TEACHERS AFFECT ETERNITY: MAKING A CASE FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION
As an undergrad, one of my most cherished memories was the day I gave a seminar defense of a group project on the topic: Public Administration in Nigeria. The Lecturer had divided the class into thirty groups with each group expected to write and defend on thirty different topics. Our group was the last on the list. As each group gave an account of themselves, the Lecturer was scoring and accessing simultaneously with the students who were adjudging through jeers and cheers. As I walked up to the podium as a bride walks down the aisle to be betrothed to her sweetheart and life partner, I developed goose pimples knowing fully well that the fates of about fifteen colleagues plus my credibility were at stake. I know deep within me, so much was at stake to prove and disappoint the doubting Thomases. My results had always spoken for me, it was time for me to speak for myself, but stage fright is nothing unusual to even the best of speakers. Alone on the ...