"We will beat the Form Ones when they come.”
“What? That’s sounds
terrible. Why would you do that?”
“Oh, no it’s not. The
Seniors did it to us when we came. It’s
nice.”
“Nice? I don’t get
you.”
“When you go back home, you have to have stories to tell to
your friends. It’s School Life.”
I’ve been a student at Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School for about a month now and really enjoyed it for the most part. It’s a three year high school and I was placed in Form 2 (second year). This placement wasn’t so much based on my academic ability, but rather out of practicality. The Form Ones started much later than everyone else and have all sorts of restrictions for a while since they’re brand new and the Form Threes spend the last half of the year preparing to take their final exams (WASSCE). So I’m in Form Two. For the most part, I’m miles, or should I say kilometers, ahead of my class. This is actually a very positive thing because it means I can forget about the subjects I’ve already covered and just focus on the newer subjects like Fante and such.
I’m learning what School Life really means. It’s often referred to and I’m slowly piecing it together. I’m mostly excluded from it because I don’t live in the boarding house, but I can give you a small idea.
School Life involves going to bed around midnight and waking up around 3:30 in the morning because you’re sharing a bathhouse and ironing board with about 150 other students.
School Life is learning from your School Mother or Father and being disciplined by them.
School Life is trying to live like a teenager while still giving the faculty the impression you’re following all the rules.
On your birthday, School Life is getting mixtures poured on you or your bed and having everyone give you a friendly beating. (When I learned about this one, I could hear my brother’s voice chiming in, “It’s a love pat!”)
School Life is going for morning prep at 5:30 and evening prep at 6:30.
And because this is School Life, the students embrace it. Otherwise, what stories would you have to tell?
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| In my school uniform |
I’ve been a student at Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School for about a month now and really enjoyed it for the most part. It’s a three year high school and I was placed in Form 2 (second year). This placement wasn’t so much based on my academic ability, but rather out of practicality. The Form Ones started much later than everyone else and have all sorts of restrictions for a while since they’re brand new and the Form Threes spend the last half of the year preparing to take their final exams (WASSCE). So I’m in Form Two. For the most part, I’m miles, or should I say kilometers, ahead of my class. This is actually a very positive thing because it means I can forget about the subjects I’ve already covered and just focus on the newer subjects like Fante and such.
I’m learning what School Life really means. It’s often referred to and I’m slowly piecing it together. I’m mostly excluded from it because I don’t live in the boarding house, but I can give you a small idea.
School Life involves going to bed around midnight and waking up around 3:30 in the morning because you’re sharing a bathhouse and ironing board with about 150 other students.
School Life is learning from your School Mother or Father and being disciplined by them.
School Life is trying to live like a teenager while still giving the faculty the impression you’re following all the rules.
On your birthday, School Life is getting mixtures poured on you or your bed and having everyone give you a friendly beating. (When I learned about this one, I could hear my brother’s voice chiming in, “It’s a love pat!”)
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| A group of Aggrey students at the basketball tournament |
School Life is going for morning prep at 5:30 and evening prep at 6:30.
And because this is School Life, the students embrace it. Otherwise, what stories would you have to tell?
