There is quite alot going on in school at the moment, with the football tournament coming up on Thursday and Friday, and the whole country practising for the Ghanaian Independance Day marching competition. I'll start with the football tournament, where 24 schools are all competing from around the Akim Oda region. We are the defending champions and Mr. Aqcuah Heyford has let it be known on more than one occasion that he expects to retain the title. We are putting...

This last week, we all started teaching, and i want to start by apologising to all my previous teachers; especially Mrs. Wilkes and Mrs. Crallovich, for everything i put them through. I have been given class 2, 3 and 5 for English Composition and Grammar, and not Maths because it would have meant that i would have been teaching all day. On Monday, my first lesson was at 9:30, but at around 9:10 the bell went and it was time to change lessons. At this point i was...

On Saturday, we all went to the beach; about an hour away from Henry's house. It was a nice beach, but there were quite alot of tourists there, which meant that every 5 minutes a man would walk past and try to sell you bracelets, paintings, or anything he happened to be carrying. It gets pretty annoying when you have to explain to the same man that you don't want to buy anything 5 times as he walks up and down the beach. There was also a band of african drummers ...