Essan taught for several years in Ghana before becoming the headmaster of Morle Junior High School, a Yo Ghana partner, and he has a wonderful rapport with students here in talking about what life is like in Ghana inside and outside of school.
Teaching in the U.S. is in some ways more difficult than teaching in Ghana. There are, to be sure, lots of books and often computers, and many other learning aids. But our children are often scarred by modern life, and by middle school it is considered uncool, in most early adolescent circles, to express enthusiasm for learning.
How blessed we are, then, to have so many teachers like the ones at Briggs, people who both exude and command respect, who so manifestly care so deeply about the children we entrust to their care, teachers who when faced with the unworkable demands of the modern classroom say "yes" to additional challenges and opportunities.
Thank you.
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