Part two. Like I said in my last post, though I was (sort of) prepared to get up in front of a class of 47 3rd graders and teach a math lesson, there was unfortunately something else that I was not as prepared for: the cane. The cane familiar to most Ghanaians is essentially a thin wooden stick- not a tool used to assist someone in walking. At first I was optimistic, and thought that this was used as some sort of intimidation method- something that says, "...

Part one. "If you teach for the classroom and not for life, you have failed your students." I'm going to plagiarize twice in this post. That was number one. A professor of political science, Professor Frempong, here at the University of Ghana, declared the quote above. I am not in his class, nor have I ever met him. I actually stole this piece of wisdom from someone else, who then stole it from him- her name is Alexis. Please credit her, for cr...

Well. What I do know is that I can walk outside of our hostel and within 100 meters find numerous small shops and stalls selling fried chicken and fried fish, but it takes a few hundred meters more to find any sort of cookie or cracker. Just a little difference I've noticed... I think the most unbelievable things I've encountered thus far are the Ghanaian people, and the Ghanaian traffic system. The people are some of the friendliest I have ever met. For examp...

Wow. That is the one word that sums up my first impression of Ghana, and Africa in general. We arrived in Ghana last night at 9:00PM, meaning it was only 4:00PM in La Crosse and Madison (They are five hours ahead over here). We've heard that Ghana is in the "GMT" zone, meaning "Ghana Maybe Time"... I guess people don't stick to their schedules as much over here. Kind of cool though. After we grabbed our luggage at the airport we walked thro...