21/10/2021
THROWBACK TO 2015/2016, Part 1.
My first business had just crashed due to selling on credit and the hike in dollars. Things were not too rosy. My husband and I had registered an Engineering firm years back, but prospective clients were just telling us "we will get back to you".
Bills were piling, we had a family to care for. We both started job hunting eagerly.
Living in Lagos, plus having a little son with no nanny or assistant was the major reason I decided to look for a job around. I was not ready to deal with waking up by 4am, looking for a good daycare center and spending a greater part of my life in Lagos traffic. Our son was still young and I didn't have a maid or nanny. So I selected some "Standard Schools" in my area and dropped my application. By the way, I read Elect/Elect. Engineering, graduated and completed my NYSC.
The first school called me. And there I received the first shock😲 of my life. 'Uncle Principal' read my application letter and after checking my credentials asked me if I wrote the application myself. When I said yes, he said he was shocked because Engineers don't know how to speak or write correct English. I felt insulted though, but I let it slide (na me know wetin carry me come).
I started negotiations with them. I was told I would be paid N35000, but I was going to teach Mathematics JS1-3, SS1-3, Further Mathematics SS1-3, Basic Science JS1-3, Physics SS1-3.
What😲! Only me one 😳?
I told Uncle Principal that I won't be giving the students my best because I was extremely overloaded. I was willing to do Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Physics, but they weren't in agreement. I was still in negotiations with them
The second school called me. Well they told me point blank that they could only afford to pay me N15000 because I was inexperienced (chai, I don suffer sha😭) but I would be teaching Technical Drawing, Physics and Further Mathematics. I told the Principal I couldn't accept his offer, besides I wasn't good in Technical Drawing. Oga Principal almost challenged my Engineering certification - like how could I ever claim to read Engineering and not know Technical Drawing?
I cancelled school two.
Meanwhile I was still negotiating with school one. Infact, I started teaching for free in their summer coaching program.
Then school three called.
I was given an aptitude test, given a practical class to teach. I was told that they would get back to me.
Two days later, I was called on phone by school three. I was offered an appointment to teach Basic Science for JS1-3, and Physics for SS1-3 for N20000. By this time, I was tired of the whole process. After much dragging and dragging, we settled for N22000.
School resumed and your favorite housewife became a Secondary school teacher 😄.
Did it end well? It ended in premium tears😭. But I got my revenge sha 🤣.
If I know what I know now, nothing would have ever made me go job-hunting in a private school.
A lot of Moms like me become school teachers not because that is what they actually want but because they see it as the only job AVAILABLE for them to do. A lot of greedy school owners exploit them because they know they don't have any options.
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There is Part 2 to this story o. Please check my next post.