The woman, a well-learned individual, and a top lecturer in a renowned institution, and a very close pal with the state’s government at the time visited my dad for a very important decision because she was very angry and was ready to do anything to get her revenge.
Many years ago, when she was an undergraduate, she had a very bad encounter with one of her male lecturers. Even in old age, the woman was so beautiful, and I could imagine that she would be a top girl when she was younger.
She was a brilliant woman, and that was evident in her conversation with my dad. My dad is super intelligent, so, I was not shocked seeing her having the conversation with him.
Her first three years in school were so trouble-free, and she was part of the top students in her set. She was a first-class student from her first year to the third year, until the fourth year when everything turned around because of one silly request from a lecturer.
This man was known to be the trouble of many female students at the time, and most times when he was reported, he ended up coming out unscathed because he was part of the authority. Maybe birds of a feather at the top, I’ll say.
My dad’s friend unfortunately caught the eye of the wicked lecturer, and her trouble started. He wanted to be more than a lecturer to her. He wanted an exclusivity with her until she graduated, and she was not ready to be that, and so her trouble began.
For someone who never had a carry over to suddenly fail two courses in her last semester in school was troublesome. She cried, tried to talk to the lecturers involved, and the response she got from them was, “go and meet Dr. T and sort whatever issues you have with him”. She wouldn’t do that of course, so she had to retake the course another year.
Year 1 passed, she failed, year 2 passed, she failed, until the year 3 when there were new lecturers in the department who took over the courses, that was when she finally passed the two courses she failed for about three years.
The reason she was at my dad’s was to ask what she should do because the lecturer’s first son was in her office some days for employment opportunity. She conducted a background search on the guy’s name because she suspected that he was the lecturer’s son, and he indeed was him.
The next time he returned for an interview, she asked him to mention her name to his dad, and according to the guy, the dad was old, but not too old to remember his actions when he was in service, especially remembering the disservice he did to this particular woman. He remembered the details very well that he asked his son to take him to her office so she would plead to her for her not to revenge on his son because for over twelve years since he graduated, he never got an opportunity to be close to getting a job.
Now, asking if children should be punished for the sins of their parents is a question I really would want to answer a No to because the children are innocent. However, thinking of how small the world is, living recklessly without thinking of the effects it could have on your offspring is an action that needs to be curbed, and until some people learn in a hard way, the need to live carefully without hurting people won’t be a thing many people will consider.
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Can you imagine? It makes me feel sad that children suffer the sins of their fathers or grandparents. It's really unfair to commit a crime without thinking the actions which might affect the children too. Sometimes, one has no choice than to go through such situations.
You see, many times, I look at my parents and I thank God that they don't have such burden for their children. I feel so blessed, honestly. May we not be the parents with reckless living. Amen.
Amen 🙏