{"id":939,"date":"2012-07-20T04:48:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T04:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/?p=939"},"modified":"2012-07-20T04:48:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T04:48:46","slug":"swps-bantuma-some-reflections-on-our-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/2012\/07\/20\/swps-bantuma-some-reflections-on-our-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"SWPS &#8211; Bantuma &#8211; Some reflections on our experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana has been a very interesting experience and whilst we have been out here, we have been reflecting on the following questions:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question 1 \u2013 What were you expecting and what is reality? Has your visit challenged stereotypes about Ghana or Africa?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expecting it to be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">-less developed<br \/>\n-more rain<br \/>\n-less rubbish<br \/>\n-no TV&#8217;s or mobile phones<br \/>\n-no Taxis<br \/>\n-less amazement and interaction from community<br \/>\n-very open speech<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question 2 \u2013 Top 5 things the UK could learn from Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Value of family, community and a sense of responsibility<br \/>\n2. Hard working \u2013 day it rained \u2013 filling buckets<br \/>\n3. Resourceful and practical<br \/>\n4. Less stress on time and a relaxed attitude<br \/>\n5. Pride in their culture<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question 3 \u2013 What makes a country rich? Is it just about money?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Richness is definitely not just about money. Ghana has a rich culture which is more than the UK have seen though we have more money. You don&#8217;t need money to be happy and the locals seems to be happy. They have an ability to use anything for what they want eg. Plastic bags tied together to make a skipping rope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been a very interesting experience and whilst we have been out here, we have been reflecting on the following questions: Question 1 \u2013 What were you expecting and what is reality? Has your visit challenged stereotypes about Ghana or Africa? Expecting it to be -less developed -more rain -less rubbish -no TV&#8217;s or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sir-william-perkins-school-and-bantuma-jhs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}