Toke Makinwa Appreciates Late Mum As She Recalls How Her Sacrifices Spurred Her On To Greatness: ‘I Was Always At The Bottom Of My Class’
Toke Makinwa has recounted how she was always at the bottom in class but her mother inspired her to be better.
The media personality and entrepreneur during the launching of her perfume line reminisced about the struggles she went through as a student who performed poorly academically.
The reality star revealed that during her time in class, she was always at the bottom, being the poorly performing student.
Toke remarked that there was this one time she came 52 out of 52 students, and she tried to play smart by using tipex to clean the 5, leaving the 2.
She revealed that her mom discovered what she did and gave her a serious whooping. However, her mom always came to wake her up at night to encourage her to take her studies more seriously.
She noted that that experience led her to see herself better and achieve something for herself.
In her words:
“Another incident that shaped my life, I was always at the bottom of my class. There was this time we were like 52 in the class, and I came 52, and a part of me thought I was smart, and I cleaned the 5 and left the 2.
I was going home to show my parents that finally, after being bottom of the class, I came second, and when they looked at the report card, they flogged me. She didn’t spare my behind because she was frustrated.
I remember when I was feeling ashamed and down, this was the same woman who believed in me and would wake me in the night, telling me to read. Mummy, I know I came last in class, but today, Mummy, I launched a perfume line.”
See a video of her speaking…