"Pikin Wey Never Reach 5 Years": Angry Father Displays Tough Assignment His 4-Year-Old Son Was Given in School
- A Nigerian father has lamented bitterly on social media as he displays the tough assignment his four-year-old son was given
- While sharing a video online, the man questioned why his son would be given such an assignment at his tender age
- The teacher had given the little boy a task to draw his aunty and another person using a mop stick
A Nigerian father has cried out on social media after seeing the assignment his four-year-old son was given.
The little boy was asked by his teacher to draw and colour someone using a mop stick. He was also asked to draw a picture of his aunt and mother at work.
Source: Instagram
The assignment provoked the boy's father, who promised to take the homework straight to the teacher so she could do it herself.
In a video shared on Instagram by @instablog9ja, he lamented in pidgin:
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"See me see problem I no just understand o. See my pikin wey never reach 5 years. Them dey give am homework for inside school una dey see am? They say Draw and colour someone mopping. For this kind age? See this one. Draw and colour your aunty.
"Na this kind age them dey do drawing for inside school? Person wey una go teach how to write or spell. Na only drawing una dey do. Tomorrow I dey go the school. The teacher must do this homework. If she no do am for my presence, I go close down the school."
Social media reactions
Zikofafriqa said:
"There’s nothing wrong with drawing and painting at his age. It’s a good way to tap into the creative side of kids."
Mathrisah wrote:
"Gone are the days when lantern and Macmillan books were in use."
Taiwo_junzi commented:
"Draw your mummy at work when no be say na Leo Davinci you born."
Kokotoluhii reacted:
“Mobbing” or “Mopping”? I think you’re worried about the wrong thing."
Mjbriefstore_luxuryhair said:
"Our education syllabus or curriculum should be corrected. Some of all these kids knows nothing unlike when we were growing up. Our education system is dropping gradually."
Obi_baller added:
"Mobbing, lol, you should be more concerned about what they are even teaching your kid in that school."
Watch the video below:
Lady shares hard question a little boy was asked in school
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war had become the headache of a primary 3 pupil after it was given as an assignment.
This was after a Nigerian lady, Aisha Umar Bello, took to Twitter to share the 'hard' assignment wondering why a school would give such to a primary 3 pupil.
Aisha marvelled that even as a graduate, she would have difficulty attempting the assignment if given. She sought help from netizens in answering the question.
Source: Legit.ng
