Teaching (Poem)

POETRY FROM M.M. YUSUF
TO MY STUDENTS

Teaching

Ah I mean Teaching profession
Hi where are you
Are you still alive
E which colour are you taking

Like legal profession, oh teaching
The most excelled in Nigeria
Done full because everybody wanted to be teacher
E E E E E E E E burst now
Oh where are you

Everybody de take race now
The remaining de scattered and play it individually
No longer the profession but self interest
Oh where are you

For some in the profession
It is like working in the system you don not like
Every incapacity the work is too much
Every failure the answer is the work is too much
Oh where are you this profession

E no be too much work good for any profession
It means one more efficient any profession
It makes one more effective
It makes one more responsible
It makes one more organized
That’s especially in teaching and research

And what of the ethics of it
Its world recognized principle
All darkened
Shining only in few areas

Hm Hm Hm no be this affect the quality
It is the reality
The teachers are too busy
Leave them
November, 2006