Thread by @Realoilsheikh

ON THIS DAY, TEACHERS' DAY

It is inexorable to appreciate those selfless men & women that have given their best to see us where we are today. TEACHERS. They are our ladders to the height of success we are all proud of today. I m lucky to have the following Teachers in my life.

My first Teacher was my mother, from whom I learnt & memorised the complete Juz'u Amma.

She handed me over to Malam Zakariyya Mai-Hatsi, who also happened to have taught my father & mother at different times. He lived a very long life & impacted positively in our lives.

I have had several other Teachers afterwards, from whom I learnt the Deen, including Shaykh Yahya Assalafiy & Shaykh Dr Pantami (may Allah preserve them all and reward them with the best of the two worlds). Malam Safiyanu, Malam Nasir Yusuf & Malama Binta Umar Musa.

Mr. Sikiru & Mr. Wande top the list of my Teachers on the other hand. They were selfless & showed me love as a pupil. There was a day Mr. Sikiru backed me on his back to the clinic after I stepped on a Nail, and there was no school bus around. That gesture I can never forget.

That was in primary school. When I got to senior secondary school, Mr. Bosan was my first Chemistry teacher, & the man who practically planted the love of Chemistry in my heart. He would nominate me to go for Interschool competitions in the midst of SS3 students.

Mr. Aku Iliya Bawa took over as my Chemistry teacher in SS2 & he was a Bosan-Plus. He taught us Chemistry in the simplest manner, entertain questions even at home. There was a time we took some Stoichiometric problems to him at home, in a weekend. They have finished lunches then.

After solving our problems, even explained in Hausa to us both for better understanding, he gave each of us N40 to to & eat, since we got to his house after they have finished their lunch. When we declined the offer, he literally forced the money into our hands, & asked us out.

The final amongst them was Mr. Amos Dadoh, who taught us English Language. He was never disappointed in how myself and a friend Olalekan Amao (now a PhD holder too) were competing in writing English comprehensions as though we were not science students. We did well in SSCE.

Each and every one of these people has left a mark in my life, and I will forever be grateful.

Thank a Teacher today.

Happy Teachers' day.

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