FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL CULTURE SHOCK

          On the very first day i got to my department,i was directed to the registry and i was amazed at the warm welcome by the staff.They were very polite in answering my questions and also gave me directory on what and how to go about finding my lecture rooms.I was delighted to note that the technological advancement here,is very high in terms of academics.It was quite suprising to discover that the lecturers like being addressed by their first names instead of their titles such as Prof.,Dr. etc.The lecturer/student relationship is mutual and cordial in the sense that the lecturers willingly follow up a student academically after a lecture by giving them guidelines and moodles to read for further understanding of that lecture after the student expressed his feelings that he/she did not quite understand the lecture.I also noticed that students hardly greet and may or not return your greeting if you did so.The lecturers and students are time conscious,therefore,keep to time for lectures.The students here,have respect for one anothers rights and opinions.
         In contrast,some members of staff of a college in my country,Nigeria are not corporative and polite.The lecturers like to be addressed by their titles such as Prof.,Dr.etc.The technological literacy in a college in my country is not measurable to that in my school here.In some cases,the lecturer/student relationship is not quite mutual and cordial in the sense that some lecturers are unwilling to follow up a student academically  after lectures.The students greet elderly ones and  their fellow students and also return greetings.The lecturers/students are not quite time conscious.