Father Tagbo mounted the podium for morning assembly on that faithful day (GSSA). He pulled out an envelope from his pocket and read a love letter written by one of the students to a girl. He called the student to approach the podium. I am sure everyone that was present that day still remembers what happened to the student. He used the opportunity to drill into our “blocked heads” the importance of etiquette in everything we did. He was not against the student writing a love letter, but was concerned about the image of GSSA. I could not recall the name of the student, but his nick name was “stormy weather”. When Father Tagbo came home that day, he told all the boys that lived with him to mind our manners with our “Bembelas”. I was shocked that this “old man” knew what we called girls at CKC.

Fidelis O. Mkparu, MD., FACC.