Indeed Ini, Mr Ishola was good and a very concerned
teacher / person at that.
I suggest some thank you gifts or honorary award be
pre-packaged for these wonderful set of humans that
have impacted our lives in no small measure. This can
be done as a presentation on our target dates.
Organizers what do you think?
Cheerio
John
--- me mavicaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ibro, when you mentioned AKPAYI - it brought back
> memories of what we used to do to him when he works
> late in Uwakwe's Office (no body has mentioned Mr
> Uwakwe - an interesting character, i must confess)
> we
> go by the window where he's typing and begin to
> sound
> like a bush baby saying "Akpayi dodo" repeatedly and
> he will respond like we know he will, saying "your
> papa - akpayi dodo" For me our geopgraphy master -
> the tall Mr Ishola made quite an impact, he always
> made us believe we could do it, that was why
> geography
> had quite a lot of A1 from the class of 88. please
> anybody with news on how to reach Ali Abdul of "The
> class of 88", i and several other class members will
> be glad to hear from him.
>
> Ini Akpan
> class of 88
>
>
>
> --- Kadiri Ibrahim *Bragadoe* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > The Excommandoe spirit is really "Hotting up
> ",what
> > an exciting topic to dwell on................for
> > those contributing for the 1st time ,kudos to
> > you............Oga taiwo,hope you are taking count
> > of them,so that they wouldnt run away when we need
> > them most
> >
> > Wow...............going down the memory lane the
> > commandoe way
> > It was fun those days as a Junior boy watching
> 88
> > set calling the shots,those were the great men
> that
> > i still cherish,the sullivans etc etc etc
> >
> > I remember one of the P.H.E teacher called
> > GERIGANU by 88 set..............dont even know his
> > name till date.he tried in his own way.i also have
> > good memory of Mr Okoro social studies teacher,who
> > taught me in my Js1
> >
> > WO2 Oduwole made an impression on most of
> > us................with his koboko
> >
> > Nobody is talking of AKPAYI..................or
> is
> > it because he is just ringing the bell for us,he
> > definately must have added bite in our duration
> > there
> >
> > i will like to commend
> > Mrs Eyetan(may Her soul rest in peace) she made
> a
> > mark in me english wise
> > Mr Afolabi.......................afo,made sure
> > Chemistry was as easy as Ababio
> >
> > Master musa............i still wonder why he is
> > still refered to as master till date,taught me
> > mathematics along the line
> > Mr dabang............Dabingii,the Fine art
> master
> > was a gem to me,he brought out the best in
> me,making
> > me a pencil boy and i crowned it by wining the
> best
> > fine art student in my Js1.
> >
> > Wishing all the teachers the very best in
> > everything they are doing
> >
> >
> >
> > Tope you can track promise sunday
> > he works with Spring bank in Jos
> > 08023222301
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Topsy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I could not resist the urge to join in
> > on this one.
> >
> > I want to see this slightly differently though.
> > There were certainly memorable teachers, but there
> > were others who impacted my life the most and will
> > remain unforgetable, even though i may not readily
> > recall their names.
> >
> > Top on my list is my Form Teacher in class four.
> I
> > was in Class four B. She is was who challenged me,
> > well the whole class actually, when she, while
> > handing us our report sheets at the end of our
> > second term (we had two first terms due to the
> > change in the academic calender in 1987) wondered
> > why the first position in class (which happened to
> > be my humble self) should be 16th overall. I took
> it
> > as a personal challenge and the next term, came
> > third overall. This result made it possible for me
> > to make the JETS team that represented Plateau
> state
> > in 1988 finals, my most noble achievement in
> > Command. I may not remember her name but she
> remains
> > one person i will never forget. That challenge has
> > brought me where i am today.
> >
> > Next on my list will be our able commandant,
> Col.
> > Ayoola. Being a member of the only set that spent
> > his entire term with him, i believe he did more
> for
> > us as a whole. Yes, we saw him as a strict
> > disciplinarian and hated it then, especially as he
> > even gave me the nickname ELECRTICIAN, today with
> > the benefit of hindsight, Ayooo shaped us
> thoroughly
> > to make us what we are. i stand to be corrected,
> but
> > i think his efforts made it possible for us to be
> > the best set so far with all the enviable records
> we
> > left behind.
> >
> > My biology teacher Mrs. Lemu Adesokan, may God
> > bless you. I ran into her last saturday at the
> > international airport in Lagos on my way back from
> > the States. Indidentally, Yomi Olusanya and i had
> a
> > bit of a discussion about this sort of thing and
> > when i mentioned it to her, she was delighted. She
> > remains dear to me. I belive i was one of her
> > favourites....but i gave her problems o,
> especially
> > when we were taught reproduction.
> >
> > How can i forget my economics teacher. The
> soldier
> > who took over from Mrs Akangbo, better known as
> > ogboju. He it was that brought out the best in me
> > and i believe every member of the 88 set. His
> style
> > made it possible for us to score the excellent
> > results we achieved.
> >
> > Mr. Kola Emoruwa, my agric teacher remains very
> > dear to me till today. Incidentally, i work with
> his
> > elder brother, who looks more like his twin.
> >
> > To all these teachers and the others my prayer
> is
> > that your children will be better than all those
> you
> > have taught. You will reap your reward first here
> on
> > earth.
> >
> > finally, to all my friends of the Class of 88,
> may
> > God bless you all. people like Obote, Effiom
> nyong,
> > taju yahaya, Christopher Lelei, Tony Akhidenor,
> ini
> > Akpan,Yomi Olusanya and my best pal Promise
> Sunday.
> > I love you all.
> >
> > Thank you John for initiating this discussion
> >
> > I joined command in 1983 and cracking my
> head
> > down memory lane i can
> > say that my most memorable teachers starting from
> > form 1 are;
> >
> > 1984; was Lt Amusan. (noble leut. and a gentleman)
> > 1985; Literature in english teacher (called Mrs.
> > Richard Hanny after
> > the book 39 steps)
> > 1986; Fine Art master Mr. Sandi (guy man !!)
> > 1987; English teacher Mr Ilori. (perfect
> gentleman)
> > 1988; Geography teacher Mr Ishola (concern CSSJ
> > citizen) na make me get
> > A1 for geo.
> >
> > What about you?
> >
> > Regards,
>
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