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  • Secondary school was a battle of the fittest. Seven hours a day, 13 subjects per term, and only the strongest students geniuses made it to the top three positions in class. Do you remember these types of geniuses who always made the list.

    The ones who don’t need to read

    You can never stand a chance with these ones. All they had to do was sit in the class or watch educational shows like Cowbellpedia, and it was sorry to you and your four hours of reading time per day.

    The ones who can solve the problems in their head

    These ones excel at STEM subjects all on their own. While everyone is struggling to solve equations with their pen, paper and calculators, all they need is two minutes to provide answers from their head.

    The miracle workers

    They spend half the term away from school for some reason, but show up on exam days and still pass with flying colours. 

    The ones who’ll play with you and still pass

    Sorry to you if you had them as your friends. They’ll spend the entire day before an exam, playing and shining teeth with you. When the results come in, you’ll find out nothing was ever really funny.

    The candle burners

    They might sleep through the day and act like that test everyone is preparing for means nothing, but best believe once everyone goes to bed, their eyes become shining torchlights, and sleep becomes non-existent.

    The crammers 

    For these ones, the end justifies the means. As long as they retain the knowledge and use it when needed, they’re fine.

    The jack of all trades 

    These ones don’t have a favourite subject. They excel at every and anything, including the STEM (S subjects people run away from.

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  • I strongly believe that Koreans are Nigerians In a different font because a lot of our struggles look the same. They have a mandatory military service year, we’ve got NYSC. Their parents are strict, and so are Nigerian parents. But their secondary schools? Might as well be owned by a Nigerian. Here’s why. 

    1. Teachers be beating kids almost to death

    Every Nigerian child that went to a Nigerian school probably heard a story or witnessed someone almost get beaten to death. In Korea, corporal punishment is technically prohibited. But K-dramas normalise it. 

    2. Intense bullying

    In secondary school, you’re either ‌the bullied, the bully or the protector of the bully. And Korean and Nigerian kids could win an award for being overall bests in bullying. Almost every high school K-drama protagonist has to deal with a terrible bully. In All of Us Are Dead for example, imagine your bully becoming a zombie.

    RELATED: 7 Nigerians Talk About Being Bullied in Secondary School

    3. Dumb class rivalries. 

    In Nigeria, if the SS3 girls didn’t fight with SS2 girls in your school or JSS3 A AND JSS3 C didn’t hate each other’s guts, did you even school here? In Korea, the students in the best and worst classes always have beef with each other, but that’s just part of secondary school, I guess. 

    4. Seniors have way too much power over junior students 

    In Nigerian high schools, seniors low key have more power than teachers. It’s insane. In Korea, you dare not disrespect your sunbae if you don’t want to die because they’ll make your entire time in school a living hell.

    5. Long-ass school days 

    The average Nigerian high school student spends eight hours in school as a day student, not counting after-school lessons. People in boarding school, counting afternoon and night prep, spend about 13-14 hours. Korean schoolers spend 12-16 hours in a classroom every day. This is why secondary school kids are scary. They wake up every day running on vibes. 

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    6. Saturday classes  

    After stressing kids out all week, some teachers would still have the audacity to drag them to school on Saturday for classes. Is that not wickedness? Nigerian and Korean kids need to band together and fight this nonsense! 

    7. Weird student ranking systems

    Thankfully, Nigerian schools don’t have the weird type of ranking system Koreans have, where you’d know who’s number one in the entire school and who’s the last. But Nigerian kids can relate to the stigma of taking the last position or the fake friendships that come with being first. 

    READ ALSO: Korean Parents Are Nigerian Parents in Disguise, Here’s Why

  • If you don’t remember the names of at least seven of these secondary school hairstyles, you’re either a man, or you were on low-cut in secondary school.

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  • This quiz will separate the people who really went to secondary school from the people who went for vibes. Can you guess the secondary school subjects from just three words?

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  • How many Nigerian secondary school slangs do you know? And remember?

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