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BEAUMONT OWUSU
WE WERE ON THE SCHOOL PARK PLAYING FOOTBALL ONE AFTERNOON WHEN WE SAW AN ELDERY WOMAN COMING FROM THE FARM, CARRYING HER LOAD ON ONE SIDE OF HER HEAD. IT ATTRACTED OUR ATTENTION. WE STOPPED PLAYING THE BALL. SOME STARTED LAUGHING. "THIS IS FUNNY", ONE SAID.
OUR TEACHER CALL OUR ATTENTION AND POINTED DOWN TO THE WOMAN'S LEGS - THEY WERE LIKE A SPEAR'S HEAD.
THE WOMAN COULD ONLY HAVE LOAD CARRYING BALANCE ON THE SIDE OF HER HEAD. TO-BE TEACHERS ARE FAILING LICENSURE EXAMS, LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION - EARLY SCHOOL.
OUR SCHOOL CURRICULAR HAVE SHIFTED LEARNING WITH OUR HEADS TO OUR FINGERS, CUT AND PASTE, ETC. WASTE OF TIME AT SCHOOL GOING AGE IN GHANA IS THE LEAST I CAN SAY.