The end of term was
wrapping up. The horizon was here. At least that is what I was
thinking as the time went on. Of all the program associates with
Expo, I think I was the only one going on as long as I did. The peer
to peer program wrapped up with its final on April 16th
and we had our celebration on the 21st.
It all went well for
the most part. For the final exam, 25 students came in to take it (we
had originally 36 sign up at the start) and of that, we had a 261%
growth on the class average in math and 192% in English. Now, the
numbers are so high when you consider that on the math section the
average number of questions right out of 15 was 1...so really it can
only hopefully go up.
On the 21st
we had a short celebration. We (the tutors with me passing out
candy) handed out certificates for: perfect attendance, highest exam
score, most improved in math and English, and a tutor award (those
picked out by the tutor for growth and behavior). It was all nice.
Anne came by and took picture of all the students receiving the
certificates and it was super cute. When all was said and done, I
also announced the scholarship winners for the term. I gave 1st
place to Agnes with 350 cedis and Enock 2nd place with 100
cedis. It was super difficult and in the end I decided I would also
give some of my own money to Fatima and John because I felt they
deserved something. So I am giving each student 100 cedis to help pay
for their school fees for this term. I also increased the amount
Enock would receive to 200...It was my own choice and it is my own
money, but truthfully it is close to just $60 and it will do more for
them than me. Whatever. They fucking deserve it and no one can tell
me differently....
I ended up staying
in Antoa a little longer because on the last day of school the Girl
Child Project group at the school was going to learn how to cook
traditional Ghanian food. So I stopped by to support my friend Mary,
the French teacher at the JHS, and learn something! It was kind of
chaotic, but the girls had a lot of fun. As well, my friend Mavis had
a dress for me made! So now I have my first sewn Ghanian dress.
All in all, the term
did well. My students did show growth, but I am looking to try and
have more conversations with the JHS teachers to track the students
and see how they improve in school. I know sometimes you won't see
the growth because we mostly work on improving basic skills rather
than act as remediation, but it would nice to track the students in a
more formal way.
But the term was
approaching its end, and I was a woman watching towards it to begin
my travels. I may have watched the term for a long time to see the
future of my travels, but I did not know where these travels would
take me. The following posts are based on that saga. The saga of my
travels or.....
The Travel Wars....
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