Foster a 2nd grade student

Held Hostage

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June 8th 2008
Last week I was a little behind on the weeks teaching preps. Knowing the students would be thrilled, I decided to leave out the weeks spelling tests. Tuesday morning I entered the classroom and announced to the 3rd and 4th grade students, “Thursday we will not be having our usual spelling and multiplication tests”. No way! They wouldn’t accept that. They responded, “We want the tests ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Ashanti

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more