A Social Studies teacher at Berkeley Middle School in the United States, Jim Hauf, who was in Ghana recently for an exchange programme, believes Ghanaian students are real intellectuals and very brilliant who deeply value education despite the hassle they go through in acquiring the opportunity to further their studies.
�I taught some of the most talented students I have ever taught in my entire life at Accra Girls (a Senior High School)�based on their ability and their performance I have come to believe that there is a bright promise for Ghana,� he told Peace Fm in an interview.
�Here in Ghana, I know that people struggle to pay school fees, struggle to get their children to school because they know education is the way to get ahead for that student and for the family�I know that here in Ghana when people get an education they value it very highly,� he added.
Speaking in an interview during PeaceFM�s Midday News, Jim Hauf lauded the level of effort and seriousness exhibited by some Ghanaian students he taught over the past years describing it overwhelming.
�I understand that the way things work in Ghana, the constraints and the resources are very different from the United States and some of the things I can do in the United States I cannot do in Ghana,� he stated.
This he said, was a contributing factor to why he says though with very limited resources, crowded classrooms and other logistical constraints, Ghanaians are able to cope well and learn hard to achieve success as compared to their counterparts in the United States where resources are adequate.
�There are some things that my students here in Ghana can do which I�m not sure my students in the United States can... I wish some of what I could do here could be done in the United States�I understand there are different resource constraints; when we have 90 students in a class here (Ghana) and I have 20 students in my class in the United States that makes a big difference between what you can and cannot do," he said.
Asked what his impressions were the first time he was led into a classroom, Mr. Hauf wasted no time in saying he was completely taken aback by the crowded nature in most Ghanaian schools and the lack of space to even move around in classrooms.
�It is quite a shock the first time that you walk into a classroom and you see that many faces,� he stated.
Source: Alex Ofei Kwayisi/Peacefmonline.com
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