Differences between Ghana and the USA

I'm going to make a list of everything I have found different about Ghanaian schools from schools in the USA.

•Most schools are boarding schools

•All schools have a uniform

•All students must have the same haircut (except for me)

•Teacers move classes instead of students 

•All classes are lecture style

•Caining is used commonly for punishment

•Schools start earlier and end later 

•The course you take will determine what job you get in the future instead of deciding in college

•Coleege means high school here and they call college universities only

•No phones are aloud at school

•Most kids have never used a computer in school.

•Most kids memorize classes instead of understanding them.  

•Teachers are treated with lots of respect and can take calls in class, can come late, and can not even show up for class

•Kids don't date or hang out

•Students are less independent

•Notes and homework can only be done in pen, no pencils

•Homework is done in assignment books, if you forget your book do the work on 2 attached pieces of paper because to give a teacher one piece of paper is disrespectful 

  

Differences in living in Ghana to living in the USA.

•Almost all people here are black

•Markets are how you shop, no grocer stores or malls

•You can take trotro or taxi almost anywhere you want to go for about the equivalent of 25 cents.

•When you see someone, even if they don't know you they will ask "how are you?" And you respond "I'm fine, how are you?"  

•Most people carry there things on there head, propane tanks, food, lumber, ect.....

•Food is spicy and fried

•Most people eat with there hands

•Cooking over charcoal outside is very common 

•It is coo on for blackouts to happen, also water will not always come out the faucet 

•I can't drink tap water 

•Almost everyone is fit because of there life style

•Ghanains eat the biggest meals

•Everyone wakes up at 4:30am

•My family watches a lot of TV

•Kising, hugging, and holding hands with the opposite gender is very uncommon in public

•Girls hold each other's hands all the time and so do boys

•I have to be home by 6 every night 

•Sweeping is done with a bundle of grass

•Dogs and cats are treated like pets in the USA, they just eat scraps 

  

There are many more things that I will probably have to explain later but for now here are the lists.