Time-out: Joke of your age

Ones upon a time, a father who always beats his son for failing in class advised him to pass his current exams.
The boy after writing the exams brought home another failed terminal report.
His father got angry upon seeing the result which indicated that his son was the last but one in the class of 107. He started beating his son, saying...

Father: Learn ooo! Learn! and stop being lazy in class... at your age...Obafemi Awolowo was first in his class so he won a scholarship to study abroad.

The boy for the very first time remembered what he was thought in class about Obafemi Awolowo and said...

Boy: [Tears...] But father at your age Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the Premier of the Western Region