The mocking of a Professor
Recently the dirty game of politics in Kano had caused some unschooled and uncultured; and some schooled but uncultured members of our society to mock a professor – a gentleman and number one contributor to the development of people and society. What a life? And what a society that doesn’t give its highest respect to […]
Recently the dirty game of politics in Kano had caused some unschooled and uncultured; and some schooled but uncultured members of our society to mock a professor – a gentleman and number one contributor to the development of people and society. What a life? And what a society that doesn’t give its highest respect to a teacher and a doctor? Is this political awareness? Whatever it is does not conform to our values, norms and culture. Though a student of knowledge will definitely not find this kind of scenario as surprising especially when the professor absolutely deviated from the expected line of truth. More so, if that was deliberate.
Although it is better late than never, the mocking of a professor would have long been in the news media and displayed at the market square as a shameful act of that professor whose standard deviation always results in the negative and as a columnist his analysis is laden with sentiments. A professor of language with such deficiencies ought to have been mocked as a sellout of the prestigious professorial position he occupies. For it is quite disheartening to see, hear or read a learned person leaned to his whims and caprices. Knowledge is truth and its application in everyman’s activities differentiates good work from bad work.
A professor should be a gentleman with an insatiable respect for knowledge and reason; who cherishes the opinions of other students of knowledge, people of the society and even the least of a layman on the street. He should also not to be a fault finder hence, the Holy Qur’an admonished us, “that when a foolish person splashes a news bite to you…investigate before making further analysis and communication”. Q.49:6.
As a highly learned person, he should always bear in mind that there are three concrete sides to any story, analysis or speech: the writer’s understanding, the reader’s understanding and the truth. The truth never sinks to the bottom of the sea. The truth will always have a stubborn way of defying the hostile elements and popping up at the right time, no matter how long it takes.
As a student who believes in the acquisition, sharing and dissemination of knowledge for cradle to the grave. I have high regard for professors (known and unknown) to the extent that I don’t see my professor – classmate, friend and junior brother as professors in their respective fields only but as my teachers and fathers of sort- the likes of Prof. Aminu Kabir, Prof. Junaidu Muhammad Kurawa, Prof. Badayi Sani, Prof. Luqman Diso and Prof. Balarabe Abubakar Jakada, all of Bayero University Kano. Alhamdu lillah, they act normal most of the time. But this professor of English has for long disenfranchised my respect for him (though redeemable) given his boastful posture as a professor of English and his sentiments-laden analysis on any issue that affects President Buhari and his administration. You can call me a Buhari-apologist as you call others before. Mr. Professor Kperogi sir, English remains a second language to you. You were never the first professor of English and you will never be the finest, given your constant deviation from the truth and your sentiments-laden analysis.
I may not rule out the mocking of a professor as a political phenomenon where the unschooled in the face of your unguarded utterances gives you a dirty slap in public. How do you see my prediction? A word should be enough for the wise and hoping you will change your stance and fall back on to the path of objective criticism and analysis. So long!
Shaiha Sani Magashi, Kano.