Secondary School Nostalgia

Secondary school days remain a memory that has the longest effect on our minds and development for many reasons. The gist, drama, punishment, revenge escapades, and especially the fighting sessions between ss2 and ss3. How can anyone ever forget those moments? Ranging from the fight for the attention of the hottest boys and the juicy rumors of abortion?

Ever showed up to your Alma mater and seeing the new ss3 students you remember just how much terror you and your set caused and the labels your set was tagged with?

Almost every ss3 set was feared by the school administration and the principal and the head teachers always had something to say about every set.

So many events and unforgettable experiences that even many who are now placed into different spheres still recount them. Moments that make old girls and boys gathering intense and fun to remember.

The battles with ss3 and ss2 students is one which has the nature of inheritance. It was like each set inherited beef from the previous set and transferred it to their juniors.

With each passing set, there must be a case of fights happening between the ss2 and ss3 students while the lower class students usually called form 1, form 2, form 3, and form 4 students try to find the best possible ways to avoid being the center of the elephant fight. 

Wonderful and interesting times if you ask me. The heated feeling when the ss2 students challenge the ss3 students and next thing, the entire class comes out to support their own. Boarders were the ones that got the premium experiences, little wonder why the Day students were seen as half-baked and a pun to bring food and jolly gists from the outside world. Having the boarders enjoy the tales and mouthwatering delicacies from those who cared to share but the consistency of both worlds back then was there’s always gist!!

Lip gloss was the fashion for every ss3 student, the pandemic usually starts around a few months before the entrance into the final class. It is hard to walk past students without seeing shining lips and baked faces. A funny and pretty sight, one would wonder if harmattan came early.

Of course, you have no right to tell them to take it off. A very hopeless battle you are sure to lose before it even begins. While you search and seize, the mallam at the gate who sells lipgloss, bangles, and earrings laughs at you because it greatly benefits his pockets. Once the school bell for closure rings, the ss3 girls will gather around him and make sure he’s out of stock.

Buttoned shirts? Ss3 students button their shirts? That’s like you waiting to see crocodiles grow wings magically. It’s nearly impossible to see an SS3 student with a buttoned shirt. To add to the look and the attention, they always had big busts. It’s as though Mother Earth woke up and chose to endow them with big luscious bouncing bags of mouthwatering udara. Male teachers had to choose between their jobs and submitting to the temporary pleasures of the flesh.

Back then, I remembered a set that scared the principal of our school, she was legit scared of that particular set. They even vandalized her car and broke into her home. The poor woman had endless BP sessions and constant visits to the hospital. She’d usually show up at the assembly ground with her crooked voice preaching to the obviously deaf ss3 students regarding the consequences of their actions but as though it were a reflex action, they’ll go and find something new to vandalize.

Sneaking in contraband was mainly where the Day students came in. Boarders usually had strict rules regarding contraband goods but be certain that where a boarder stopped or ended while trying to sneak in contraband, a Day student will succeed. It was a very interesting thing to see and it made the boarders have more respect for Day students.

Faking sickness was the premium experience. Your classmate who a while ago was shouting, singing, and beating the desk dangerously suddenly shows up at the clinic complaining of headache and stomach pain. Next thing, they’ve got a note of pass to go back to their house to get proper treatment. It was crazyyyy.

The tales of witches and lady koi koi were endless. Those who suddenly fall down and start convulsing were at the peak of it. Next thing they’ll start speaking in languages your vocabulary and dictionary cannot even pick up. You on the other hand trying to graduate in one piece will be silently praying inwards.

One thing is certain, these memories today warm the heart and as such, to get the best of it, the school needs to pass through you.