I can still remember vividly my secondary school days
like the alphabets A, B, C because those days were
very interesting, funny and also challenging. It was in
the Secondary school that we became teens and
pubertal, these led to some exuberant characters .
It was in the secondary school that some of us started
chasing after ladies (don’t judge me) and to be honest,
sometimes the chase was easy and others not. I and
my close friend yesterday night were just reminiscing
about the crazy things we did because of girls back
then. Majorly because we were trying to impress them,
prove a point or just because it was a stage .etc. I
know you too did some things (might not be crazy like
mine) but here is my own list.
1. Copying note for girls : even if I am yet to complete
my own note, I’m always willing to help the girl I like
complete hers no matter how long it might be. I do that
because I know I will get her attention during the
process and also have the chance to hang out with
her. Some girls later turn me down even after writing
more than 30 pages but believe me, the tactic worked
a lot of time.
2. Missing Dinning: this was not easy because on the
other hand I was a “foodie’ but had to miss most of
my meals then so that I could earn respect from girls-
they normally see guys that doesn’t come to the
dining hall as big boys who spend a lot in the tuck
shop. They don’t know some of us find solace in our
garri or end up begging for food from peeps who went
to the dinning. It was really crazy!!!
3. Attacking girls with “Devil’s beans’ : I know this was
cruel and mean but I and some of my friends poured
the evil seed on the chairs and lockers of some girls in
our class. This act was impulsed because some girls
insulted us, “formed” or refused to accept our
proposals. So we decided to make them dance in pains
and shame without music while having fun. If you’re
reading this, please forgive me.
4. Missing Classes: this was really crazy and I still
don’t know why I had to do that because of girls.
Maybe because we thought girls then liked the
disobedient guys, “bad-guys’. With the mindset of
impressing girls, you would see us jumping out of
windows just so we could miss the lesson why the
girls settle and receive the lesson. That was not crazy
but unknown foolishness.
5. Showering Girls with Gifts : large sum of the little
pocket money I was meant to survive with in the
school was spent buying gifts for girls especially
during valentine and birthdays. We wanted to act like
“the rich kids of the school” feeling on top of the world
but always ended up starving after some time while
the girls enjoyed.
6. Lied a lot : for you to impress girls then you must
really be “mouthed’ and good at lying because it was
like my class girls liked lies and trust me I was good at
it (though I don’t do that again). I fed them with sweet
words that they couldn’t resist, told them I had things
I’ve not seen before.
7. Failed : I fell in love with Trisha in my senior class
but she refused to reciprocate the love. I was
depressed, sad, and suicidal, couldn’t concentrate and
even forgot why I was in school. The exams came and
I failed woefully; I was called out among the last-five
on the assembly ground and couldn’t bare the shame.
It was only by mercy I was not repeated. CRAZY!!!
Those are now good memories I’ve learnt from and still
smile about.
