Many of my previous blog posts have been about exceptional experiences, special events, and have mainly served to highlight the best times in my Ghanaian life.
This post simply chronicles a typical day at school. It’s nothing extraordinary, just a ‘day in the life…
As far as rules and regulations go in Ghanaian and American high schools, many rules followed strictly in America are largely ignored here, while the contrary is also true. One thing’s for certain – in Ghana there is no rule-book explicitly saying what you ‘can’ or ‘can’t do’, and no ‘set’ consequences for acting up. It’s more of a ‘learn as you go’ sort of thing…
In order to understand Ghanaian high school, one must first understand that the goal here is to pass the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The goal isn’t to learn practical knowledge for use in the real world, rather to pass the examination required to graduate and go to university.
