Can we treat teachers better? A 12-year-old novelist thinks so
HUMPHREY NJOKU, BIRD STORY AGENCY CHIMAMANDA Yvonne Anyagwa always wanted to be a teacher. Inspired by her mother, Carol Anyagwa, a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Lagos, Anyagwa grew up viewing the teaching profession as honourable and prestigious. But before Amanda, as she likes to be called, had finished primary school, that dream had come crashing down. From what she saw around her, teachers, despite their critical role in society, teachers were not accorded the respect they deserved. “I was observant. I usually observed teachers, how students treat them anyhow; and how parents just do anything they…