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We all knew that it was going to be a disaster. Miss Adekoya had just called Chibuzor to narrate Chapter 3 of “Kole the Superstar” written by Olajire Olanlokun which was the literature text for JSS 1 class. Slim, dark, tall, turban- wearing Miss Adekoya, was a terror as far as junior secondary students of The Apostolic Church Grammar School, Ketu (popularly called Apollo) were concerned, the few strands of hair on her chin gave support to the popular assertion that she’s a man in a not-so-feminine body.
Now, Chibuzor wasn’t a dull student but he had just come to Lagos from Chokoneze Ezinhitte, a rustic town in Mbaise area of Imo state and he had a problem with communicating in English language. Miss Adekoya’s voice boomed out “You there, narrate chapter 3! When I told all of you to read that chapter before coming to class, you thought I was joking. My friend, don’t delay us we’re waiting”. Now, the thing with Miss Adekoya’s rules was that it was difficult to escape being beaten or punished in her class. A summary of her rules goes thus:
1. If she asks a question and you get it right when she called you without having raised your hand earlier, you will be beaten for attempting to hoard your knowledge.
2. Answer the question without being called and your punishment is sure because you were too forward.
3. Answer the question wrongly when you raised your hand and you might get punished for trying to show off when you weren’t sure except when she is in a good mood which is very rare.
I am sure all these rules must have flitted through Chibuzor’s mind as he stood there looking at Miss Adekoya before opening his mouth to start his narration. The words that came out from his mouth could be termed as Igblish (Igbo-English) and the class just couldn’t control their laughter at the words before Miss Adekoya cut the mirth short when she faced Chibuzor and asked “Where are you from?” Chibuzor couldn’t find it in himself to answer having just been laughed at so he kept mute. The short sharp strokes descended in a flurry on the poor boy as she kept repeating the question, “where are you from?” whilst the beating didn’t stop.
I guess the beating must have gotten the boy flustered because the next thing we heard in a tearful voice was “I come from my village oh, I come from my village oh” and that was how Chibuzor was renamed “I come from my village oh” till he left the school in JSS3.