Teaching: what a joy! Curry-the man who is in charge of everything flew all the way to Ghana to hang out with us for the weekend and give us the biggest pep talk of our lives. it was so moving and inspired me more than he will ever know. he gave us hope. he told me to never doubt myself and instead of looking to change a classroom look at them as individuals. how can i change
one kid. how can i make his life better and have success. i have decided to write down in my journal at least one form of success that i produce every day. i want to change their lives for the better so i am going to remember what specific things i have done. i have a student i think i talked about earlier, Asor (the 20 year old), who i thought had no language but today she told me what Red and Blue were and she spelled them both perfectly.
i am the happiest. they are learning, they might not always show it but they are. i have started to work one on one with my students until they all grasp a concept. it is hard because it takes a long time and some students get bored but that is the only way i can know exactly who knows it and who doesn't. i got 3 new students today so i now have a total of 20. it is a challenge every day but one that i want to take on! This weekend we had a get away to Mampong and did a lot of service there. we went to the deaf school there, DemoDeaf, and cleaned their cafeteria floors by sweeping the dirt with reeds and then dumping bucket after bucket on the floor and moving it around with the same reeds until all the water was pushed out the doors. they were so grateful! while i was there i did tactile signing! that means with a deaf and blind girl named Silvia. she impressed me so much and i will never forget that sweet experience. she has an amazing story to tell. she was born hearing and with perfect sight. also while in Mampong we bought a lot of different foods and materials and assembled bags for the students that Signs of Hope sponsors at the school.
They were so fun to put together and to think of the joy they will bring those students who have nothing. I love serving here. It is a feeling i can't duplicate or find anywhere else. i love just holding the children's hands while we walk around campus together and see the light in their eyes. I love loving them! I have changed my teaching technique and decided that the students who are above the others are going to help me team teach. i am having them teach the others because once i leave here, they are the teachers. they are the leaders that are going to help the rest be at the place they need to be. today was my first day implicating that and i think it went fairly well. Today they learned about coloring construction and patterns. they learned how to draw the different shapes and how to see which are different and color the different ones, different colors. A lot of the students doubt themselves and don't think they are capable, but they are and they can if they try and are guided. the teaching here is very different than from America and sometimes it is hard for me to teach so they understand so i have been trying to watch how my teacher teaches (she did today for the first time) and try to teach like her style because that is what they are used to and understand. i have decided that i need to go back to the school at night to tutor the students falling behind as well. i only have 2 months and i have 20 individual students that need to pass their exams so i am going to give them all i have for those 2 months and hope that they all can do it! i am so excited to see them progress and see what they can become!
i am the happiest. they are learning, they might not always show it but they are. i have started to work one on one with my students until they all grasp a concept. it is hard because it takes a long time and some students get bored but that is the only way i can know exactly who knows it and who doesn't. i got 3 new students today so i now have a total of 20. it is a challenge every day but one that i want to take on! This weekend we had a get away to Mampong and did a lot of service there. we went to the deaf school there, DemoDeaf, and cleaned their cafeteria floors by sweeping the dirt with reeds and then dumping bucket after bucket on the floor and moving it around with the same reeds until all the water was pushed out the doors. they were so grateful! while i was there i did tactile signing! that means with a deaf and blind girl named Silvia. she impressed me so much and i will never forget that sweet experience. she has an amazing story to tell. she was born hearing and with perfect sight. also while in Mampong we bought a lot of different foods and materials and assembled bags for the students that Signs of Hope sponsors at the school. 
They were so fun to put together and to think of the joy they will bring those students who have nothing. I love serving here. It is a feeling i can't duplicate or find anywhere else. i love just holding the children's hands while we walk around campus together and see the light in their eyes. I love loving them! I have changed my teaching technique and decided that the students who are above the others are going to help me team teach. i am having them teach the others because once i leave here, they are the teachers. they are the leaders that are going to help the rest be at the place they need to be. today was my first day implicating that and i think it went fairly well. Today they learned about coloring construction and patterns. they learned how to draw the different shapes and how to see which are different and color the different ones, different colors. A lot of the students doubt themselves and don't think they are capable, but they are and they can if they try and are guided. the teaching here is very different than from America and sometimes it is hard for me to teach so they understand so i have been trying to watch how my teacher teaches (she did today for the first time) and try to teach like her style because that is what they are used to and understand. i have decided that i need to go back to the school at night to tutor the students falling behind as well. i only have 2 months and i have 20 individual students that need to pass their exams so i am going to give them all i have for those 2 months and hope that they all can do it! i am so excited to see them progress and see what they can become!
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