Jss1 Memories
- The fear of Mr Arokobolade John was the beginning of not having a heart attack at age 10! Those of us who made it into Epic Model College from Epic Primary School, came into the college with the fear of this named teacher, Mr John. The news of his hard strokes and tough disciplines was heard of while in primary school. It was said, he knows what happens behind his back without looking. Well, we went into college with this fear, and believe me, we spent our six years under the close monitoring of this disciplinarian.
- Fascinated about puberty, after closing hours some male students (Ladeinde Ayodeji, Mabun Bidemi, Adagbada Dipo and Ijabiken Bamidele) decided to wait behind to check who had the biggest growing bush. Who won? Nothing more can be said of this, as the memory is with those who remember.
- Adejimi Musa who came in from a Lagos primary school obviously could not speak without the 'mi-ke-de' accent, and was a regular joke amongst students and teachers.
- The temporary site of the school located at Molipa estate was about 20 minutes drive from the permanent site where the hostel was (and is still) located. This meant the school bus had to bring 'hostelites' every morning. But what happens when the bus breaks down? They trek! And they got into class around 9am, all sweaty.
Jss2 Memories
- Moving out of the school's temporal site was quite adventuresome and we mixed the coloured walls of our former classrooms. The permanent site was then unplastered and built by the fence of school compound. We finally saw the abode of the hostel students and was amazed at the distance they trek when the bus breaks down.
- 'Who has any question to ask?' That was our then school principal talking after addressing the assembly the morning we moved to the permanent site. 'I want to ask if the sobo seller has also relocated with us'. The question came from Anjorin Raheem Gary who was previously schooling in the US before joining us for a while. For him, sobo was more important than the transition and all the adjustments that had to be made.
- Anjorin Gary Raheem got angry at our female maths teacher, because she scolded him for not doing an assignment appropriately. He said was going to beat her and he meant it, but well he didn't.
- Lekan Ogunsemowo VS Mr John Arokobolade
Jss3 Memories
- 'Gbonbo' made this class fun. The idea is that, anyone cold snatch what you are eating by way of hitting it. If the item falls, the person who hit it claims it. Christian Okonkwo was good at this.
- The 'Askor' sign also came around this time; using your index finger to form a question mark sign. It was done privately to teachers who asked questions in class.
- Agbele Emmanuel vs Mr John Arokobolade
- Mrs Yusuf, our then Agric teacher asking us to go and speak stones so we can know how hard our parents work to make money, is a punishment we will not forget. It taught us nothing could come easy, not even picking stones from the floor, even though Musa Adejimi had quickly loaded gravel with shovel into a wheelbarrow and submitted his stones, first, he met his water loo for being cunning.
- Adagbada Dipo VS Mr Frank Osagie
- The fear of Mr Arokobolade John was the beginning of not having a heart attack at age 10! Those of us who made it into Epic Model College from Epic Primary School, came into the college with the fear of this named teacher, Mr John. The news of his hard strokes and tough disciplines was heard of while in primary school. It was said, he knows what happens behind his back without looking. Well, we went into college with this fear, and believe me, we spent our six years under the close monitoring of this disciplinarian.
- Fascinated about puberty, after closing hours some male students (Ladeinde Ayodeji, Mabun Bidemi, Adagbada Dipo and Ijabiken Bamidele) decided to wait behind to check who had the biggest growing bush. Who won? Nothing more can be said of this, as the memory is with those who remember.
- Adejimi Musa who came in from a Lagos primary school obviously could not speak without the 'mi-ke-de' accent, and was a regular joke amongst students and teachers.
- The temporary site of the school located at Molipa estate was about 20 minutes drive from the permanent site where the hostel was (and is still) located. This meant the school bus had to bring 'hostelites' every morning. But what happens when the bus breaks down? They trek! And they got into class around 9am, all sweaty.
Jss2 Memories
- Moving out of the school's temporal site was quite adventuresome and we mixed the coloured walls of our former classrooms. The permanent site was then unplastered and built by the fence of school compound. We finally saw the abode of the hostel students and was amazed at the distance they trek when the bus breaks down.
- 'Who has any question to ask?' That was our then school principal talking after addressing the assembly the morning we moved to the permanent site. 'I want to ask if the sobo seller has also relocated with us'. The question came from Anjorin Raheem Gary who was previously schooling in the US before joining us for a while. For him, sobo was more important than the transition and all the adjustments that had to be made.
- Anjorin Gary Raheem got angry at our female maths teacher, because she scolded him for not doing an assignment appropriately. He said was going to beat her and he meant it, but well he didn't.
- Lekan Ogunsemowo VS Mr John Arokobolade
Jss3 Memories
- 'Gbonbo' made this class fun. The idea is that, anyone cold snatch what you are eating by way of hitting it. If the item falls, the person who hit it claims it. Christian Okonkwo was good at this.
- The 'Askor' sign also came around this time; using your index finger to form a question mark sign. It was done privately to teachers who asked questions in class.
- Agbele Emmanuel vs Mr John Arokobolade
- Mrs Yusuf, our then Agric teacher asking us to go and speak stones so we can know how hard our parents work to make money, is a punishment we will not forget. It taught us nothing could come easy, not even picking stones from the floor, even though Musa Adejimi had quickly loaded gravel with shovel into a wheelbarrow and submitted his stones, first, he met his water loo for being cunning.
- Adagbada Dipo VS Mr Frank Osagie
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