I noticed that my two older kids stopped carrying lunch box to school on Fridays, when I asked them why, they told me that it wasn't necessary since they dismiss by 12 noon and I believed them.
One day I was relaxing on the couch when my second daughter came to me and started a conversation.
Second daughter: Mummy, please change the food you use to pack in our lunch box, I don't like it.
Me: What is wrong with the food?
Second daughter: Nothing is wrong with it, it's just that it's village food
Me: What is wrong with village food? Don't you like it?
Second daughter: I'm the only one that brings village food to school in our class and anytime I bring out my lunch box, everybody will start laughing at me
I started thinking for a smart idea
Me: Last academic session in your school, who took the first position in your class?
Second daughter: Me
Me: Last two academic sessions, who took first position in your class?
Second daughter: Me
Me: This academic session, who will take first position in your class?
Second daughter: Me
Me: How sure are you that you will take first position this session, what is someone else takes the position?
Second daughter: I'm very sure that I will take the first position, I'm the one who answers all the questions in class, my classmates don't usually know the answer
Me: Why don't your classmates know the answer? Is it not the same teacher, same class, same books and same head that all of you have? Why do you always know the answer?
Daughter: Thought for a while and said, I don't know what their problem is, they are always reading their book, they don't play like me, yet they still won't know the answer when teacher asks question
Me: Let me tell you the reason. They eat English food and you eat correct Igbo food. Their English food only deposit fat under their skin making them plumpy and fresh but doesn't add any nutrient to their brain. The Igbo food you eat doesn't deposit fat under your skin, that's why you're not plumpy like them, it sends all the nutrients to your brain, that's why you're always taking the first position.
Daughter: Wow! Now I know!
My first daughter who was listening to the conversation started laughing
First daughter: Mummy! Mummy! Chai
Me: Do you think I'm joking? Don't you come first in your class too? So you think that I don't know what I'm doing by giving you correct Nsukka delicacies?
First daughter: Are you really serious?
Me: Yes naw, it's because your brain is well nourished. God created every brain to be intelligent, you're the one who will nourish your brain with real food, not oyibo foods.
They both kept quiet
Me: When you go to school tomorrow, bring out your lunch box boldly, if they start laughing at you, laugh harder and louder. Tell them that it's those English food they are eating that is making them not to understand anything in class. Laugh very well, use that same style they use when bullying you
They both agreed that my plan is perfect
Sense won't k!ll me ni
I noticed that my two older kids stopped carrying lunch box to school on Fridays, when I asked them why, they told me that it wasn't necessary since they dismiss by 12 noon and I believed them.
One day I was relaxing on the couch when my second daughter came to me and started a conversation.
Second daughter: Mummy, please change the food you use to pack in our lunch box, I don't like it.
Me: What is wrong with the food?
Second daughter: Nothing is wrong with it, it's just that it's village food😲
Me: What is wrong with village food? Don't you like it?
Second daughter: I'm the only one that brings village food to school in our class and anytime I bring out my lunch box, everybody will start laughing at me 😲😲😲
I started thinking for a smart idea 🤔🤔🤔
Me: Last academic session in your school, who took the first position in your class?
Second daughter: Me
Me: Last two academic sessions, who took first position in your class?
Second daughter: Me
Me: This academic session, who will take first position in your class?
Second daughter: Me
Me: How sure are you that you will take first position this session, what is someone else takes the position?
Second daughter: I'm very sure that I will take the first position, I'm the one who answers all the questions in class, my classmates don't usually know the answer 😲
Me: Why don't your classmates know the answer? Is it not the same teacher, same class, same books and same head that all of you have? Why do you always know the answer?
Daughter: Thought for a while 🤔 and said, I don't know what their problem is, they are always reading their book, they don't play like me, yet they still won't know the answer when teacher asks question🤷
Me: Let me tell you the reason. They eat English food and you eat correct Igbo food. Their English food only deposit fat under their skin making them plumpy and fresh but doesn't add any nutrient to their brain. The Igbo food you eat doesn't deposit fat under your skin, that's why you're not plumpy like them, it sends all the nutrients to your brain, that's why you're always taking the first position.
Daughter: Wow! Now I know!
My first daughter who was listening to the conversation started laughing 😲
First daughter: Mummy! Mummy! Chai 😁😁
Me: Do you think I'm joking? Don't you come first in your class too? So you think that I don't know what I'm doing by giving you correct Nsukka delicacies?🤷
First daughter: Are you really serious?
Me: Yes naw, it's because your brain is well nourished. God created every brain to be intelligent, you're the one who will nourish your brain with real food, not oyibo foods.
They both kept quiet 🤐
Me: When you go to school tomorrow, bring out your lunch box boldly, if they start laughing at you, laugh harder and louder. Tell them that it's those English food they are eating that is making them not to understand anything in class. Laugh very well, use that same style they use when bullying you 😏🥴😏
They both agreed that my plan is perfect 😁😁
Sense won't k!ll me ni 😏😁😁😁
