friday morning lesson

friday is a funny day for ghanaians. the least amount of students come to school that day but we've been told thats okay because its friday. i assume its because the children like to start their weekends early, but maybe the roots are deeper in tradition, because most adults are okay with it too. so i had only 3 students show up friday (and one came an hour late) and mhairi had one. i'm having a hard time teaching Gifty. i end up just giving her writing exercises that i know she doesn't benefit from but if i can't communicate with her it's pretty impossible for me to teach her, especially if i have other students to teach as well. it really frustrates me that i can't do more for her. i just don't have enough time and my reasoning in my head is that i want to make the greatest impact i can in two weeks so i know the other students (who can speak english) will benefit from me more. it's really unfair but i don't know what else to do with the situation. she needs someone who can speak both english and twi or she needs full attention from one teacher. on the other hand, Moses made big progress on friday. he now knows all the letters and most of the phonetic sounds. we had just started the concept of vowels when it was time for lunch. i'm really getting to see the ups and downs of teaching. i know that i'm gaining a ton of experience and knowledge from this internship, more than i ever imagined i could.