Additional blog topic: My first day in secondary school

I was accepted into one of the most academically renowned secondary schools in West Africa, Loyola Jesuit College ("College" does not necessarily mean university in British English), Abuja (see www.loyolajesuit.org). It is a co-ed boarding school. I was to begin my six-year stay in the school in September 2001. I sorry to be leaving my parents, but I was more excited about the freedom I would enjoy.

We on the school grounds in the evening. After I checked into the school and went through all the administrative precedures, it was time to say goodbye to my parents. My parents were both really sad to be leaving behind. I was equally sad to be leaving them, but I was even more eager to discover my new home and take on new challenges. After I said my goodbyes, I set out in the other direction to the dormitories.

In my dormitory room, I met some of my upperclass roommates. They were all surprised that I didn't seem sorry to be away from my parents, and I wasn't all in tears like the other first-year in my dormitory. For this reason, they immediately took a liking to me.

About an hour later, there was an orientation session for first-year students. We a large room and an microphone was passed around for all of us to introduce ourselves. I remember it was quite a boring exercise but I was too new in the school to start complaining, so I endured. 

After this session, we were led to our classrooms to meet our classmates. I was remarkably shy to meet my new classmates, so I went to my desk and sat on my own. Luckily for me, I girl walked up to me and introduced herself and told me not to be shy. This upped my confidence and I stood up from my desk and went around to introduce myself.

That night, before I slept in my new bed, I said a prayer that everyday of my stay at LJC would be as successful as that day.