La Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain: The Most Beautiful Building?!
Come, walk with me. You have likely seen pictures of the world-famous Mezquita of Cordoba, Spain, have you not? Are you already familiar with those arches upon arches of striped …
Learning, at Home and Around the World
Pamela’s Article 2: A Student Learning from a Painful Lesson in Ghana
Article #30 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Understanding an Adult’s PunishmentBy Pamela Agbi, Age 14 This story is a story I will never ever forget …
Why RTW Travel Doesn’t Need to be a Rich, White Thing
The wildly popular website, Stuff White People Like, has an article entitled: “Taking a Year Off.” It details the trend among rich Caucasians to flee the daily grind and jaunt …
Shulammite’s Article: Extreme Poverty and My Classmate in Ghana
Article #29 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project The Extreme Poverty I Have Witnessed By Shulammite McCarthy In Cross-Culture Class, we are studying the Millennium Development …
A Travel Packing List Secret: Multi-Use Items
When trying to pack light for your long or short term trip, your overarching mantra should be: “Things that are also other things.” Here are some examples of this motto …
Hannah’s Article 2: Sweeping, Singing, Poetry, and Kindergarten in Ghana
Article #28 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories Project Sweeping, Singing, and Saying Poems in My First Day of Kindergarten By Edor Hannah, Age 12 My father …
Agnes’s Story: Being a Forced Child Laborer in Ghana
You are about to read the true life story of Madam Agnes Appiah: a remarkable woman who endured years of forced child labor in her youth, and went on to …
The Joy Factor in Teaching, in the Form of 41 Birds
As I write this, tears swirl my vision and burn paths down my cheeks, while Oliver and Bernice try to soothe me sweetly with hugs. The reality is slowly setting …
How I Offended an Entire Class Through Cultural Ignorance
“We would like to present you with a gift,” said Madam Yvonne breathlessly over the phone, “to say thank you for teaching in our school in Sogakope, Ghana these past …
Marvel’s Article: Wrongly Taken to Prison as a Boy
Article #27 in the YCC Kids Club Ghana Student Life Stories ProjectThe Day I Will Never Forget: Prison By Marvel, Age 13 As the only child of my parents, I …