MoshoodMuch

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@aebsonline How do we apply

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Jassmini2 7957

[BSAT Properties @BSAT_Properties]

Yesterday, my son came back from his WAEC examination, but something was different.

Normally, when he returns from school, there's always something to talk about, how the paper went, which questions were difficult, who forgot their calculator, or even the usual laughter that comes with being a teenager

But yesterday, he was quiet
Too quiet.
As a mother, I immediately knew something was wrong.

I asked him, "How was your Physics paper?"
He looked at me and said, "It wasn't fine."
Ahhh!!I was confused

My son had prepared for this exam. I had watched him stay up late reading. I had seen him sacrifice his playtime, endure power outages, and study under conditions many adults would struggle with.

So I asked again, "What happened?"
The answer shattered me.
"Mummy, the invigilators said we should pay ₦5,000 each or our papers would not get to the marking centre."

For a moment, I thought I heard him wrongly.
"What do you mean?"
He explained that the students were told to contribute money. Their principal reportedly had to beg for the amount to be reduced to ₦3,000. Some students had no money and had to borrow from friends. Others were frightened that refusing to pay would affect their results

Then came the statement that left me speechless:
"They said for Mathematics and English, there will be no negotiation."

I felt sick.
Imagine being a child.
You spend months preparing for one of the most important examinations of your life. You wake up before dawn to read. You attend extra lessons. Your parents struggle to pay school fees and buy textbooks

Then, on the day of the examination, instead of being encouraged to believe in your abilities, you are made to believe that money matters more than preparation

What exactly are we teaching these children?
That hard work is useless?
That success is for sale?
That corruption is the real examination they must pass?
I was furious and asked what the school authorities were doing about it

My son said their proprietor claimed he had already paid over ₦350,000 since the examinations began and could no longer continue carrying the burden alone

And that's when the reality hit me.
This problem is bigger than one student

Bigger than one school
Bigger than one examination centre

We are witnessing the gradual destruction of the values we should be teaching the next generation
We tell our children to study hard
We tell them honesty pays
We tell them integrity matters

But the system keeps showing them the opposite

How do you convince a child that education is the key to success when the adults in charge of education appear to be selling the lock?

How do you tell a student to believe in merit when corruption is staring them in the face inside an examination hall?

Today, my heart aches not only for my son but for every child sitting in those examination rooms.
For the brilliant student whose parents cannot afford extra money

For the honest student who just wants to pass through hard work.

For the child who may eventually conclude that reading is pointless because everything has a price

This is how dreams die
Not always through failure
Sometimes through disappointment
Sometimes through the moment a young person realizes that the adults entrusted with their future are the very ones teaching them that integrity doesn't matter

And perhaps the saddest part is that when I shared this experience, another parent simply shrugged and said:
"That's normal."

Normal?

Since when did exploiting children become normal?
Since when did intimidating students become normal?
Since when did corruption in an examination hall become normal?

If this story is true across many centres, then we should all be worried.
Because the greatest tragedy is not the money being collected.
The greatest tragedy is the message being passed to an entire generation.

A generation that is watching.
A generation that is learning.
A generation that may one day become exactly what we are teaching them to be.

© Madonna Onenu Aniah

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Mr_mix01 @BSAT_Properties I swear

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@yabaleftonline Them talk say who know way no Dy lost
No be you show them way ni

[BENUEGIANT 🐐👑 @doshmanhere]

The guy still guide o🤣🤣

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

Your parents have been married for close to 30 years. You don’t see them as role models for marriage, but two social media couples who got married and divorced in less than two years are making you scared to get married. You see that you don’t have sense.

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@TheArsenalMind ATL3- ARS 2

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

🇳🇬 go lookman

[SMALLIE @the_smallie]

Only a foolish Nigerian will support Arsenal over their own.

We are solidly behind you today Lookman ❤️🇳🇬

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Sweet_Kristy101 Please I can do more

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

The guy who will sink Arsenal

[Olivia 💞 @Blessing_Olivi]

Dear @Alookman_

When Olise picked France and Musiala picked Germany, you chose Nigeria.
They took the easy route, you took the hard one , that’s what great footballers do.
For your sacrifices, I’m backing you today. Go show the world you’re the best LW on the planet.
Sink Mosquera. Sink Arteta. Sink Arsenal. Sink their fans.

Your biggest fan,
Olivia 💕

[Olivia 💞 @Blessing_Olivi]

Dear @Alookman_

When Olise picked France and Musiala picked Germany, you chose Nigeria.
They took the easy route, you took the hard one , that’s what great footballers do.
For your sacrifices, I’m backing you today. Go show the world you’re the best LW on the planet.
Sink Mosquera. Sink Arteta. Sink Arsenal. Sink their fans.

Your biggest fan,
Olivia 💕

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

Is it one of them that will lift the champions league trophy these season let the battle begin

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

Atleti vs Arsenal 😤

#UCL

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@thebigdammy And at the end you called him MAGA done pay

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@taadelodun Interested

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Queeneth01olx You self no get sense, didn't you said she was working?
So they don't pay her salary

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@KLeeeyah You na normal human being

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Threadscenes Is there anything like irregular sex

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Ocho_Cinko @Naija_PR Ati peace of mind

[MoshoodMuch @MoshoodMuch]

@Naija_PR Omo na peace of mind oooo
If them sake your peace lasan life go tire you once