Suakoko! Suakoko!
April 8, 2012
One of the 11th grade students took this pic of K and me watching the football game. Yep, that’s his finger in the corner.
A month ago, right before K left, Suakoko drove up from Bong County to play our school in kickball and football. The kids blew off school most of the week preparing the program. Dramas, songs, dances… it was annoying, but cute. They also swore in the new gigantic student government. Congrats kids. Oh, yeah, and we finally won a football game.
You cannot imagine the jubilation.
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- One of the 11th grade students took this pic of K and me watching the football game. Yep, that’s his finger in the corner.
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- It’s half dance party, half cook off. The girls work hard to feed the visitors.
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- Slashing greens for the soup.
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- Helena, our tailor’s daughter, cleans fish.
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- Our principal’s daughter, Mercy, with her small dog, Lion.
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- Yum. Fishy.
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- Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble…
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- Evelyn stokes the fire.
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- This is the only room available anywhere for 12th grade study class. Yep. The same place they cook the food. Yep. That’s a board nailed to the wall. Yep. Just a board.
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- Kids who skipped school were forced to bring bricks. Apparently we’re building a science lab? They’re storing them here so Mr. Demy can guard them from his house.
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- Some of the 11th grade boys prepare to take their positions in student government. They were forced to become the ‘black tie’ society and raced around town looking for black trousers, suit coats, and ties.
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- The African school bus the kids came in.
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- Small Grandpa lives by the school. He waited with us for the program.
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- Youhn Paul is almost too cool for the program.
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- Philip performs the song he wrote for our principal entitled “Thank you, Mr. Demy”
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- The 12th graders prepare to give their positions to the newly selected underclassmen. From left are my boys Othello, Humphrey, Jackson, Sam, Martin, Charleston, and Obediah.
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- The hoard takes their oath of office.
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- Josephine, the new student council president, is as sassy as she looks.
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- Romeo, outgoing president, makes a speech.
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- Nelson, Jonathan, Emmanuel, and Morris after taking their oath.
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- A group of my 12th grade boys watch the football game. Emeka, George, Fredrick, and Romeo are quizzers and spend Sundays with me. Humphrey and Charleston are goofs.
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- “Ms. RB, stop! We’re dignified officials!” As soon as we scored a goal they forgot that, however, throwing their jackets in the air and rushing the field screaming.
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- Yep, this is what the whole game looked like to me.
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life magnanimous 
Love love love these updates! ❤