After a very good survey and researches, I've come to know that all French Teachers are "hardened". I mean they're very strong hearted with regards to how they handle their students.
During my seconday school days, SS2 to be precise, we were unfortunate to have the most deadly teachers in school as our french teacher. This man was in charge of disciplining later comers, students that didn't sweep, labour defaulters and also in charge of collecting tutorial fees from students, infact he's everywhere as long flogging is involved. He derives so much joy in flogging.
Something happened one day and it's an experience I don't forget...
We were having his lecture on how to read TIME/CLOCK 馃晳 in French language. The teacher was trying his best to force the stubborn language into us but our heads were too strong to allow it.
The teacher is not the type that you can work away from his class, impossible! So we stayed composed and played along even when our body wanted to leave the class.
The class took over two hours and we didn't complained because we don't want to be flogged.
Suddenly, the bell for break rang and our mood changed Instantly because the teacher had overstayed but we dare not tell him to get away.
He noticed the frown on our faces and decided to let go of people that are tired of the class. He opened the door for anyone that want to leave, to go out and have break time.
When he did that, we were shocked because that was so unusual of him, so a lot of us decided not to stay put because it might be a trap to punish people that would go out.
[If it were you, would you stay or go out?馃槀]
Some of the big boys in class took the offer and left the class while we, the 'chicken hearted' stayed to continue with the lecture.
We were inside the class but our minds were outside, the groove of fellow students outside enjoying the break moment were just too catchy.
Towards the end of the lecture, the teacher gave us a class work to test us if we got what he's been teaching for hours, we did the class work and we all failed. I mean, we failed woefully.
The teacher got angry, he entered his office and brought out logs of his imported cane. He gave us 5strokes each on our back and some of us cried...I didn't cried馃槀.
Meanwhile, when he was flogging us, the noise attracted the whole students in that environment and they all came to watch us,,, including our classmates that earlier left us. They all laughed at us.
Ever since then, I decided not to be a serious student again in terms of pleasing a teacher or a lecturer. Being good no dey pay.
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