Not Your Average Nigerian Teacher

This is my first post, so it is only proper that before we set the ball rolling, I should let you know what “Not your average Nigerian Teacher” (I know it’s a mouthful for a blog name) is all about.

I am Tope Akintunde, a passionate teacher. The popularity of blogs in Nigeria and the world as whole is tremendous and the response to blogs is equally staggering. And I want  to use blogging as a medium to rub minds with fabulous people (like you) and share my opinions on matters bothering on education. I have come across Nigerian blogs on many subjects. But was shocked that blogs on education or education related genre are almost nonexistent.  Thus “Not Your Average Nigerian Teacher”

“Not your average Nigerian Teacher” will chronicle not only  my experiences in my day  to  day teaching adventures,  but also my views on various educational and parenting topics ( oh yea!!! I forgot to add, I am the mum of three ADORABLE girls) and sometimes other issues that will be seasoned with a pinch of the all purpose educational salt.

I have been a teacher for four years. These four years have been nothing short of amazing, I am literally like a kid in a candy store. All I see are possibilities gift wrapped in challenges. I am looking forward to many fab years as an educator (but I dread the nickname mummy teacher)

Now you are wondering why “not your average Nigerian teacher (DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT INSINUATING THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN TEACHER)

                                                I am a Nigerian teacher by location

I am a Nigerian teacher by location but a teacher without borders through and through in my practices. Truthfully, one of the main reasons for coining this paragraph as my blog name was because I thought it was fabulous (you are smiling, so you agree with me). In the course of this journey you will find out if I  am more or less “Not Your Average Nigerian Teacher”

Diving right into it, as this is  my first post and also a new Year ( Happy New to you) I will start with my new year action points  ( I use to call them resolutions until I realized I never really do any of the things I list out)

I am going to have three teacholutuons (and yes I just coined my own word “teacholutions”)

•     To be more active on my blog ( I am usually not too ……. For my lack of a proper word “consistent” sometimes)
•      To read more teacher and education  related blogs and less fashion blogs (a hate to read less of them though , being a fab teachie teacher * wink *wink)
•      To read the second teacholution.

Have a Teachtastic 2014 and don’t forget to leave your comments below.

 See you next week (maybe earlier)