A Twist of Math
Younger child reads out a math question – Find the difference between 147 and 205. Answer: 205 is a multiple of 5 and 147 is not.
School Vacation Tips
They call me the TV police. I struggle each school vacation to prevent a semester’s worth of learning, stimulation and independent thinking from being sucked into the television. Read on to find a few ideas on stimulating your child’s imagination over the summer.
A Happy Ending
He came into the world meekly. He kept his eyes closed for a long time, listening to the voices around him. Then in the midst of the activity, he heard a voice he had heard many times before in the nine months he had developed in her womb.
Driving in Accra
Whenever I complain about driving in Accra, someone tells me how much worse it is in other African countries. I cannot imagine how much worse it could be. The first rule of driving in Accra is that you must start with the premise that everyone else on the road is crazy. That way you won’t …
Shopping!
I pride myself as someone who is difficult to surprise, but two things came as a shock to me as I began to learn the art of shopping in Ghana. The first was that most of the brands in the grocery were unfamiliar. I know, this was pretty naive of me, but in our part …
Ghana
Each time I told someone I was moving to Ghana, the response would be the same. “You’re moving where?” “I’m going to Ghana.” “Guyana?” “No, Ghana …. in Africa.” “How do you feel about THAT?”
Fall From Grace
“Help stop prostitution! Gimme me a dollar.”
Slave Ship
I noticed them as soon as I walked up the stairs to the second deck of the ship. She sat on the stairs that led to the third deck. A black woman with vacant eyes, set in a very ordinary, unsmiling face.
Writing for Children
Writers of children’s books have the best job!
Becoming a Grammarian
I’ve always prided myself on having good grammar. I give the credit to a solid British based education based on the three R’s, Reading, wRiting and aRithmatic. I recently had this belief shattered to its core when I started a course in Grammar.