tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post8655216017354596900..comments2024-01-30T08:14:17.802+00:00Comments on The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana: Watch out (Western) World, Ghanaians are Ready for You!Emmanuel.K.Bensah IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425904642659360906noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post-38289744665076447722010-12-19T06:37:27.904+00:002010-12-19T06:37:27.904+00:00@Dawn... what the hell is she helping in? You call...@Dawn... what the hell is she helping in? You call making an industry out of African 'helping'? You must really think we are ignorant. We need no kids here... you all... we need no kids here. <br /><br />I guess meat is not consumed in America... where does your meat come from Space?<br /><br />@dockwolk and you think your daugther is going to solve our medical problems for us? You see these are some of the things that gets on my nerves when you think as you have always thought that we are a bunch of needies. Please, please, tell me do you take in meat? do you actually know that all meat are from animal sources? And when we talk of animal sources we mean sheep, goat, cow etc? I am shocked by these ignorant comments.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post-61623548143427404622010-08-22T17:57:21.517+00:002010-08-22T17:57:21.517+00:00It is not an easy choice to let your 16 year old d...It is not an easy choice to let your 16 year old daughter go on a 2 week medical mission, or a trip of any kind for that matter, without a feeling of trepidation. "How could I not let her go" easily won out over "you're not going".<br /> As we pursue our aspirations in life we learn from our mistakes as well as learning from our success'. I do not doubt for a second, in her first 24 hours in Ghana, that my daughter did not experience all of those instances in which she wrote about. Did she accurately describe what a tarmac is? No. Did she eat goat meat? I don't know. I believe she presented her first impressions of the country in a humorous writing style comparing it to what she has seen in her country over the last 16 years. I would staunchly argue that it was not her intent to demean a country or its culture. Just as she has had only a microscopic view of the country, you are commenting from the perspective of having seen the whole country over a greater period of time, and I'm assuming a great amount of improvements judging from the comments posted.<br /> Jessica will be in Kumasi for 2 weeks, sending a blog about every other day. I would ask that you read all of her writings before making judgement of her intent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724799677534489878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post-89245114320298639122010-08-22T13:43:40.632+00:002010-08-22T13:43:40.632+00:00I sat here and read all your comments regarding Je...I sat here and read all your comments regarding Jessica and her trip to Ghana. As I read I couldn't believe all the "bashing" she received. First of all ..yes she is only 16 but she is wise beyond her years. How many 16 yr olds would go to another country to help in any way she can. And ..No.. she is not used to having no electricity and it is strange for power outages to happen on a regular basis. Not only is she experiencing these things for the first time.. so are her readers.In America we do not see woman with baskets on their head or have a regular practice of eating goat. If a 16 year old from Canada came to America she or he might be "appalled" to see what we consider to be bacon. I applaud Jessica for what she is doing in Ghana and I hope all these "critics" out there will see it as it is. A medical mission to Ghana in the eyes of a 16yr old.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209971217745094957noreply@blogger.com