was a lot of fun.
Another overlooked luxury we don't pay attention to is the parental care we enjoyed then. As students then, we had our parents they were always there for us then unlike now where some children don't see their parents until weekend. Some children are being taken care of by nannies and house maids. Parents are too busy trying to meetup with the economic demands and these has exposed children to a lot of social vices.
These days, there is little or no healthy competition among the students. When debate is even organized, they are forced to participate. Students are not interested in reading anymore. They spend so much time on social media and playing these days that they forget their academics.
one thing that was bad about being a student back in the day but students now enjoy is access to information. Students these days have access to a lot of educational materials as a result of the internet compared to my days in the secondary school. Then we could only visit the cyber cafe which was not affordable. And we could not really use the computers well then to find information about sensitive assignment given by our teachers. Today's students just brows with their tablets or phones and get everything needed in a twinkle of an eye.
On a lighter note, during my time in school, our teachers cloud flog the hell out of us when we do anything wrong as little as getting to school late or not doing assignment but today flogging students is a crime. So I can say that that is one bad thing then but now students enjoy the freedom from the teachers cane.
All these disparities are as a result of development, civilization, technological advancement and growth. The things I think could be done is for schools to bring back these competitions and make it part of students continuous assessment including sports. This will make them more interested in it.
Parents should also try to guide what their children do on social media and censor the sites they visit on the internet just to curb what they do online.
Parents should also create time for their children and not leave their jobs to nannies and house maids. They should get involved in what their children do in school and their personal life's
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school is no longer like before again.... imagine now, you could school from home and that means all the fun that we enjoyed those days can't be done by virtual learning
Yeah.
Everything has changed both for good and negative.
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Even when competitions are organized many of the students these days feel too big to participate, so it discourages the teachers too.
Exactly.
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oh how times have changed xD. Definitely not as ideal to flog, cane or anything to children now. I remember getting caned when I was young but nowadays it's like just timeout or grounded not playing video games etc.
I think I was able to have the internet and stuff during part of my student life. Just the one thing I missed was the AI. I wish I had chatgpt when I was still studying whether be highschool or university. could've saved me a lot of time finding information
Yes, it would have.
Times have really changed.
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Today school is like a war zone. The value of education is quietly leaving the school system and the earlier the government realizes this, the better.
You are right.
I just wish the system can be savaged.
Today's access to information is a two-faced sword. It can serve as a good or bad purpose depending on how the student makes use of it. But then, it's a good development for a student that knows his onions. It is now possible to have the needed educational materials on your phone or tablet at low costs. It's amazing.
Yes, that is why the parents need to do more about monitoring what their kids do with these device.
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You are right about parents creating time for their children, negligence on the part of some parents is causing their children a lot of harm.
It really bad, the way some parents neglect their children is really bad.
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