A Nigerian lady studying in Germany has gone viral after sharing her shocking encounter with a professor who personally left her lecture to help her find her class, an experience she said could never happen in a Nigerian university.

In a video trending on TikTok by big sosap, the lady narrated how she got lost while trying to locate one of her new classrooms and decided to ask for help.

According to her, several students she met couldn’t give directions until one advised her to approach a professor nearby.

“I said, Ask professor? I couldn’t believe it. Because in Nigeria, you don’t just walk up to a professor like that,” she said. “You’ll think twice before even knocking on their door.”

To her surprise, the female professor she approached didn’t just give her directions, she left her students and personally walked with her around the building until they found the class.

“This woman left her students and followed me around. I was like, so you people are human beings too? Nigerian professors and doctors, you people are not God o!”

She said the experience completely changed how she viewed lecturers.

To top it all off, the same professor later told her students not to call her Doctor or Professor, just her first name, Petra.

She added that the experience opened her eyes to how much fear and hierarchy dominate Nigeria’s education system.

“I need to correct a lot of mentality I carried from Nigeria,” she said. “I need to start seeing people as human beings, not gods.”

Her story has since sparked conversations online, with many Nigerians sharing similar experiences and calling for a more humane, approachable academic culture back home.

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@big_sosap Nigerian university really messed up my mentality. I used to see professors as demigods 😭 #LifeInGermany #NigerianInGermany #CultureShock #StudyAbroad ♬ original sound – SoSa💎🇳🇬🇩🇪