DR O

Doesn't it get better when you proceed to postgrad? I know it's supposed to be a warmer atmosphere where the facilitators finally treat you like human persons (I attend a private school o! before #teamfederaluni will gimme epic responses) but not to worry, I have also learned otherwise since my first day in Dr O's class.

Lemme sneak you in on a typical session with Dr O.

A colleague has just finished presenting a beautiful and well delivered work to the class and the class awards the good efforts with a long round of applause.

Dr O: You people can continue clapping o, if you like.

Class: Claps on

Dr O: No o, Continue.

Class: Renders another heavy round of applause

Dr O: Turns to the presenter. You have just sang completely out of the choir. You were just going all over the place but nothing useful.

That's small o! After the presentation, you feel so enlightened that you decide to pass a comment.

You: Thank you for that wonderful presentation, it was really enlightening and I learnt a lot from it. Thank you.

Dr O: Please excuse me, any comment that will not move us forward academically is not entertained in this class. Please I don't want this kind of comment in my class again. Thank you.



Hmmm...The day that something is sweeting you inside class after a funny comment and you decide to laugh. Choi.

Dr O: Heisss please! I beg you, 'these' master's class. Don't be laughing like that in my class again or I send you out.

You:



You see that with Dr O, you are walking on eggshells!

The problem now is that I sense I've entered the Dr's black book (the list is a little populated already). After scoring two and half in the test two weeks ago and receiving my script with the dreaded 'see me' comment, I had the nerve to appear in class today with Karishika hair and mami water make up (trust my doctor; the eyeing I received was out of this world).

Anyway, me I took my seat jeje beside the Dr as a boss and pretended not to have seen her. Biggest mistake! Next thing I heard was 'Veronica, why are you no longer the one seating beside me?'

After this kain comment, no be to use your head go siddon for another place? I sha relocated but I swear the Dr blocked me out completely during that class. I tried to participate by raising my hand for like 20 minutes o but the hand just dey hang and I swear I heard the Dr call all other names but mine.

The part wey kon chook me pass was that after all the participants had passed their comments, the Dr's comment and correction turned out to be exactly what I had in mind. I literally felt like this


AND I HAVE SENSE TOO O.

Veronica giving me that famous 'sympathetic pele face' just pushed my tears further.

I swallowed the insult nonetheless and I went back to my 'awezome' Dr after the class.

Me: You asked me to see you regarding my test score.

Dr O: Not now please, I need to rest small. Come back when I'm in my office.

Me: What time exactly can you receive me?

Dr O: Are you not a master's student? Don't ask me foolish question. Use your number 6 and come when it is right. Your number 6 is supposed to tell you what to do. Do you understand?

ME:

Yes ma.

YOU SEE WHY PARTICIPATING IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME!

Like play like play, my continuous assessment score for Dr O's class is on 8.5 out of 20 and #1.8m school fees is running. Rumour even has it that Dr O's participation is graded at 0.1 per participation (total scale is 5) so you have to participate 50 times in the semester to earn full marks. 'HEL O HEL' (lol).

I have only participated twice and it's a week to mid-semester break already.
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I better not laugh too much because there's another ten marks to be contested for next week Wednesday with Dr O o.