With Jim sure to get busy soon with his medical work, I'm trying to make my own contacts toward being productive. Walked over to a nearby school close to our house and asked to speak with an administrator about volunteer teaching. Found the Headmistress standing under a tree in a large, open area where hundreds of students were assembled in a big circle ready to begin a spelling bee. Great photo-op (but of course I hadn't taken my camera) as the sea of blue uniforms was divided into four separate groups - Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow - for the scheduled competition (the Green team won!). Rounds one, two and three were French words while rounds four and five were the local language of Dagbani. Nice to learn that although English is the language of choice for instruction, all students in this particular school are being exposed to French as well. For a few years, the teaching of French in Ghana had evidently diminished but there is now a renewed interest which seems practical since Ghana is surrounded by such French-speaking countries as Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin. The school is co-ed, private, and ages run from pre-school to fifteen. There is also a day-care for children one year and older. I have a meeting set up for 8:30 tomorrow morning to discuss possible options for me.
Meanwhile, my good friend, Ann, sent us a much appreciated box of wonderful paperback books which I picked up at the post office later in the afternoon - a terrific assortment which will keep us well entertained for quite some time.
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Glad you received the books!
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