last few days of teaching

we're only teaching until friday, and i'm not sure we'll actually teach much on friday because we'll want to play with the children. on saturday (i think) we travel to cape coast again so the new girls can see what it's like in the central region. teaching has been getting a little easier. i realized i'm expecting too much from them and once i realized that, i became more patient. they are trying to learn a language that isn't native to them, and they are being expected to learn it in two weeks. the students assigned to me have grown alot since i first saw them during the study abroad and i'm happy with that progress. today in the morning session, we ended early so we could go play football. the students have end of the year exams this week, so alot of our learning has changed to focus on their tests. this is a little frustrating because it encourages them to keep memorizing particular words, so that they can do well on the exams. they can all read and spell cat, dog, bed, pot, etc. but they cant pronounced phonetically the sounds po, be, do, etc. it's a very backwards system.

i have only a week left in ghana as of today and that reality is hitting me hard. i'm slightly surprised at how much i don't want to leave. i absolutely love this country. i'm going to miss so much about it. i'll be happy to go home, of course, but i'm going to have to figure out a way for me to come back.