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...... Respect for the knowledge of the past and for those who retain and transmit this knowledge is a major part of Ibo cultural heritage. Though this did not occur in schools such as those that the Western world has now brought to Nigeriafor better and for worseit happened in ways that were arguably more fundamental in shaping both cultural and individual identity. Chiefs and other members of the ruling class in the Ibo tribe were respected and venerated for the positions of knowledge they held, and as keepers of the tribes security and traditions. Again, though they did not teach in the traditional Western concept of the word, they were leaders that advised, educated and guided the Ibo people. These are the gals of any good teacher, in the Western world or outside it, and my parents brought the sense of pride and respect that such positions held to their own positions as both teachers and learners
Teachers in this country often do not seem to receive the same type of respect and reverence that I was raised to give them. Admittedly, I am not necessarily representative of the entire Ibo culture in this regardhaving parents for teachers and

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