Once the schools are open, begins my year. But with the opening of the school begins yet the lessons. Once the students take a broom and machetes armed in the war against dirt and grime and make the school really into shape. From the Head Masters and teachers the first week of school was to see little. Some teachers come until a month after the beginning of school. To be a teacher in Ghana, one must not study too. The lack of pedagogical training is balanced with a baton, which is swinging swinging menacingly in his hand. "African children are like animals, one must sie schlagen“, so rechtfertigte ein Lehrer einer Schule in CapeCoast den Einsatz des Stockes.
Ich persönlich habe noch nicht gesehen, wie ein Kind geschlagen wird. Nichtsdestotrotz steht auf meiner Regelliste für den KidsClub auf Platz eins „No Violence, no caneing“. Mit meiner deutschen Logik kann ich auch nicht nachvollziehen, wie man bei solch einem negativen Druck kreative Gedanken hervorbringen kann. Aber das ist auch nicht Ziel der Schulbildung in Ghana, wie ich schon bei der Begrüßung bemerkt habe. Nach einem „Hello“ kam mir sogleich ein auswendig gelerntes „Good Morning Sir! We are fine, thank you. How are you?“ entgegen, dass mich an Soldaten erinnert, die am Ende ihrer Kräfte synchronously try to march. Chalk and talk with rote learning is preferred over creative teaching with group work and their own opinion.
But I am not a teacher or teachers. Perhaps I won the independent thought in the minds of the children awaken.
started, the kids club quite well. We are at four schools (Ankukrom, Gesdi, Abowinum and Methodist School). In Ankukrom Methodist and I offer the kids club for the fourth and fifth classes in Gesdi for the fourth through sixth grade and in Abowinum for the third. The problem in Abowinum is that the children speak almost no English and I do not understand it. This is interesting: Begging they can all in English. As soon be demands for soccer shoes, bicycles and clothes made (more in the next article, "Between privilege and racism"). And the statement that I am not able to make them material gifts will not be understood.
The other kids clubs are up in really well. The children understand roughly what I want from them and have fun at the games. After the introductory phase is followed by phases of topics such as math, football, athletics, German and health. Include at least the plan.
almost two days now we had no running water and no electricity. Conclusion: It is worse than in the candlelight to eat dinner. It always depends what you make of his situation!
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