Beating Students with Canes: Hearing Experiences in Ghana
“How many of you were beaten with canes by your teachers TODAY?” I asked the YCC students as a logical follow-up to our class discussion on corporal punishment in Ghana. …
“How many of you were beaten with canes by your teachers TODAY?” I asked the YCC students as a logical follow-up to our class discussion on corporal punishment in Ghana. …
Ghana’s official language may be English, but be prepared for looks of utter shock if you take certain words here in Ghana for their American meanings! Here’s a handy guide …
It is true: seeing remnants of the brutal trans-Atlantic slave trade is an utterly different experience in Africa than in America. Throughout our lives as Americans, we study slavery and …
“Okay,” you may be saying, “youth organizations are all well and good… but what are you EATING in Ghana?” Glad you asked! Here’s the crash-course intro to delicious Ghanaian food …
It is a scientific fact: when students take a leadership role in their own education rather than blindly swallowing a teacher’s “answers”, these students develop ownership, pride, and confidence in …
Seth (pictured below the white shirt) told us a funny true story tonight which makes a lovely joke… Noble YCC Treasurer, Seth, was sleeping peacefully in the guesthouse, when a …
“Children,” boomed the Grand Quiz Chairman, “are you happy?” “Yes!” yelled the two hundred schoolkids in the audience. “I asked,” hollered Chairman Moses Kawkaw with a grin, “ARE YOU HAPPY?” …
“Why do we feel so at home here in Ghana?” Dan and I have been asking each other. Slowly it’s dawned on us: it’s not just that the people are …
It was too hot today to exist. My fellow YCC Ghana volunteer, Dan, and I spent most of the baking hours attempting to work while draped on chairs and benches …
A delightful way for a teacher to be introduced to her future students is to attend an award ceremony celebrating their previous year. It is scientifically proven that if a …