This current topic got me thinking really hard about any time I've been treated unfairly, only for me to realize that I've had a bit of a fair lifestyle over the years, or maybe it's because I try to get past any situation I face quickly without dwelling on them, well, even though life has been fair, I've had a bit of my share of unfairness but during the time I was going through this phase, I never thought it to be so or probably because I was too focused on achieving the goal I came there for.
It was after my Jamb exams, I was supposed to wait for about 2 to 3 months before Post-Jamb exams, but my aunt called my dad, her brother, to send me over to my State of Origin where she lived and also the Location of the University I had chosen to get admitted to, her reasons were that I should attend post-jamb lessons in the State so I would get acquainted with other intending Student of the same university and also learn more about the State I would be spending the next 5 years of my life, my dad consented, and so I traveled down.
True to her words, I was registered in a school nearby the university to study before my exams, but she also had other plans for me, and the school lesson was just a cover, apparently she was in need of a maid as she had me doing all the domestic chores in the house, even though she had children that were same as my age and an older one, they also had exams, and were not allowed to also engage in house chores, I had to wake up very early to wash the cars in the compound, did the laundry with my hands, also made sure the house, bathrooms and all were kept clean at all time, the only time I had away from all the chores was when I went for the 2 hours lesson daily, at first I didn't took an offence in helping out in the house, but one minimal incident made me aware I was being used unfairly, she has bought light bulbs for the rooms and had me climbing a stool to fix them even though her son who was my same age and taller than I am was at home, when we got to her son's room I expected her to drop his for him to fix himself, instead she still had me fix it, while he sat down there playing video hames on his phone, I felt small, that was when I realized that I wasn't valued in the house neither wad I considered as part of the family, I was looked down upon like a common maid, and even maid are supposed to be respected right?
There was nothing I could do to change that unfair situation then, so I just bare the unfair treatment and focused more on passing my exams which had brought me down there, it would be a shame and very painful to undergo all this treatment and still fail my exams, so I put in all my best, and after the exams were over, I asked to return to my dad's house, as I stated in my introduction, I don't hold on to things that make me feel down, I was quickly over the unfair treatment when I traveled back home, I got the admission but this time I never returned there before resuming, another aunt took me in, and she was very motherly and treated me like her children, never for once did I feel unfairly treated till I moved to the hostel.