OSPOLY ‘School Father and Mother’: A Scam In Disguise

By Asiyanbi Abraham 

Tertiary institution is a place where students acquire new knowledge, make important life decisions and exposed to a myriad of experiences that shapes future. It is crucial to note that while this transformational journey may be a momentous one, you should be aware of who you choose or who become your 'school fathers' and 'school mothers.' Or does it necessary?

Comprehensively, School fathers are those male seniors or area brothers at your hostel or on campus, whom you don't know but all of a sudden wish to perform the father's roles in your life. They are also regarded as campus father and all what they do is to hunt for ladies for their inner motives, especially female freshers.

Similarly, the same thing applies to school mothers, imagine an HND1 male student turning ND1 female student into his school mother, a junior becoming a mother of a senior. Well, they are all tricks to suck benefits out of the life of freshers.

As for school fathers, they are just like tortoise, having a cunning character. They make use of tricks to get what they want from ladies through cash and kindness. Their sweet words of promises penetrates into the heart which draw the attention of ladies to them. It is a secret trade by barter business, but nobody wishes to say the truth about it. They can promise heaven and earth but all are just ephemeral.

In the recent time, there have been cases of school fathers introducing their sons to drugs, cultism, night parties, cybercrime and many other immoralities. We have seen cases of school fathers aborting pregnancies for their school daughters, all these social vices jeopardize dreams and ambitions. We have seen cases of school mothers luring their school daughters into prostitution or hookup. Through all these immoralities, many have lost their lives, jailed and many more.

It should be noted that you have come to school for a purpose and your primary assignment should be a priority because of many who awaits your success but when the reverse is the case as a result of wrong people as your school father or school mother, you academic vision and life purpose will be shattered with no achievement to showcase.

Evidently, we have seen school fathers who have mentored their school sons and daughters to achieve academic excellence and life purpose. Also, there are school mothers who have helped their school daughters or school sons to discover their potential, introduce them to life opportunities and also trained them to utilize differs opportunities that may come their ways.

However, as this sounds like warning to fresh students, it should also be noted that it is also a fact. As a female fresher, if any male staylite or senior turns you into his school mother or school daughter, don't trust it, it is just some tactic to eat all your food, take advantage of you and as well as spending out of your cash. Be vigilant and be wise to know which one is true and which one is false.

A school father who never for once talked about your CGPA, how you can ace your exams to come with flying colors, how you can achieve your dreams and aspirations, how you can sail through a difficult situations, how you can progress, what you should do and what you should not do, is just a scam in disguise. Meanwhile, if only what he cares about is visitation, food, and other materials, there are chances that you have fallen into lion’s den and I hope you get out of it, as soon as possible.

Although, getting to meet someone nice to you, will make you think that you've met an angel, someone supporting you with cash, cheerfulness and kindness, you might be convinced to believe that your prayers have been answered, but in the end, the cases usually turn out to be another thing, which is why you need to be mindful of who you take as your school father, as well as mind any school mother proposal. If you practice any of this with the wrong people, you can be manipulated into cultism and various unethical behaviour, which can tarnish your academic journey.

However, just as the term has been bastardized, school fathers simply means ‘Mentor’ among the campus elites or scholars, in this sense, taking the right people as your school father, as well as accepting school mothers' proposals from great minds, can help you in a long way, many are willing to help you in your academic pursuits, many are ready to put you through both academic and life success, unlike the other societal scam who just want to suck all available benefit from you. 

All in all, you deserve the best, and it is usually hard to pull yourself out of campus messes, it is better not to enter the mess in the first place, therefore, be mindful of whosoever wants to become your school father. Check their lifestyle, check their purpose, if possible their CGPA, grade their charisma and be certain you're dealing with the right people. 

On campus, your great mind, your great vision, your ambition, and your dreams can be polluted and shattered forever just by meeting a single soul who is supposed not to be in your life.

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