Browsing Archive: February, 2014
Posted by Antonia on Thursday, February 27, 2014,
The President of the
Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, left Buea on Saturday in his helicopter
finally leaving things to go back to normal this week. My beautiful diverse
city is finally back to normal.
As some of you may know,
March 8th is International Women’s Day and this week I have created
a fun hands on curriculum focusing on the significance of the holiday along
with the struggles and achievements of women world wide. After our lesson, they
will be given a document on the IWD Essay...
Posted by Antonia on Monday, February 24, 2014,
Although there was NO school all week (meaning no YAN classes)
yet it was quite eventful!
Classes were cancelled due to a visit from the
President of the Republic of Cameroon.
For the last year or so, the
government has installed a “Keep Buea Clean” day which is every Wednesday
morning. On this morning, until noon, all businesses and shops are closed so
that they can clean. Clean their shops, clean the area around their business
and even the road in front of their shops. There are peop... Continue reading ...
Posted by Antonia! on Sunday, February 16, 2014,
Both of the YAN Club classes
on Wednesday focused on photography. Because there was no school Monday and
Tuesday, attendance a bit low, but work ethic and motivation were both sky
high!
The students were extremely
receptive to the PowerPoint presentation which gave a mini introduction to
Photography. Students took notes, explored the new YAN cameras and asked
questions during this time to be sure they understood. After everyone had
completed their notes and there were no more questions, we... Continue reading ...
Posted by Antonia on Wednesday, February 12, 2014,
HAPPY YOUTH DAY!!!
After some delay and
miscommunication with the printing and distribution of the YAN Club tshirts –
Youth Day 2014 was a major triumph!!!
In Cameroon, several
holidays (including Youth Day) are celebrated with a very serious and organized
march from the Presbyterian High School to Enap Junction up around an area
called “Clarks Quarters” which is the area before Buea Town (the highest point
and end point of Buea). On this particular day, students meet and organize... Continue reading ...
Posted by Antonia on Saturday, February 8, 2014,
Thursday was the second
class of the Advanced YAN for the week. We started
playing the same candy game I played with the regular YAN Club at Lycee Molyko
and GHS Buea Town. I would give them one piece of candy that they cannot eat at
the beginning of class. Then, throughout the class period, they have
opportunities to earn more candy (following directions, behaving, staying on
task, etc) or they can lose their candy (by misbehaving, going onto websites
like Facebook, playing computer ga... Continue reading ...
Posted by Antonia on Thursday, February 6, 2014,
The Advanced YAN class met
on Tuesday after school to work on their websites. Due to no internet, the last
few weeks were spent typing out the information that would later go on the
websites. For now, its more or less just a matter of copying and pasting. A
couple of students have websites that they are updating from last year’s class,
and others have created totally new ones. I am hoping that by meeting twice a
week, their websites can be finished before the end of the month! That way, we
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Antonia on Monday, February 3, 2014,
Facebook, over BILLION
million users – who would have thought it would be so difficult to create an
account? Not me!
We had some challenges over
the weekend creating Facebook accounts for the students. For some reason, Facebook makes
things complicated these days by requiring a phone number to create an account.
Once you fill all the information for create an account, Facebook then sends a
verification code to the cell phone number which then needs to be put onto the
computer to activate... Continue reading ...
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